Found this short note going through old grad school notes when I happened to be studying Islam in Morocco. Perhaps I will expand upon it in the future.
In a system of belief, one of whose pillars is submission to
God (two other pillars include, making the journey
and charity), can one man climb
atop the shoulders of this belief –a belief that burns like hot coal in the
heart of a nation—and effectively own the course of Islam in that nation?
Can a political party?
Can the fact of a man’s ancestors lift him
above the beggars’ heads in Marrakesh?
Surely charity lies in the heart
In the community of believers
Surely submission to God
Lies in the prostrate spirits
Surely making the hajj
Lies in the believers’ humble feet.
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