I've seen you posting a lot about Palestine and i wanted to ask something. I'm doing what i can wrt spreading awareness and boycotting (unfortunately do not have the funds to be donating at the moment) but this is all so terrifying and it doesn't feel like enough. Idk if this is overstepping or unnecessary or anything, but i was wondering if there's any sort of Muslim prayer i can do on behalf of the people in Palestine. It might not mean anything coming from someone who's not religious but i know people take their faith very seriously and if it means something to them it feels like the least i can do. I would do the same thing for any Christian friends or family going through a difficult time, the only difference is i have no idea how to go about it in this case (I don't really have any Muslim friends, and it's primarily Christian in the area i live). Do you have any suggestions on how i could do this? Or is it not something i should do at all?
Hey thanks for this. Its very kind of you to ask. Honestly, prayers are quite appreciated and I, and other Muslims, would never turn down such a sweet request, nor would we look down on this.
Prayers (or duaa as we call it in this instance) are definitely welcome no matter any religious affiliations. There are also many Christian Palestinians in Gaza as well.
In Islam, duaa, or supplication, is when we ask God (Allah, in Arabic) for things both material and ideological. You cup your hands together and hold them in front of you while you say the prayer. Here is an English version of a prayer you can do:
“O Allah! I complain to You of my weakness, my scarcity of resources, and the humiliation I have been subjected to by the people. O Most Merciful of those who are merciful. O Lord of the weak and my Lord too. To whom have you entrusted me? To a distant person who receives me with hostility? Or to an enemy to whom you have granted authority over my affair? So long as You are not angry with me, I do not care. Your favour is of a more expansive relief to me. I seek refuge in the light of Your Face by which all darkness is dispelled and every affair of this world and the next is set right, lest Your anger or Your displeasure descends upon me. I desire Your pleasure and satisfaction until You are pleased. There is no power and no might except by You.”
Though even putting your hands together and asking for the safety of the Gazans or any other wishes you might have are also acceptable. You don’t have to do a formal prayer in which you recite something—as long as it’s a genuine wish, then it’s more than accepted in Islam.
You can do this anywhere and anytime. Even if you’re unable to use your hands, you can still do this as long as your intention is for it to be a Duaa.
I’m not sure how Christians pray so I can’t speak on that if someone else wants to provide insight.
Families of Israeli captives demand meeting with Netanyahu
Oct 28th, 10:12 GMT
The families of the people held in Gaza by Hamas have warned they will begin protesting if Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant do not meet with them on Saturday.
A spokesperson for the families said they planned to gather at a central square in Tel Aviv. They want the meeting because of increased apprehension about their loved ones after Israel ramped up attacks on Gaza overnight.
The military’s claim it is targeting tunnel infrastructure has prompted fear among the families that military leaders are being cavalier with the lives of the captives, who are believed to be held inside the tunnels.
Hi! I understand you probably reblogged that brand boycott post because it contained useful info about which brands are supporting the Israeli government, but I was extremely upset by the antisemitism of the original tweet (infantile deliberate misspelling of Israel as Israhell) which I am sure you do not endorse. Idk what I'm asking precisely maybe post links to the info without the original tweet?
Talked abt this with a friend last night but there is something heartening abt just how few people are buying into the party line abt Palestine compared to say, 2020 and 2016. I’ve noticed a much more coherent distrust of government institutions and widespread ease of recognising propaganda, as well as a general willingness to quickly and effectively shut down people who try and find some vernacular foothold to gently recenter the conversation away from genocide.
It’s not a silver lining, and it comes on the heels of so many back-to-back failures of liberal institutions and colonial brutality that have ground faith in the government to dust, but it is a relief to not spend so much time arguing with comfortable morons, and to instead focus that energy towards uplifting Palestinian voices and listening to some of the most lonely, frightened people in the world rn.
there’s something very dystopian like at the fact that we’re all supposed to continue on with our lives, go to work/school, carry on with our daily routines like we’re not witnessing three countries (sudan, congo & palestine) go through a genocide and mass ethnic cleansing right now all through our mobile phones & the internet
Please, I beg of you, do not stop watching the people of Palestine. The Israeli occupation has cut off their access so that they may commit the biggest eradication of our time without a single witness. Bear witness to Palestine. Please, do not look away.
Media explainers are a cheap way to become an instant expert on everything from billionaire submarine excursions to hellaciously complex geopolitical conflicts, but On The Media’s “Breaking News Consumers’ Handbooks” are explainers that help you understand other explainers:
The latest handbook is an Israel-Gaza edition. It doesn’t aim to parse fine distinctions over the definition of “occupation” or identify the source of shell fragments. Rather, it offers seven bullet points’ worth of advice on weighing all the other news you hear about the war:
Headline writers have a hard job under the best of circumstances – trying to snag your interest in a few words. Headlines can’t encompass all the nuance of a story, and they are often written by editors, not the writers who produced the story. Between the imperatives for speed and brevity and the broken telephone between editors and writers, it’s easy for headlines to go wrong, even when no one is attempting to mislead you. Even reliable outlets will screw up headlines sometimes – and that likelihood goes way up in times like these. You gotta read the story, not just the headline.
II. Know red flags for bullshit
The factually untrue information that spreads furthest tends to originate with a handful of superspreader accounts. Whether these people are Just Wrong or malicious disinfo peddlers, they share a few characteristics that should trip your BS meter and prompt extra scrutiny:
High-frequency posting
Emotionally charged framing
Posts that purport to be summaries or excerpts from news outlets, but do not include links to the original
The phrase “breaking news” (no one has that many scoops)
The students of Turin Luigi Einaudi University have been peacefully protesting in their campus in support of Palestine and to counter a far right event organized by FUAN (a neofascist, racist, xenophobic and homotransphobic organization) taking place in the same day.
The police broke into campus in riot gear and assulted the students.
This is not new. For years Italy has seen an increase in the militarization of the police force (which, in Italy, is supposed to be SEPARATE from the military) and high school and university students are often the prime target of this violence. The far right ministers we’ve had throughout recent years kept and keep shrinking our right to organize and protest, kept and keep trying to militarize our schools and universities under guise of security, kept and keep trying to smear, discredit and dismantle social centers (except for the fascist ones of course). They even went so far as to ban “illegal” rave parties (which, because of the way the law is written, could also pose a threat to pride events or any social or entertainment event that has music). In case you were wondering, the very much illegal marches on Predappio (to Mussolini’s house which is a fucking mausoleum for whatever goddamn reason) are still allowed.
Italy was also among the nations who abstained from voting on the UN truce resolution. Read that again. They did not even fucking BOTHER to vote. And they’re suppressing the population’s dissent. The Italian government is complicit and Palestine’s blood is also on their hands.
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continue to spread the word about what’s happening right now to people in palestine and boycott everyone who supports israel.
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