{"id":2374,"date":"2015-10-14T21:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2015-10-14T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T21:35:34","slug":"new-year-new-start-all-folks-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/new-year-new-start-all-folks-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Start, All Folks the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Irish<\/a>
Irish and Islamic peoples have a lot more in common than we realise, faiths and cultures to be shared when the refugees do arrive… Taroudant in Morocco at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New year, new start, all folks the same
\nNo matter what land or tradition from which they came
\nSo close to Samhain, our own time of New Year
\nThey have Muharram, time of celebration and cheer…<\/p>\n

Its sad that societies of faiths fight and kill\"Every<\/a>
\nDivisions fostered and festered by folk of false will
\nWho know dogma and holy books and how to preach
\nBut little of Muhammad or Jesus or the message they teach.<\/p>\n

The beads we say our Rosary on, the Angelus call to prayer
\nWe Irish got from the Islamics when on the Crusades out there
\nLet us as the refugees arrive, hold a welcoming hand
\nA new year, a new approach to life in this, our now common land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New year, new start, all folks the same No matter what land or tradition from which they came So close to Samhain, our own time of New Year They have Muharram, time of celebration and cheer… Its sad that societies of faiths fight and kill Divisions fostered and festered by …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[702,30,54],"tags":[2497,2350,2496,1482,2113,2494,2495,842],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arab-spring","category-holy-land","category-ireland","tag-celtic-new-year","tag-islam","tag-islamic-new-year","tag-moslem","tag-new-year","tag-runi","tag-runi-quote","tag-samhain","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Ci","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/samhain-celtic-new-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":2374,"position":0},"title":"Samhain – Celtic New Year","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From the other side they come To look after those that to them are dear The Spirits from the Otherworld At the turning of Celtic New Year. 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