Monday Musings For The Mind

The tyrants of Israel are growing increasingly arrogant as their systematic extermination of the Palestinian people continue, with blatant disregard for international law. With their determination to fight fire with fire and as innocent blood is being shed, we have seen some rather emotional reactions by our people.

I recently stumbled upon a Facebook page which condemns these attacks in a quite 'creative' manner, but the comments that followed by the majority of Malay Muslims is shocking to say the least. The rather obscene mixture of Arabic prayers mixed with curse words (which any father would be horrified to hear their children utter) were thrown about with such aggression, that at times it appeared to be a competition of who could sound 'harsher.'

We should all be upset about the acts of these barbaric Zionists, but when we let emotions take over it really brings no benefit to anyone. In our determination to vent our frustrations sometimes we go overboard, and more often than not we'll regret the horrible things we said. If you could delve into the minds of any non-Muslim who comes across such people spewing with hatred, I'm sure it only served to instill doubt towards the image of Islam as a beautiful religion of peace.

So let's not waste our time to join the bandwagon. Don't strain your fingers typing useless insults which do more harm than good. Let's put our hands together and pray for our brothers and sisters in Palestine. May Allah grant them victory against their oppressors. May Allah have Mercy on their people and give them the strength to persevere and rebuild their lives. May Allah unite all Palestinians and help them achieve everlasting peace.

"When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing... You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense."

Noam Chomsky