The Glory of Jesus and Allah
\nOr another deities name
\nOr peace, is used as a reason for war
\nAnd bandied without any shame
\nAnd the campaign to unite all men
\nUnder a common God, without any hate
\nServes to divide all men
\nAchieving the opposite of what it does state
\nIs its aim, and causes confusion
\nAnd causes nothing but woe
\nGod protect us from all that fight in your name
\nAnd mercy to us all let you show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Glory of Jesus and Allah Or another deities name Or peace, is used as a reason for war And bandied without any shame And the campaign to unite all men Under a common God, without any hate Serves to divide all men Achieving the opposite of what it does …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[102],"tags":[1382,1385,1386,2350,1384,1383],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","tag-chjritianity","tag-crusade","tag-holy-war","tag-islam","tag-jihad","tag-religius-war","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-jN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1701,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/our-lady-of-clonfert-bless-both-boston-and-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":0},"title":"Our Lady of Clonfert, Bless Both Boston and the World","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th April 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As Boston comes to terms with its tragedy, we pray to Mary who is venerated in both the Islamic and the Christian worlds to stop hearts hardening, and to see that the actions of a few are not the actions of all men. 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