With Salaams and Dua;s

Shabbir

This is a video that explains the concept of Boycotting Israel; and why it is so important; please watch it and share it with others.

For sure; it is only someone with a heart of stone who will not shed a tear at the oppression and injustices that have been committed against the oppressed people of Palestine, not just recently in the War on Gaza, but in fact since the creation of this illegal Zionist Entity.

This video shows how illegal settlements are created with the support of the Israeli Government; (and off course Tax Payers).

Now there are no more excuses; there is no-one who can say that they didn’t know the brutality and inhumanity of the Israeli Regime; there are no excuses; the Apartheid System in South Africa was deposed and destroyed by the process of a systematic boycott.  The Zionist (which is the same as racism as per UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 - passed in 1975) Regime occupying Palestine must be forced to vacate the occupied lands; and to cease it’s racist policy.

Credit to Inminds for their tireless work in promoting this boycott as well as the banners and the video; as well as to the BIG Campaign and many many others.  It should also be noted that this boycott shouldn’t just be restricted to the economic; no; it should – like the boycott of South African Apartheid Regime which resulted in it’s collapse.  Therefore; we bring your attention to the Stop the Wall Campaign and the PACBI - Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and many many others; a simple search on Google will reveal a plethora of campaigns in place.

Many have said that it’s not possible to boycott and survive here in the west; well to that we say very simple; it is; it’s very easy to find excuses to avoid the boycott; much like it is easy to find an excuse to not wash the dishes – for example; it takes a brave person; it takes a deep feeling of human dignity; and it takes guts to actually abide by the boycott; and to look at decent alternatives. 

There are campaigns all over the world against Child labour; Israeli Settlers are constantly exploiting Palestinian Children as you’ll see in the video – if you can’t see the bigger picture of Israeli theft of Palestinian land; surely you have at the very least a problem with the illegal exploitation of children?!

Use these banners and let people know the reality; convince people, convince your local MP or Congressperson, convince your local shopkeeper or supermarket; and let’s make sure that the pressure is applied on those who profit from stolen property.

Think about it for a minute; if that was your land, if it was stolen from you and then someone else profited from it; while all the while ensuring you suffered maximum humiliation would you tolerate it? 

Boycott Israel; Support Human Decency; Boycott Racism and Zionism and all who aid and assist her. 

The world claims to have a “War on Terror”; well here’s your terrorist; the Zionist Regime based out of Tel Aviv; the most violent entity on the face of this earth; who seeks nothing more than to steal, rape, murder and pillage the innocents in the face of a lie that many reputable Judaic Scholars have declared illegal.

Look deep within your heart you will see; there is no other option; we must boycott Israel; if we do not; we may as well pack a gun, grab some bullets; and go and kill a Palestinian Child ourselves.  Because a penny in the pockets of the Israeli Regime does exactly that; murders and mains innocent Palestinians; as well as feeding the world lies and manipulations and preventing the real story from being exposed.  But God works in mysterious ways; and we have organizations that have worked tirelessly to tell us of the reality in Palestine; such as al-Jazeera and Press TV; now they have done a lot; but it is upto each and everyone of us; let us come together as a single unit; Muslim and non-Muslim; man and woman; American and Arab; Chinese and Japanese; let us all come together; and as Michael Heart says in his excellent song:

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

(See: http://www.islamicdigest.net/v7core/2009/01/16/we-will-not-go-down-song-for-gaza-by-michael-heart/)

With Salaams and Dua’s

Shabbir

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The beloved Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip have, since noon yesterday, been subjected to a vicious attack and to continual strikes that have resulted so far in hundreds of victims being martyred or wounded.

This assault comes after a suffocating blockade to which this oppressed people has been subjected for several months. It had resulted in the creation of harsh humanitarian conditions as a result of lack of food, medicine, fuel and other necessities of daily life for the citizens.

Mere verbal expressions of condemnation and disapproval of what is being done to our Palestinian brethren in Gaza, and of solidarity with them, mean nothing before the immensity of this horrific tragedy to which they are being subjected.

The Arab and Muslim worlds are called upon, more than at any past time, to take practical steps in order to stop this continual aggression and to break this cruel blockade that has been imposed on that proud people.

We ask God, the Exalted, the All-Powerful to take the hands of all and lead them to that wherein lies goodness and righteousness. Verily, he is the All-Hearing, the Gracious.

The Office of Sayyed al-Sistani
An-Najaf al-Ashraf
28/12/2008
29 Dhi al-Hijjah 1429

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return [The Holy Quran 2:156]

The appalling crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the massacre of hundreds of oppressed men, women, and children, has once again revealed the true nature of the bloodthirsty Zionist wolves, who had been hiding behind a veil of deception during the past few years. This event has again revealed - to those who are not vigilant and prepared to compromise at any price - the threat posed by the presence of these warring infidels (kafer-e harbi) living in the heart of the lands of the Islamic Ummah.

This tragic event is unbearable for all Muslims and for any moral and honorable human being living anywhere in the world. However, what is even more tragic and unbearable is the cowardly silence of some Arab governments that claim to be Muslims - which only encourages the enemies. What could be more tragic than the fact that so-called Muslim governments - which should have supported the oppressed people of Gaza against the occupying, infidel (kafer) and warring (mohaareb) Zionist regime - have acted in a way that the criminal Zionist officials have become insolent enough to declare that these Arab governments support and are in agreement with this great tragedy?

What explanation do the heads of these countries have before the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.)? How will they justify their inaction to their own peoples, who are undoubtedly bereaved by this tragedy? Surely today, the hearts of the people of Egypt, Jordan, and other Muslim countries are bleeding because of this massacre, which follows the long siege of Gaza during which food and medicine were kept away from its people.

Being an accomplice in this great crime, the criminal Bush administration - which is going through the last days of its disgraceful rule - made the US regime even more disgraced than before and added more pages to its war crimes record. European governments once again proved the falsity of their claims regarding their support for human rights through their indifference and through their support for this great tragedy. They have shown that they are part of the anti-Islam and anti-Muslim camp.

I ask the ulama and clergy of the Arab world and the heads of Egyptian Al-Azhar University: is it not time you felt alarmed for Islam and Muslims? Is it not time you fulfilled your obligatory duty of warning against evil and fulfilling your obligation of "saying what is right to the oppressive leader"?

In order for you to feel responsible, do you need a clearer proof than what is happening in Gaza and Palestine? These events prove the collusion and collaboration of warring infidels (kafer-e harbi) with the hypocrites (munafeqeen) of the Islamic Ummah and are aimed at suppressing Muslims.

I ask the media and intellectuals of the Muslim world, especially the Arab world: until when are you going to continue neglecting your duties and responsibilities as media and intellectuals? Can the disgraced western human rights organizations and the so-called Security Council be disgraced any further?

All the Palestinian mujahideen and the faithful people of the Muslim world are obliged to defend the children, women, and defenseless people of Gaza by all possible means. Those who are killed in this sacred and legally sanctioned defense are martyrs, and their souls will be associated with those of the martyrs of the Battles of Badr and Uhud, before the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.w.a.).

The Organization of the Islamic Conference must fulfill its historic duty in these critical times and form a unified front - without petty considerations or any passivity - to oppose the Zionist regime. The Zionist regime must be penalized by Muslim governments. The Zionist heads must be personally tried and penalized for their crimes and the prolonged siege imposed on Gaza. These goals can be fulfilled through solid determination of the Muslim nations, and in this critical period, politicians, ulama, and intellectuals shoulder the heaviest responsibility.

Due to the tragedy in Gaza, I hereby announce Monday as a day of public mourning and I call on the country’s officials to fulfill their duties with regard to this tragic event.

"And soon those who do injustice will know to what final place of turning they will be turned."
[The Holy Quran, 26:227]

Sayyed Ali Khamenei
29 Dhi al-Hijjah al-Haram 1429
[28 December, 2008]