I've always thought that the word holy involved prayer <br />But the Muslims of Ambon in Indonesia say they ought declare <br />A holy war on all Christians living there <br />And religious tolerance seems strained beyond repair. <br /> <br />But a holy war there is no such a thing <br />For death and sufferings war can only bring <br />And even war that's fought in Allah's name <br />Cannot be seen as a lesser act of shame. <br /> <br />The words holy and war are different as chalk and cheese <br />As different as the birds are to the bees <br />They are not compatible in any way <br />Forgive them if they know not what they say. <br /> <br />Don't ask me who is wrong or who is right <br />The Muslims or the Christians in this fight <br />But since they cannot seem to live in harmony <br />They are as bad as each other it would seem to me. <br /> <br />One must go back to the Crusades and that's back far <br />When men for God declared a holy war <br />When religious fervour gave rise to inhumanity <br />Yet mankind has not learned from history. <br /> <br />That men go to war over boundaries and Land <br />Is something that i try to understand <br />But a holy war there is no such a thing <br />As death and sufferings war can only bring.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-holy-war/
