@CarolineLucas 60 days with zero progress.
No compromises, no solutions and no idea that America was sticking to the 60 day rule
The bombs dropped on the 61st.
@MothinAli Breaking into a military base comes with consequences.
In this country you get banned, in many other countries you get jailed....or worse.
They are lucky they live in a democratic, decent, reasonable country.
First of all, brother, Ironically I read your reply just as I was leaving the mosque, and yet, here I am taking the time to respond, because this matters.
Let me be absolutely clear: in my view, the greatest threat to Islam and to Muslims in our region today is not Israel. Israel, for all its past/current faults and policies, is a rational state. One we can, at some point, reach a lasting peace with. That’s not wishful thinking, it’s a recognition of realpolitik and long-term strategy.
The true threat is the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Ayatollahs. And I will take my time to explain why.
I was born in Saudi Arabia. I am originally Bahraini. My mother is Lebanese. I know what it means to live in places touched - no, scarred - by the dark fingerprints of the Ayatollah regime.
It was Iran that armed and directed its Yemeni proxies to launch more than a thousand ballistic missiles at Saudi cities and civilians.
It was Iran that repeatedly tried to destabilize and overthrow the royal family in Bahrain - my country of origin - backed by decades of subversion and terrorism going back to the 1980s.
All of this, in the name of a five-year-old child who allegedly vanished 1,200 years ago and whose return they await like a messianic lottery ticket. A myth used to justify violence, sectarian hatred, and the destruction of Muslim societies.
Let’s get something straight: it wasn’t Israel that asserted its hegemony over four Arab capitals - Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus, and Sana’a.
It wasn’t Israel that propped up a genocidal monster like Assad and enabled him to butcher a million Sunni Muslims in Syria and displace 14 million more.
It wasn’t Israel that fueled a decade of famine and misery in Yemen, isolating it from its own neighbors.
That was Iran. That was always Iran.
So don’t lecture me about Muslims hating Muslims. The real hatred comes from those who hijack Islam, turn it into a death cult of grievance and mythology, and then kill fellow Muslims in the name of that distorted religion and its fairytale Mahdi.
And if, in some twist of fate, divine justice is being served upon the Ayatollahs through the very same geopolitical forces they thought they could manipulate, then so be it. I’m not cheering for bloodshed, but I will not mourn the downfall of a regime that has brought nothing but ruin to our region and most importantly to their own people.
And let’s not forget October 7. Who pushed Hamas into that suicidal madness? Who sabotaged the potential for a historic peace deal that could have brought the Palestinians closer than ever to a viable state? It wasn’t Israel. It was Hamas, at the behest of their Ayatollahs patrons in Tehran.
The Saudis were ready to negotiate, to advance peace for the Palestinians. But Iran and Hamas wanted only endless war, a war that no one wins.
So please, brother, don’t come for me. Go question those who hide behind a fake religion and fake promised Mahdi while burning down Muslim lands.
I will not apologize for seeing things clearly. And I will never stop calling it as I see it.