Israel has today launched a vicious attack against Gaza, home to 1.5 million Muslims killing 205 so far with hundreds more injured.
The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: “You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it.” [Bukhari]
The body of the believers is once again suffering sleeplessness and fever as Israel unleashes its latest atrocity on the Muslims of Palestine.
Gaza has been under daily attack by the Israeli’s for years. However, not content with simply killing Muslims on a daily basis, Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza preventing basic necessities of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies from reaching the entire population.
Life for ordinary Muslims is so desperate that families have been forced to eat grass! One such family is Jindiya Abu Amra and her 12-year-old daughter who go scrounging for the wild grass their family now lives on. “We had one meal today – khobbeizeh,” said Abu Amra, showing the leaves of a plant that grows along the streets of Gaza. “Every day, I wake up and start looking for wood and plastic to burn for fuel and I beg. When I find nothing, we eat this grass.”
Israel, through its actions, has become an open enemy to the Muslim Ummah. Its crimes against the Muslims of Palestine are known to all. This latest attack comes as no surprise to us. But what is worse is the open treachery of our tyrant rulers specifically Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and his direct role in aiding and abetting the Israeli blockade and its continued occupation of the blessed land of Palestine.
Tzipi Livni, Israel’s Foreign Minister had already made it crystal clear that Israel was preparing an attack against Gaza. Last week she instructed Israeli representatives abroad to begin diplomatic efforts focused on members of the United Nations Security Council and Europeans states to gain support for its attack.
On Thursday of this week as is customary before any major attack against Muslims Livni went to meet Mubarak of Egypt to ensure Egypt continued its usual stance of remaining silent over Israeli atrocities in Gaza which is a tacit approval for her actions.
The editor in chief of Al-Quds al-Arabi today heavily criticised Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for failing to at least voice displeasure with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s threats against Hamas, during Livni’s meetings with senior officials in the Egyptian capital this week.
Oh Muslims!
Look to how cheap our blood has become. The Messenger or Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said, “The blood of a Muslim is worth more than the Ka’ba and all its surroundings.” Yet today Muslim blood is flowing through the streets of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan without anyone to protect it. Our blood is so cheap that in Iraq America openly admitted it had stopped counting those killed!
Oh Muslims!
We know your blood is boiling and you are suffering sleeplessness and fever. Its now time you directed your energy and your anger into working to remove these puppet rulers and appointing one leader – a Khaleefah in their place. The Khaleefah is a ruler who is a servant to you and works for your interests alone. He will destroy these artificial borders between our lands and unite us into one state – The Khilafah State. Only then can the naval blockade on Gaza be lifted, the sadaqa money allowed to flow in, and the men, women and children of Gaza and all of Palestine be finally protected from the constant Israeli aggression.
The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said, “Indeed the Imam is a shield, from whose behind (one) would fight, and by whom one would protect oneself.” [Muslim]
Under the Khaleefah, who is the Imam of the Muslims, he will unite the Muslim armies and then put an end to the Israeli atrocities once and for all by liberating the entire land of Palestine including Gaza through Jihad, following the example of Khaleefah Nur ad-deen and his General Salahudin Ayyubi during the time of the crusades.
Egypt at that time was under the rule of the Fatimid’s who had declared independence from the Abbasid Khilafah. This disunity allowed the Christian crusaders to enter the Muslim lands and occupy Al-Quds and Al-Shaam (Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and part of Iraq). Under General Salahudin Ayyubi the Fatimids were finally defeated and Egypt and its army became united with the Khilafah once more. Salahudin then unleashed the full power of the Islamic army on the crusaders and liberating the entire land of Al-Shaam and Al-Quds from their influence.
لبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَمَلايِينٌ تَنْتَظِرُ تَلْبِيَةَ النِّداءِ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْها مِنَ التَّلْبِيَةِ الْمالُ وَالْوَلَدُ بَلْ مَنَعَهُمْ حُدُودٌ وَحَواجِزٌ وَصَدُّ طُغاةٍ جَبابِرَةٍ تَحَكَّمُواْ بِالرِّقابِ وَالْعِبادِ .
Oh Allah! We are at Your service, millions are waiting for the call of jihad, and we are not prevented by a shortage of either the willing youth or wealth, rather we are prevented by the borders and barriers imposed by the menace of Taghoot who have subjugated us.
The following photos are taken from the BBC In Pictures website.
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