A Holy War

I've always thought that the word holy involved prayer But the Muslims of Ambon in Indonesia say they ought declare A holy war on all Christians living there And religious tolerance seems strained beyond repair. But a holy war there is no such a thing For death and sufferings war can only bring And even war that's fought in Allah's name Cannot be seen as a lesser act of shame. The words holy and war are different as chalk and cheese As different as the birds are to the bees They are not compatible in any way Forgive them if they know not what they say. Don't ask me who is wrong or who is right The Muslims or the Christians in this fight But since they cannot seem to live in harmony They are as bad as each other it would seem to me. One must go back to the Crusades and that's back far When men for God declared a holy war When religious fervour gave rise to inhumanity Yet mankind has not learned from history. That men go to war over boundaries and Land Is something that i try to understand But a holy war there is no such a thing As death and sufferings war can only bring.