Origins in lands of scarcity with heat, sand
and a hot desert sun in abundance the search
for substance and sustenance and survival
creates rivalry with tribal customs of harsh
and unforgiving solutions of conflict and death
and to the victor go the spoils of contested
place and the meagre resources of survival
leading to a primitive genetic memory dredged
from the deep recesses of autonomic recall.
The heritage of fierce, unrelenting violence
quiescent when unneeded rises rampant with
the threat of rivalry extended to a religious
devotion to the sacred concept of a God whose
word is law brooking no amity for any whose
religion is other than that of the desert. In a
gross generosity of spirit the 'other' accepts
within its geography the presence of those
faithful to the concept of jihad, quietly and
cunningly assessing prospects, gaining in their
numbers, tutoring their offspring to value and
glory in the prospect of achieving the ultimate
goal of martyrdom in search of mass conquest.
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