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His response in another interview regarding Epsteins plane really, really sketches me out. I feel like they’re all compromised. Insofar as a politician, he seems cool. But that response man…it was really suspect at best.
Sad hearing him justify war and funding of war.
defund war.
The recent conflict in Gaza can’t be evaluated only on the recent events because it is the result of the unfair occupation of the Palestinian lands supported by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and even though not often declared Russia along with other countries.
From my point of view that is shared among many Muslim people; the Jews control the banks, oil companies, natural gas companies, mining companies and many international cooperations. The Jews also surrounded themselves with many oligarchs circles (not only in Russia but around the world as well) that don’t include only Jews to ensure that they have wider control of money and power avoiding at the same time taking the blame for all the atrocities they are involved in around the world.
This caused many politicians, even in charge of the highest positions to seek support of the richest Jews ending up compromising national and international policies unfairly in favor of what the Jews in control wish. The game is simple, they make the candidates owe them because they help them win their election. Then the politicians would have to pay their debt back receding in face of compromises. If a politician disagree gets ousted not only in their own country but in countries of interest too (where they are running their businesses or profiting from a cheaper price for natural resources; in some cases it’s enough to pay a puppet government and get the minerals or oil for free).
Now let’s get back to what’s going on in Gaza. It’s clear that this war is not only between Hamas and the Jewish occupation. The countries in power are turning a blind eye on purpose (sadly including some Muslim countries that are afraid of losing their kingdoms because they must elect Al-Mahdi once the time comes). It also obvious how many countries are helping the Jewish occupation carry on with their atrocities despite knowing that what’s going on is unfair and that some claims regarding the attack of Hamas on the 7th of October 2023 are fabricated using AI and deepfake videos or carried out by mercenaries claiming to be part of Hamas (that’s is done to confuse people around the world especially non-Muslim people and justify their atrocities against the Palestinian people. For example the same technique was used to justify the attacks of the U.S. in Afghanistan or Iraq while the actual purpose was stealing the natural resources of those countries). An example of unreasonable lies is the musical concert in the early morning of a Saturday, the Jewish synagogue day, that was also a Jewish religious festival. (Rhetorical question: Don’t you think that it was too early for a musical concert?!).
Anyways, from a Muslim point of view we see Hamas as a political party fighting the Hewish occupation that shouldn’t be on the Palestinian lands in the first place and had taken away the rights of the Palestinian people for so long while throwing breadcrumbs to the Palestinian people). The Jewish occupation had deliberately killed and displaced many Palestinian people since the sea of the occupation of the Palestinian land and also committed many atrocities in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria.
To understand what’s really going on a little bit of religious information is required.
There are four signs of Judgement Day that are in action here, they are:
- There are two related signs and they are the appearance of Al-Mahdi followed by the appearance of Antichrist (Ad-Dajjal (Al-Mahdi means: “the guided one”, a fair Muslim ruler descendant of prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him. Many Jews and people in power think that this sign, the appearance of Al-Mahdi, is in their control and drive the course of events around the world in the direction of the signs of his appearance hoping to accelerate the next sign the appearance of Antichrist (Ad-Dajjal that means the wizard and would claim to be initially the real Jesus, then will claim to be a god, rise people from death, torture people to push them to worship him and people that believe in Judgment Day and God that created this world that doesn’t assume a human shape will read on the forehead of Ad-Dajjal: “disbeliever”; it will written in Arabic but even non-Arabic speakers will be able to read it if they are believer. Ad-Dajjal is the outmost trial for the human race and many of his followers are women and Jews that are hoping to gain more wealth from the appearance of Ad-Dajjal as well as leading many people astray). Among those signs white deaths (caused by a disease) and red deaths (caused by a war) and the first people to face plots of pandemics or wars are the descendants of prophet Mohamed, peace be upon them. There are already Antichrist groups formed in many countries include royal families and many wealthy people or politicians).
- The return of Jesus, peace be upon him, that is a human (not the son of God) and a prophet. Muslim people respect all the prophets of God and will be ruled by Jesus, peace be upon him and also believe that he wasn’t killed or crucified (you can read about this in Surah Al-Ma’ida). Both Al-Mahdi and Jesus will fight Ad-Dajjal and Al-Mahdi won’t stop fighting Ad-Dajjal despite knowing that only Jesus will kill him, inshaa Allah.
Because Jesus is in heavens and Ad-Dajjal is chained in an unknown place on earth; his followers (Antichrist, Monsanto or whatever they call themselves) believe that the appearance of Al-Mahdi is in their hands. Every mean is used to achieve their purpose and try to accelerate the appearance of Al-Mahdi (God had decreed everything and it’s not possible to accelerate events anyways) that includes spreading diseases or controlling the media including social media by spreading misinformation to avoid that the people of Muslim or non-Muslim countries follow the real Al-Mahdi so that it’s easier the Jewish occupation to capture Al-Mahdi straight away after the appearance (there are some black magic rituals that some groups of Jews believe would accelerate the appearance of Ad-Dajjal and want to perform on Al-Mahdi. Al-Mahdi will live until and after that Jesus descend from heavens according to religious tests, inshaa Allah; so no worries God is protecting Al-Mahdi).
- The sign that is related to Palestine and Gaza is that there will be a war between Muslim people and Jews. During this war the trees will talk and call upon Muslim people and say, “Oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, kill him”. Because of that sign I wondered and prayed for a long time to understand if all the Jews will be killed or not during the war that would end by freeing Palestinian and Al-Aqsa Mosque. There are many verses in the Quran to consider especially in Surah At-Tawba among those the following:
As mentioned above the Jewish occupation had caused many atrocities that makes Al-Qisas (the Law of Equality in punishment) applicable as in the following:
2:178 Al-Baqara
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى ۖ الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ بِالْأُنْثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَاءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
O you who believe! Al-Qisas (the Law of Equality in punishment) is prescribed for you in case of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But if the killer is forgiven by the brother (or the relatives, etc.) of the killed against blood money, then adhering to it with fairness and payment of the blood money, to the heir should be made in fairness. This is an alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. So after this whoever transgresses the limits (i.e. kills the killer after taking the blood money), he shall have a painful torment.
At the same time the limits of Al-Qisas must not be exceeded.
17:33 Al-Israa
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْصُورًا
And do not kill anyone which Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause. And whoever is killed (intentionally with hostility and oppression and not by mistake), We have given his heir the authority [(to demand Qisas, Law of Equality in punishment or to forgive, or to take Diya (blood money)]. But let him not exceed limits in the matter of taking life. Verily, he is victorious.
In the following verses the wars against the Jews (descendants of Israel) are mentioned:
17:4 Al-Israa
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
And We decreed for the descendants of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do mischief on the earth twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant!
17:5 Al-Israa
فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ أُولَاهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَنَا أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَفْعُولًا
So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you slaves of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise (completely) fulfilled.
17:6 Al-Israa
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَاكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا
Then We gave you once again, a return of victory over them. And We helped you with wealth and children and made you more numerous in man power.
17:7 Al-Israa
إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا
"If you do good, you do good for your ownselves, and if you do evil (you do it) against yourselves." Then, when the second promise came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to make your faces sorrowful and to enter the mosque (of Jerusalem) as they had entered it before, and to destroy all that fell in their hands utterly.
17:8 Al-Israa
عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ حَصِيرًا
"It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you return, We shall return (to Our Punishment). And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.
Because of the previous verse, I believe that not all the Jews must be killed during the war between Muslims and Jews, mercy must be shown to the weakest among them; specially children and women (that are not involved in the atrocities in first person). However there are still religious requirements before that the war against the Jews ends as in the following they must pay Jizyah, must not approach Al-Aqsa Mosque (the first Islamic praying direction before Mecca in Saudi Arabia and one of the the three places that Muslim people can travel to; the other two places are Mecca and the Mosque of prophet Mohamed peace be upon him in Madina/Saudi Arabia) and they must leave the Palestinian lands if they live in illegal settlements or on stolen lands. The exile is also the lightest religious punishment for those that took part in military services or any aggressions against the Palestinian or Muslim people.
9:29 At-Tawba
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَنْ يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ
Fight against those who does not believe in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger and those who don’t acknowledge the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
وَأَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ
"and turn them out from where they have turned you out".
5:33 Al-Maaida
إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter.
9:17 At-Tawba
مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَنْ يَعْمُرُوا مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ شَاهِدِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْكُفْرِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ وَفِي النَّارِ هُمْ خَالِدُونَ
It is not for the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah), to maintain the Mosques of Allah (i.e. to pray and worship Allah therein, to look after their cleanliness and their building, etc.), while they witness against their ownselves of disbelief. The works of such are in vain and in Fire shall they abide.
9:18 At-Tawba
إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ فَعَسَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ
The Mosques of Allah shall be maintained only by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day; perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat and fear none but Allah. It is they who are expected to be on true guidance.
Once the conditions above are met, it’s advisable to choose peace as mentioned in the following:
8:61 Al-Anfaal
وَإِنْ جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
But if they incline to peace, you also incline to it, and (put your) trust in Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
Anyways, the aggressions against Palestinian people, their properties or sacred and blessed places were continuous before the attack of the 7th of October 2023. And the bias towards the Jewish occupation is unfair also because they shouldn’t be on the Palestinian lands in the first place.
In case of capturing war-prisoners we must take example of prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him; treat them fairly and let them know the Quran.
8:70 Al-Anfaal
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِمَنْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنَ الْأَسْرَىٰ إِنْ يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْرًا يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْرًا مِمَّا أُخِذَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
O Prophet! Say to the war prisoners that are in your hands: "If Allah knows any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
9:6 At-Tawba
وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And if anyone of the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) seeks your protection then grant him protection, so that he may hear the Word of Allah (the Quran), and then escort him to where he can be secure, that is because they are men who know not.
Also, if any Jew on the Palestinian lands believes in Islam and becomes Muslim is not required to leave. Mind that if they live in illegal settlement they must pay for the stolen lands, the Islamic laws (limits) must be respected and all what’s in the following Hadith must be done:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ، شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَالْحَجِّ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ.
Narrated Ibn Umar (RA) : Allahs Apostle ﷺ said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad ﷺ is Allahs Apostle. 2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers (Salat, 5 compulsory prayers each day) . 3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity). 4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Makkah. If you can) 5. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
Finally, even in case of war we must behave humanly towards the weakest among our enemies, there is a traumatic pressure on the Palestinian people due to the atrocities that they have lived not just witnessed. What would you do if you were in the place of the Palestinian people especially in Gaza?! What would you do if you were in the place of the leader of Hamas?! We need to be honest at least in front of ourselves what’s going on in Gaza is horrendous. You may have your own opinion anyways and change sides, you can’t change heart though.
Al-Ahzaab
مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ ۚ
Allah has not put for any man two hearts inside his body.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
He's right on Hamas. That women obsessively hates Israel.
JFK said in a letter to Joe in 1939 from Palestine, "I've never seen two groups of people so unwilling to get along."
I trust RFK Jr to work harder than anyone else, but it's a very complex situation. I'm glad he called out Netanyahu and Likud. But a US president must adequately appreciate the threat of Islamic jihadism, even if many foreign policy disasters over the last 60 years engendered a lot of it. I've listened to Kennedy acknowledge that.