Boreal

Remembering Uzza

If Islam Was Explained to Me in a Pub

Epilogue

[It's the next day and Johnny is back at the bar talking with Archie.]

Johnny: Too bad about Uzza.

Archie: Yes it is. You know that I record everything that goes on in my bar.

Johnny: No, I did not know that.

Archie: Well I do, and I would like you to make what happened last night part of your next broadcast.

Johnny: It will show you serving liquor to a woman you knew to be a Muslim. It will show Uzza questioning the tenets of her faith, a capital offense where she comes from.

Archie: I will lose my license, I will probably go to jail, her killer will go free and the guy who shot you, or someone like him, will come back to finish the job.

Johnny: You're asking me to commit suicide.

Archie: They are willing to kill and die for what they believe in. We should at least be ready to risk our lives, like Uzza did, in the hope that it will make a difference.

Johnny: But it won't make a difference. It's too late!