Why Are Muslims So...

This was a duet piece performed in multiple locations, mainly known for being on the International Brave New Voices 2015 Poetry Slam on the Final Grand Slam stage as a half-time performance during the Muslim Holiday known as Eid al-Adha. Video of performance included.

(Transcript: Revised Version)
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Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
 
May peace be upon
You who goes home and kisses your mother on her cheek and tucks your little sister into bed
Who probably doesn't know that the woman whose face you spray painted "go home" over is also a daughter, a sister, a human
Who refuses to believe that even though she was born and raised in this country, her modesty and ideology make her foreign, alien, dangerous, a threat to freedom
The very freedom you're stripping her of
 
May peace be upon
You who plays call of duty to practice being a soldier
So the life of the enemy is laid upon the buttons of your controller
Because you don’t wanna see what happens to little Mohammed once he grows older
So you’re practicing for the day you can finally get some closure
And just because some Muslims threatened you, you give us all the cold shoulder
Knocking us all out like we’re the pins and you’re the bowler
 
May peace be upon
You who takes your daughter's hand and crosses the street when you see a bearded man about to pass you
A man who's just returned from the mosque, where he knelt to the ground and cried as he prayed for his father's health
But in your eyes, he's probably a rapist, scum of the earth, evil to the point where just sharing the sidewalk with him will taint your child's milky white innocence
 
May peace be upon
You who let that hijabi girl sit alone during lunchtime
All she got was stares like she’s a suspect of some crime
She was innocent but they would always whine
That the hijab on her head was an ISIS sign
She was the butt of every joke, at the end of every punchline
Yet you didn’t talk to her once, couldn’t save her, not one time
 
May peace be upon
You who can spend hours online ranting about how we shouldn’t be in this country but can’t take five minutes to see from our point of view
Can't even look up the difference between Arab and Muslim on Wikipedia
You say you're fighting terrorists from behind your computer screen but can't see that you're the one terrorizing me
 
May peace be upon
You who stopped that innocent dad from seeing his child
Because of his beard, his name, and his clothing style
He can't wear a khufi without you assuming that he's so vile
He just hasn’t seen his own daughter for a long while
When he tried to board, he was accused of being hostile
Because of you who prejudge based on a profile
 
Your slurs mean nothing to me because they don’t define me
No graffiti artist is gonna tell me to go home
No Call of Duty player is gonna threaten me
No overprotective bigot of a mother is gonna ruin my day
No ignorant bystander is gonna leave me feeling left out
No Youtube video is gonna scare me away
No biased border patrol is gonna stop me from seeing my family
 
Because nothing is more important than
The way my father’s eyes lit up with pride when I finished the Quran for the first time
The solidarity we feel when we meet the eyes of another muslim sister
Enduring each day with a smile on her face
On the streets of a predominantly white university campus that rejects us
Or receiving the salam of a non-muslim who respects us for who we are
And not who we are portrayed as
 
My religion has instilled in me
Patience
Self-respect
Consciousness
Tolerance
Peace
 
May peace be upon you.
Walaikum as salaam wa rahmatullah.

-Sakila and Hawa​