Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Palestine : A Facade? Fad? or everlasting Battle of Freedom?

  1. I respect and salute everyone on their evidential concern on the Palestinian prisoners. What really is bothersome is the fear that this support is only for a few days or weeks, as soon as the flame dies, so does all the support that goes with it.Nauzubillah'himinzalik, hopefully this is not the case
  2. Having said that, this hunger strike is not a new issue, first there was Khader Adnan then Hana Shalabi now Bilal Diab&Thaer Halahleh. If we are to support and stand with Palestinians, we need to be there for them 24/7 and 365 days a year.
  3. Some questions were raised as to where were these people rising up now when Khader Adnan was on his hunger strike? But to me that never entails anyone to call a Muslim less of a Muslim just for the sake of it. Look at the bigger picture.
  4. Amongst the positives seen from this so call sudden rise of awareness towards Palestine is that everyone is now busy googling, reading up about Palestine's history and getting on board with the recent events on Palestinian soil. Alhamdulillah, this is a cluster of positivism that would hopefully be instilled into everyone for a very long time!
  5. Furthermore, this will give a hindsight to the potential of Muslims worldwide, they would be able to put aside political inclinations and difference in various matters to come together and be strong for Palestine. MashaAllah such unity. It is what I believe Monsieur Prof Tariq Ramadan was saying 'Universality is Islam is not uniformity, but Unity with Diversity.'
  6. Remember, we as Muslims or those who are interested in such deep issues should, in my humblest of opinions at least study the history of it all. From 1920 when the British mandate started, the Arab Revolt back in 1939, the 1947 UN Partition plan, the 1948 Exodus,the Oslo Accordance, Geneva 1988 and many more.
  7. I am not for once, telling you what is right or wrong, but from a viewpoint, we need to be in the know, before haranguing the gauntlet down on the Jews. We need to learn, to get ourselves acquainted with the Palestinian issue in accordance with campaigning and posting about Palestinian freedom.
  8. Never support blindly and with no nous, Islam never preaches ignorance of such level. 
  9. Again this is from the deepest depths of my hearts, I love Palestine, and I yearn everyday for it to be free, I believe all of us do as well. But please brothers and sisters, never stop there, not only with Profile Pictures, write more, be critical of the Palestinian issues, share your knowledge about Palestine with those who are in the dark.
  10. Support for Palestine could start brilliantly by keeping them in your prayers, but as an individual one might ask what more could I do? I am a million miles away, I am not in that state, what more could I do?
  11. Indeed there's so much more we could do, how about changing our lifestyles, not spending excessively, by which I mean going about our daily lives and living it with moderation, which I believe is asked from our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), by which I mean knowing that when we complain about petty things how things are over there with the people of the Quds.
  12. Also follow the news on various Palestine based sites that consistently reports about issues in Palestine, you have aplenty Middle East Monitor,Electronic Intifada,BDS movement, Palestinkini and so much more. You also have the ever brilliant Ali AbuNimah on twitter and several other Palestine based journalists that reports on daily basis on the events occurring in Palestine.
  13. What is more, it is good that we are really concern about Palestine,but never abandon Syria, never forget the starving kids in Africa, the multitudes of unjust massacres ongoing all over the world. Keep them all in your prayers!
  14. NEVER ALLOW THIS TO BE A SEASONAL ISSUE, I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT AND NEVER SHOULD BE A FAD!  THIS IS NOT A FASHION STATEMENT MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, this is the REAL DEAL! and I pray that all of us will keep on going about the Palestinian issue till the day each of us will be taken away from earth, inshaAllah.
  15. Again, I salute and am proud of this uprising, be it only on Facebook, it is a good start, but don't just stop there my dear friends, go on and make a difference, may Allah bless our efforts in whatever shape or form we intend it to be and hand-in-hand we will end the Israeli Apartheid and reclaim back Palestinian soil for their people.
  16. It's an ongoing struggle, remember the Prophet (PBUH) said  'A group of my community will not cease to fight at the gates of Damascus and at the gates of al-Quds and its surroundings. The betrayal or desertion of whoever deserts them will not harm them in the least. They will remain victorious, standing for truth, until the Final Hour rises' (Recorded by Tabarani)
PALESTINE WILL BE FREE INSHA-ALLAH.


p/s: I invite constructive criticism of my writing in which I believe is retched with mistakes. may Allah bless your brilliant minds and beautiful souls.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

one word. "Slacktivism"

Ahmad Naeem said...

Slacktivism surely, but also to those who think them doing things once a year would entitle them to warrant saying "we've done much/enough for Palestine". Action needs to be more consistent, not seasonal. =)