La Victime

October 16, 2000

I imagine the haughty face of an Arab man in the sixth century, when Muhammad was all alone in the dead of night, drawing a sword close to his throat and asking "who will be able to protect you?" I imagine that face, startled, and his sword drop and fall when the Prophet answered in a calm voice, "Allah". I imagine him astounded when the Prophet, who picked up the fallen sword and quickly pointed the tip at the man's chest, then neither tricked him, n

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