Mighty Mighty Muslims

There's a children's song that I learned as a teenager, at the Muslim
Youth Camp. It's called, "Mighty Mighty Muslims", and it's just a
little ditty, more of a travelling song than anything else:
We are the Muslims,
the mighty mighty Muslims,
everywhere we go
people want to know
who we are,
who we are,
so we tell them,
so we tell them,
We are the Muslims (and repeat).
By the way, some Muslims apparently chanted this at New York City's
annual Muslim Day Parade, and some non-Muslim observers took offense,
as they found it to be supremacist or exclusive in some way. That's
nonsense. Chanting it at a NYC parade may not have been the brightest
idea in the current climate of growing bigotry; but I never thought of
this as anything but a children's song, a way of helping kidsto feel
good and positive about their faith in an environment that is often
discriminatory against it. It's not about being better than anyone
else or putting anyone else down.
The fact is that everywherewe go (if we are dressed in traditional
Islamic garb likekufi caps or hijab) people do take notice. Sometimes
they stare, sometimes ask questions about our faith, and sometimes
cast insults.This song is a way of saying to kids, hey, it's okay if
people notice you, andyou have nothing to beashamed of. Be proud and
strong in your faith.
Who would have thought alittle children's song could become a
political issue? SubhanAllah, things have gotten ridiculous these
days. May Allah guide them.
Did you learn this song as achild? I'm curious how wellknown it is.
I decided to expand it just a little to turn it into a teaching song
for Salma (my daughter) and other Muslim children. Here's my expanded
version:
Bismillah we say
when we start the day
and everywhere we go
people want to know
who we are, who we are,
so we tell them, so we tell them,
We are the Muslims,
mighty mighty Muslims,
no matter where we're from
we say salamu alaykum,
we pray in the night
and at the morning light.
If anyone is desperate to know the tune, I could record it and put it
on here.But be warned, I'm no singer. Maybe someone else could take it
and makesomething really catchy out of it.

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