I am deeply alarmed by reports of mass graves in Gaza 🇵🇸
—Secretary-General of the UN 🇺🇳
Independent investigators must be allowed immediate access.The families of the dead have a right to know what happened.The world has a right to accountability for any violations of int’l law that may have taken place.
Children in besieged Gaza show gratitude to protesters in the US demonstrating in solidarity with Palestinians on university campuses across the country.
Since October, Israel's all-out war on Palestine's Gaza has killed at least 34,488 people, including more than 26,000 children — just over 2% of Gaza's child population.
While Palestinians 🇵🇸 gather on the enclave’s beaches and risk their lives in hopes of catching aid air-dropped into Gaza, Israelis are enjoying themselves along Tel Aviv’s coast.
Just 70 kilometres apart, the beaches in Tel Aviv and Gaza reveal very different realities amid Israel’s ongoing war on the besieged enclave.
More than six months into Israel’s onslaught, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins, pushing 85 percent of the enclave’s population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine imposed by Tel Aviv, according to the UN.
"Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run away (from Islam)."
قُل لا يَستَوِي الخَبيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَو أَعجَبَكَ كَثرَةُ الخَبيثِ ۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يا أُولِي الأَلبابِ لَعَلَّكُم تُفلِحونَ
“Say: Good and evil are not equal, even though you may be dazzled by the abundance of evil. So be mindful of Allah, O people of reason, so you may be successful.”
How can a heart be illuminated when its mirror reflects worldly figures only?
Or how can it journey to Allah, manacled with its passions?
Or how can it crave for entering the presence of Allah without being cleansed of the blemishes of its forgetfulness?
Or how can it understand the subtle nuances of mysteries, while it has yet to repent of its wrongdoings?
The heart will lose its transparency and brightness if it reflects only worldly figures. Passions and worldly concerns create obstacles in front of the heart on its way to Allah. If it continues to lose in its oblivion, it is not likely to wake up to the realities. Only a heart that is vigilant and alert to sins can tread the difficult path to salvation.
"O Allah, Owner of this perfect call and Owner of this prayer to be performed, bestow upon Muhammad ﷺ al-waseelah (a station in Paradise) and al-fadeelah (a rank above the rest of creation) and send him upon a raised platform which you have promised him. Verily, you never fail in Your Promise."
In imitation of the Prophet ﷺ, Muslims are expected to be merciful, to bring good, and to seek the benefit of others - all others not wish them harm or rejoice in the evil that befalls them.