Outspoken Australian Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad is launching a book of love poems.
Outspoken Muslim community spokesman Keysar Trad is making a foray into the literary world, releasing a book of love poems.
Mr Trad, who has previously said polygamy should be recognised, will launch his book Forays of the Heart at Glebe, in Sydney’s inner-west, on Sunday.
The poems are described as “paeans of unrequited love directed at women other than his wife”.
The well-known Australian Muslim said the poetry was written in a “sense of fantastical lyrical compulsion”.
“I felt the need to share them so that others can benefit from these journeys,” Mr Trad said.
The book is due to be launched by Liberal MP Philip Ruddock.
No word yet on whether any of the poems will sound anything like this:
I am the cat
And you the uncovered meat
Left in the street
I need a veterinarian
Or better yet
Will be a vegetarian*
Incidentally, this is not Trad’s first foray into writing. He reportedly wrote this highly poetic piece for Nida’ul Islam magazine back in 96-97:
“Our ideology is the best salvation for the people of Australia, and the people of the world in general. Yes, we are a threat to the culture of drunkenness, paedophilia, and mostly we are a big threat to the culture of ELITISM…In a way, they feel safe because of the quantity of water which surrounds this country, so they feel fortified behind this great body, it gives them a feeling of security. But the reality is, the land belongs to God, not to them, and if those foreigners, whom they fear as migrants are not permitted to enter as migrants, they will come as settlers, in numbers so large that they will not be able to process them, hold them, or stop them. What will they do then?”
Here’s hoping his book is not “misquoted,”, “taken out of context,” “misrepresented” nor “mistranslated.”
* Copyright Aussie Dave, 2013
