Jubril who had constantly fought for the upholding and propagation of Islam in his own little way which is in no way little. This little boy of just 16 as at the time of fleeing to the south had watched his brother stoned to death for becoming a Christian a deeper lifer and preaching his faith, and he had nursed this idea and only stayed away from actively participating in the lynch because of his mother, but had joined in screaming the loudest Allah Akbar as his brother gets drained of his blood, and his life whisked away as the thud of the stone landed on him.
Jubril who had masterminded and campaigned for Sharia law, burnt down Churches, killed Christians in reckless abandon as he lived out his Islamic faith, banishing every story from his mum how his father is catholic and he was baptized a Catholic. He chose Islam, he loved Islam, he asked the Human right activist to not fight for him when his hand was amputated for stealing a goat, to him it is Allah's will and what ever Allah wills is final!
How Islamic can one become?
Yet, when the southern Christian massacre happened in Khamfi, Lukman and Musa his friends had almost burnt him with fire for being a fake Muslim. Even with his amputated hand, the picture of the emir who started the riot for Sharia, and the numerous stories of doom he had caused infidel Christians. His own religion rejects him. Those whom he craves to be amongst spat him out. They almost set him ablaze had he not fled to a Mallam who helped him get to a Luxurious Bus going South. His friends reason where that he is a Southerner, his dad was catholic. And I thought religion should be personal something. I really don't want to talk about this thing called fake Muslim right here on this post lemme leave that table, I don't intend talking about it.
But if Jubril can do all what he did for Allah and Islam and is still labelled a fake Muslim during a riot, my dear Igbo brethren converting to this religion should better go and start reading Luxurious Hearses in Say you're one of them and weigh the plan of their decision. I still need to have someone explain to me how someone can be fake Muslim because of his Paternal ethnicity not the religion he professes, died for, or even have his wrist amputated for!
Here's what I want to say.
If you deny your humanity for the course of religion, humanity itself will deny you when religion had failed you hopelessly!
Now Jubril seeks refuge amongst Southern Christians because his northern home and people had abandoned him and the religion of peace he belongs to had deserted him and he's left as naked as trying to reach out for a clothe that can't be touched.
In Jubril's quest to uphold religion he had allowed his humanity derail, he had denied it, he had cursed his right wrist to condemnation for a religion and had delivered it to be amputated for Allah. Now that he had been deserted, and is fleeing south he needs his complete wrist to show that he isn't Northern Northern. He is human, and no threat to the Christian refugee fleeing south with him in the same bus, humanity did abandon him, the arm he cursed for a course in Islam became his own pitfall.
And after trying so hard to conceal that, humanity took over him tears came down his eyes, he brought out the stump to wipe his eyes, he got implicated, and the bus full of agitated Christians fleeing south slit his throat!
He died!
Belonging to nowhere.
After fighting for Islam.
You should always remember this whenever you want to thread the path Jubril threaded for any religion represented in this world. One day one day, they will shock you, and you'll have no where to run back to but the cold darkness of the grave!
I'm done!
Chines Zoe. Review on Uwem Akpan's Luxurious Hearses in the book Say You're One of Them!
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