A 22-year old British-born Pakistani slam poet has evolved the way in which people think about the religion of Islam, and how Islamophobia has created the necessity to ‘humanise’ Muslims for those who see it as frightening or foreign, reported Huffington Post.
With Islamophobia on the rise in the US and different regions of Europe, many Muslims have to go to painful lengths to defend their faith and to separate Islam from extremist versions and fringes.
Great efforts have to be invested to showcase members of the Muslim community who are ‘humans’ like the rest, and that is a problem, according to Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan.
Manzoor-Khan performed her piece, “This Is Not A Humanising Poem,” at The Last Word Festival 2017 – Poetry Slam Final in June organised by London-based charity Roundhouse.