Firstly, my heartfelt thanks to Sandra and to the Palestinian journalist who accompanied her. Both them, and their production teams, put their lives in danger to report the truth that we all so readily forget.I cried, I feel desperate and angry at the actions of the israeli 'defence' force. How DARE they accuse muslims of being uncivilised??? cold blooded murder of children, of anybody in fact, can NEVER be forgiven.Until now I had little realisation of the situation in Gaza. Unfortunately, I believed the lull in the appearance of Gaza in the news was a sign that things there were quiet there. I now know that they most definitely are not.My own worries throughout the day seem pathetic in light of the fears, the danger, the bloodshed that OUR family in Palestine live with daily.I refuse to believe that human life can hold so little value. We complain of postcode lotteries regarding the NHS. At least we have access to health care, regardless of race or religion. I found this documentary very enlightening, but deeply disturbing. The Israelis claim WE indoctrinate OUR people??? The pure hate these people have for muslims is beyond words, and their attempts at justifying their actions are simply obscene. Whilst Islam preaches peace, Israelis clearly preach quite the opposite.My predicament is this- WHAT CAN I DO? I donate my money, I use my time to find out about such despicable actions, but what do I do with the information I glean?? I share it with those I know, but then what? I cannot say I feel helpless, because those who are truly helpless are those that are in situations in Palestine, Sudan, iraq, Afghanistan et al.I pray that Allah guides us all, to help those in need. But I know Allah helps those who help themselves. I hope I find a way to help our Ummah. I hope we all do.

Allah: we've heard your call and obeyed it; Allah is always victorious. However the situation seems, whoever the winner or loser, you're the only victorious and the only sovereign who rules it all. Allah you're the one who let our prophet Mohammed take the test of defeat. You never behave cruelly; we have believed and affirmed your clemency. We have tormented ourselves by not uniting in your path, the desires of our egos, oppressing ourselves in the end. Because we behaved cruelly to each other now our enemy is oppressing us.

My Allah! Give us shelter from the oppressors and your wrath as well. We have been ignorant, have become sinners, then convicted, and finally defeated. We weren't awakened by the wisdom of the Qu'ran and the Sunnah (the prophets way) so you've awakened us with the assault of our enemies. Now grant us the ability and power to repel these assaults and confer us conscious patience and perseverance my Allah. Allah, in reverence to our blessed prophet who brought us the religion of peace, ISLAM, do not let us abandon his jurisprudence and morals that he remained true with utmost care even in times when he had no choice but to fight

MPACUK:

Think it would be a good idea to clarify in more detail the call for 'Jihad' in this sense.

We Muslims understand what you mean by using this term, but, the ignorant oaf,either by conveinence, or 'design', will make a song and dance over this statement!

ok, let us break it down and make it clearer to all and sundry:

JIHAD MEANS STRUGGLE, or STRIVING..NOT HOLY WAR!

AND IN THIS CONTEXT IT IS AN APPEAL TO OUR CONSCIENCES..TO STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPRESSION,AND LOOK AT WHAT BEING A MUSLIM REALLY INVOLVES..for in the QURAN it says'..oppression is worse than slaughter.'

So, as Muslims we have to STOP focusing on rituals alone and START looking at ways to help our bretheren in the Occupied Land!


Thought I would take the trouble to clear this matter up before there are any misunderstandings and we hear emails of protest been directed at the BBC, pouring yet more criticism on MPACUK!

Speechless - Words cannot explain my feelings at this moment. But the tears say it all.

may Allah (SWT) help us all..

Salams,

If people can't personally participate in the politial Jihad they should at least consider making a small regular donation to MPAC.

Samayya,
If you really wanted to do something, you could simply start asking why on earth the Palestinian leadership keep giving the Israelis the excuses they need for military action and border closures.
The slogans should be:

Bread not Bullets -
Medicine not Munitions -
Democracy not Kleptocracy

There is absolutely no point pursuing a war, if at the end of it your own people have all died from starvation or disease.

This is not first time I have seen such barbaric action by the IDF ( Israeli death forces )I have watched it on Aljazeera and on some other international media, but the worry is what Muslims around the world are doing about it !!!! Jihad is strugle but it means defending the oppresed people around the world... Palestinains has been suffering for long time, they have been killed, displaced and humilated and yet we are watching it everyday like a movie...
I think it is about time that we stand up and be have a courage to help

Let me tell you one thing. Muslims will never fund MPAC, after all they are so being sleeping walking to extermination, what makes anyone think that MPAC can wake them up.

I have been recieving MPAC emails for over 5 years know (when you were called Action Alert), and to this day, Muslims havent woke up or funded you.

MPAC its time to call it a day and let fate decide. your too small and too underfunded to to stop the rot that has infected the muslim mind.

This is happening to muslims all over the world!!! I hope muslims really do wake up.

I think all muslims are aware, they have seen plenty of this type of news, Just shows how many TRUE muslims exist in this world

I agree with Shirin's comments.

However what sort of title is that.

"How dare you fast but abandon Jihad"

Choose your words carefuly many people from all walks of life read these websites and view them as an authority on Islamic teachings.

A basic usool of fiqh is it is better to do little then nothing at all.

Just an observation by a humble servant.

Keep up the good work.

salaam

on sunday 22nd October there is the quds day march in london, where we remember and show our support for the oppressed people of plaestine in ramadhan hopefully all those in london and beyond will come and show their support.
to the person who said lets give up and leave it to fate this is what shaitan would love but we have sen that if we have faith in Allah and follow the truth path no enemy can defeat us, the lebanese people have shown us that in their recent victory.
i leave with a quote from imam Ali who was martyred on the 21st night of ramadhan he says "if the whole of Arabia was behind me it would not increase my faith one ounce and if the whole of arabia was against me i would not take a step back in my faith".

this strength of righteousness will make muslims soar to the moons and beyond and as long as we individually have it then we can spread it to our family and beyond.
please pray for me on these blessed nights.

Hussein: MashAllah, a very inspirational post! Yes, Quds Day demonstration is a good way for all Muslims to unite and show solidarity to our brethren in Palestine!

Perhaps you could keep the forum updated on the particulars, i.e, time and place etc.

May allah give us strength....

the reality is our people pay with there lives while we muslims sit and watch the show...palastinians have suffered since israels creation who raised a voice?

iraqis have suffered since before and long after the gulf war who spoke out?

afgans are murdered and tortured who goes to them?

unify oh muslimah if only to the point of forgetting sunni,shia ets you are muslim and that is that the quran is our guide use it...

as for shahs comment on mpacuk thank you for you words of wisdom they bring such strength...mpac do something and tht is better than nothing to briing our suffering to light and call for jihad against this type of suffering is better than nothing...

there way of spreading knowledge is better than ignorant silence...

i for one prefer to see what my people are going through and do something than to ignore them and live in this disneyland world! as many westerners do..

Salaam

What is happening in Palestine is outrageous and it is compulsory for us as Muslims to act against it in whatever way possible. It is amazing how the British government can still support Israel when its state terrorism is so clear.

I have one question for mpac which sunnah falls into the category of trivial.

Surly no action of the beloved of the creator can be described as trivial

To george

I do agree with you in principle. But having watched this movie and done a little research, it is clear that the Palestinian people are using the only weapon they have- themselves.

Their lives are so utterly despairing, filled with bloodshed and humiliation, and the NEED to feel that they need to fight back. but with what??

they don't have an organised army funded buy affluent brethren around the globe. They rely on charity and any government that tries to get itself organised in Palestine doesn't just face the crisis on its own doorstep, but also has to face an almighty backlash from the global community.

in the face of such adversity it makes me wonder, what else can they do?

But the point then is, that maybe if the muslim global community kicked itself into gear, and helped its Palestinian family, they might just have a hope.

Let us not get frightened about the word Jihad. Those who have isolated the word Jihad to only suggest that it only means effort, and it has no physical dimension is living in a fantasy world or disregard Islamic jurisprudence. Islam believes in defence, in fact it is a moral duty to be in the fore front of Jihad in whichever form it is best to respond to an ensuing issue facing the people. When someone attacks you with a pen you do not bring out the sword. It has to be a measured response. The people in Afghanistan and Iraq have to respond to the naked aggression of the USA with physical Jihad, otherwise their county and its people will face tremendous difficulty. The people on those regions do not have any other option but to resist occupation with physical Jihad. It is an Islamic duty and Law.

George,

Amazing you can say don't give them an excuse. We are not talking about a balanced situation here.

Using F16's and apache gun ships agains civilians while the rest of the 'civilised' world looks on, and then you say don't give them an excuse while they are being starved and humiliated.

Can you not even recognise the inhumanity of this situation?