The Clay Bird Page #5

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full of fervor!

Your father is more mellow now.

.... We bring you forth as infants

and make you reach youth

Some of you die at an early age

... Thus you see barrenness,

but when We bring the waters

down upon Earth

the land becomes alive

with exquisite flora and fauna

For Allah is the ultimate Truth

and He will bring the dead to life

Rokon!

Lbrahim sir, where's Rokon?

He was here not long ago.

Look around.

What are you drawing?

I've been looking for you.

- When did you get back?

- A little while ago.

How's your sister?

She's... no more.

- What happened?

- Some kind of fever. I don't know.

Where do people go when they die?

What happens to them?

- I think they turn into birds.

- Really?

Anu, something's happening to me.

I couldn't sleep last night.

There's a strange noise in my ears.

It keeps getting louder.

Your hair's gotten long.

Yes, I've got to cut it again.

What's this?

It's a flute to charm snakes.

Just fasting and prayer

don't make you a Muslim.

You need true conviction.

Islam is a total way of life.

Thus it differs

from other religions.

It guides

not just our religious life.

Our social, economic, cultural,

even our political way of life

are clearly prescribed by Islam.

To understand this

you need Islamic knowledge.

But knowledge is not enough.

We also need Islamic practice.

In the name of secularism,

our sacred Muslim land

is being threatened

by forces of blasphemy.

We must be brave and confront them.

We have to prepare ourselves.

If needed, we will make Jihad!

Hurry up!

We have to make 300 before sunset.

Do we really need so many?

In Arabia,

stones or clay

were used after toilet.

But our country is full of water

and water cleans a lot better.

No one's stopping you

from using water.

But using clay is Muhammad's way.

That's true.

The Arab system's still better

than the English one.

Englishmen destroy trees

to make toilet paper,

but does it clean properly?

How did you find

the Head Sir's speech?

Wasn't it inspiring?

Yes, it was indeed.

But I have

a few modest reservations.

Such as?

What he said about

knowledge and practice,

could mislead the pupils.

You see,

Islam didn't spread here

through the sword.

It was the selfless Sufis

who went to low caste Hindus

to spread Islam's message

of peace and equality.

The kings of Iran and Arabia

conquered land

but not people's hearts.

It was thanks to the Sufis

that people embraced Islam.

The truth is:

You cannot make Islam

flourish with politics or arms.

It's by spreading Islamic knowledge

that Islam will prosper.

So our mission is only

to spread knowledge?

Knowledge for knowledge's sake?

No.

What are we doing here?

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