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As Gaza's children are pulled lifeless from the rubble, the world watches in muted horror. Yet, perhaps the most piercing silence comes from the Muslim ummah itself-a collective of 1.8 billion people bound by a faith rooted in justice and compassion, now reduced to spectators of its own moral collapse.
Writers have always believed in the transformative power of words to make sense of the senseless, to bring light to darkness, and to speak truth to power. Yet, at this moment, my words are drowned by the thunderous roar of genocide, an unprecedented barbarism.
November 20, 2018
Rt. Honourable Justin Trudeau
On February 25, as he calmly walked up to the perimeter fence of the Israeli Embassy, Aaron Bushnell uttered those words. On that day, Bushnell set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest at the US and Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza. His last words on this Earth, as the fire consumed him, were: "Free Palestine!" Bushnell's self-immolation was as horrific a death as a human being can experience, and it was designed to be.
Misinterpreting ‘from the river to the sea’ as a call for genocide is deceitful because it inaccurately attributes violent intent to a phrase that is often used by Palestinians to express freedom, democracy – their political aspirational call. According to the Washington Post¹ this phrase has been in use since the ‘60s and any depiction deviating from this portrayal is inherently deceptive.
October 17, 2021
Coronavirus continues to spread with lethal speed.
What an irony.
While leadership qualities are diverse, integrity is simply a yes-or-no question. You either have it or you don't. For that reason, leaders must always display the highest standards of integrity. Hasan Osman Macci who breathed his last and met his Lord on January 15, 2019 exemplified that character.
In early 2023, months before Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians, renowned French anthropologist Emmanuel Todd opined that World War III had begun.