Intellectual apostasy by Azly Rahman

Intellectual apostasy
by Azly Rahman
News had it that in an islamic university
they plan to kick out a professor of law and constitutional legality
... who spoke up against interference of the monarchy
they suspended him and the nation is now in jeopardy
what an un-islamic act i am beginning to see
performed by an islamic university
today i asked this question many moments aplenty
is it islam? -- or is this political idiocy?
that has crept into the corridors of what could have been plato's academies
what worth is having an islamic university
when the act itself is non-halal laced with hypocrisy
what faith would one have in islam as practiced by hypocrites aplenty
when even an islamic university is advancing intellectual decadency
ahhh ... i wonder what version of islam must one believe in
when all is now so messy
messy messy messy .. like a lid of a pandora box of hopelessness and lunacy
let me retreat to the jungle and live like lao tzu and finally be happy
care to join me?