🇵🇸🇮🇱 Retired IDF soldiers talk about their experience in the Israeli military and laugh as they do so.
“One of the soldiers r*ped a 16-year-girl *laugh*”
“He put Palestinians in a cage and killed them”
“Soldiers chased villagers with flamethrowers and set them on fire”
“If I saw school children with their hands raised, I killed them.”
“I fired and killed everyone. It’s impossible for me to count *laughs*”
Both these men are living as free citizens in Israel.
“Establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves – you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward.”
Surah Muzzammil Ayat 20
Israel and mainstream media are painting recent raids on the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a "two sides" issue, and a battle between Muslims and Jews over a holy space. But the truth is, it’s about settler colonialism, apartheid, and occupation.
“The Qur'an, set on a shelf with other books, has a function entirely different to theirs and exists in a different dimension. It moves an illiterate shepherd to tears when recited to him, and it has shaped the lives of millions of simple people over the course of almost fourteen centuries; it has nourished some of the most powerful intellects known to the human record; it has stopped sophisticates in their tracks and made saints of them, and it has been the source of the most subtle philosophy and of an art which expresses its deepest meaning in visual terms; it has brought the wandering tribes of mankind together in communities and civilisations upon which its imprint is apparent even to the most casual observer.”
~ Charles Le Gai Eaton, Islam and the Destiny of Man
As Ramadan is near, I first and foremost seek anyone's forgiveness that I may have offended in person or online at any point. I pray Allah unites us all in that which is pleasing to Him.
To my brothers and sisters who share the noble vocation of Dawah with whom there may have been some disagreements, I'm sorry and pray we can work together for good.
To my brothers and sisters who I have caused injury to with a sermon or a word that may have been unintentional, I'm sorry and pray you will excuse me as I try to speak what is good.
To my brothers and sisters who have reached out to me via any personal communication and I was unable to respond, I'm sorry and I will try to do better inshaAllah.
To my brothers and sisters who may have approached me after an event and I was rushed and maybe seemed dismissive or tired, I'm sorry and pray we have long years in Jannah to catch up. Ameen
This life is too short to hold a grudge, or to let ego or envy take our eyes off the prize: A paradise bestowed upon us by our Lord in the company of the righteous. I pray we all make it there together. Ameen
Ramadan Mubarak to you all. May Allah accept your deeds in this month and beyond. Ameen
20 years ago today, the US and UK invaded Iraq.
Over a million killed. Millions more refugees.
Worse birth defects and cancer rates than Hiroshima.
One of the biggest crimes of this century.
0 sanctions, 0 ICC arrest warrants.