A man in Battagram has lost his beloved wife and five children to the merciless floodwaters. My heart aches for his unimaginable loss. May Allah grant him patience and strength, and bless his family with the highest place in Jannah.
In case there was any doubt remaining about barbaric Taliban child killers being backed by India. This whole episode has been very helpfully clarifying on a number of levels.
I am enjoying the confused posting on the ICC issuing its first arrest warrant against a “Western state” — what on earth is a “Western state” doing in the Middle East?
People who were beside themselves with justifying and protecting Zakir Naik just a few days ago about his remarks on unmarried women,are now posting about domestic abuse at the hands of inlaws. Truly iconic.
I think a reason Americans look at this and think it’s cringe is because we’ve been conditioned to be embarrassed by by honest displays of passion outside of romance and gun-based violence.
My friend Mustafa called me from northern Gaza a few minutes ago.
The first thing he said was:
“ My phone battery is at 2%, and when I thought about who to call, I thought of you. I'm sure I'm going to die, my friend. This might be our last call. Since morning, I've been searching for a sip of water, but I can't find any. My friend, here everything leads to death. They've killed more than 50 people right in front of me. I escaped from them by a miracle, surviving a massacre where more than 27 people, 27 souls, were martyred. People here die and are left on the streets. You look at them and keep walking, as if they were just stones. I sleep on the streets; I have no one. I live alone, without my family. My phone is about to die. I want you to know that I love you and forgive me if I've ever wronged you. ”
The call suddenly ended. It seems the battery ran out.
Between every word, I was shedding tears, holding back the sound of my sobs. Every day, our hearts are burned. Why all of this? Why? Why, world? Why??? I wish I didn’t exist; I wish for death every moment.
True!
I realised this after someone i was v v close to was suicidal and no matter how hard i tried to understand where they were coming from,i just COULD NOT! and then i figured out i could only be with them because there is so little that you can do.