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How the West Distorted Shahada into Savagery
When a Palestinian mother holds her shrouded child and smiles through her tears, the Western world does not know what to do with that image. That smile is not madness. It is the faith of a woman who knows her child is alive with their Lord. The Western distortion of martyrdom is not a cultural misunderstanding. It is deliberate infrastructure, fused at every level with the Zionist project, designed to sever Palestinians from the spiritual foundation that has made them unbreakable. This piece traces how that distortion was built, who built it, and why reclaiming shahada is essential to the survival of the struggle itself.
The History of Zionist Attacks on Lebanon
Israel’s attacks on Lebanon did not begin in 1978 or 1982. They go back to 1948, when Israeli forces crossed into southern Lebanon during Operation Hiram. In Hula, Zionist occupation troops carried out a massacre whose reported death toll varies across sources, but it is widely recognized as one of the earliest mass killings committed by Israeli forces on Lebanese soil. Although Israeli forces withdrew after the 1949 armistice agreement with Lebanon, the ceasefire did not end the violence. Southern Lebanese villages continued to face raids, shelling, and repeated violations of Lebanese sovereignty.
49th Land Day
Land Day marks March 30, 1976, when Palestinians rose up in mass strike and protest against the Zionist seizure of thousands of dunams of land in the Galilee. Six Palestinians were martyred because they refused to accept land theft. That day exposed the truth that Zionism was never just an occupation of 1967. It was always a settler colonial project built on the erasure of an Indigenous people from their own homeland. In Islam, the land is an amanah, a trust from Allah. To defend it is not only political. It is a moral obligation against oppression and a refusal to betray the generations who came before us.
Al Aqsa Is Calling Us!
Al-Aqsa is a Holy Mosque in Jerusalem, situated in the Al-Haram Ash-Sharif. This mosque is the 3rd holiest site in Islam. This is where the Prophet SAW ascended to Heaven. Verse no.1, chapter 17 of the Holy Quran highlights the blessings that have been brought on the areas surrounding Masjid Al- Aqsa. Before the Qibla, the direction in which Muslims pray was established towards the Kaaba; the Muslims faced Al-Aqsa for their Qibla. One prayer in this mosque also equals 500 prayers. This area is clearly a place of great divine importance and, hence, a unifying point for Muslims all around the world. It is one of the reasons that Muslims have a strong affinity for Palestine, not only because of the atrocities committed against the Palestinians, but also because their beloved Holy Mosque also stands there.
Posting Fancy Iftars While Gaza Starves?
In the wake of the U.S.-“Israel” attack on Iran, the Zionist entity has taken advantage of diverted attention from Gaza in order to once again reinstate a total and complete siege on Gaza, shutting down all crossings — including Rafah — indefinitely. Less than a third of the aid trucks scheduled to enter Gaza each day have been allowed to enter over the past several months, preventing the people of Gaza from accessing basic necessities. Families have been surviving on minimal calories and children, especially, have been facing severe malnutrition. Now that number will be absolutely none, which places Gaza at risk of returning to a state of severe famine.
Why Some Muslim Scholars Are Silent Palestine?
Across the Muslim world and diaspora, a growing narrative seeks to reduce Islam to a quiet, apolitical spirituality detached from material injustice. This essay challenges that framing, arguing that the Islamic moral tradition has always been rooted in enjoining good, forbidding evil, and standing against oppression. Drawing on prophetic teachings and historical precedent, it explores how righteous scholarship and youth movements together sustain resistance, why attempts to pacify the Muslim conscience serve political interests, and how a principled, justice-oriented faith calls for both spiritual grounding and tangible action in the face of occupation, violence, and systemic injustice.
What Does A Real Ceasefire Look Like?
Just recently, an “Israeli” airstrike wiped out an entire family that was already displaced and seeking shelter despite a ceasefire. Citing “security reasons,” the Zionist Entity continues to restrict aid and humanitarian groups into the Strip — including Doctors without Borders and Defense for Children International — which has been consistent with its broader “dietary” policy of limiting the calories needed to the minimum to prevent mass starvation. The “Israeli” Navy recently shot and killed a fisherman off the coast of Gaza for going beyond the six-nautical mile restriction, which fishermen often have to go beyond to adequately fish and support their families.
Israel Trains ICE Agents
In the months preceding Good’s death, ICE agents had opened fire on people at least nine times across multiple states, killing at least four other individuals during deportation operations. Masked ICE squads have been snatching people off the streets, kicking down doors in morning raids, and devastating neighborhoods. How did we get here? How did an American agency come to behave like an occupying army? Follow the trail to ‘Tel Aviv’ and Jerusalem. For decades, U.S. law enforcement, including local police, federal agents, and ICE officers, have been training directly with the Zionist army. In fact, internal documents obtained by activists show that “well over a thousand” U.S. police chiefs, sheriffs and federal agents (from the FBI, DHS, and ICE) have flown to ‘Israel’ for training in surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, detention, and deportation.
Who Is The Board of Peace?
After two years of genocide by the Zionist war machine, the very architects and enablers of these war crimes now have the audacity to pose as ‘peacemakers’. The American empire, chief patron of ‘Israel’s’ brutal campaign, dares to propose a so-called “Board of Peace” to rule Gaza in the genocide’s aftermath.
It was U.S. weapons, money, and diplomatic cover that enabled ‘Israel’s’ bloody campaign. The American empire stood by, vetoing ceasefires and arming the occupation, as Gaza was turned into scorched earth. Now, under the guise of a ‘so-called’ ceasefire, in which Zionist forces have continued their genocidal campaign, the U.S. wants to “manage” what they helped destroy.
Should We Separate Islam & Palestine?
In the Qur’an, Allah describes the Night Journey of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) from Mecca to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa (the Farthest Mosque).
In that miraculous event, the Prophet also ascended to the heavens (Al-Miʿrāj) from the site of Al-Aqsa, forever binding Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) to Islam.
Every Muslim has a share in the responsibility toward this holy site. Scholars across the Muslim world affirm that defending and safeguarding Al-Aqsa is a collective obligation of Muslims. In other words, caring about Palestine’s holy sites and people is part of our Islamic belief and duty, inseparable from our worship and identity as Muslims.
Should We Support Zohran Mamdani?
As a Palestinian Muslim led movement, we view this moment through our faith. Islam teaches us both to celebrate good and to hold one another accountable. This is a balance rooted in the Sunnah. The Prophet (SAW) taught that “the best type of jihad is speaking a true word in the presence of a tyrant ruler.”
In the spirit of praising what is praiseworthy, we celebrate Mamdani’s achievement over Cuomo and recognize the virtues he may bring to City Hall. He is, by many accounts, a principled community organizer-turned-politician whose focus has been serving the people. He also refused to bow to coercive pro-Israel ultimatums, even rejecting the political ritual of proving loyalty through a trip to ‘Israel’.
Where’s The 3rd Intifada?
The First Intifada was characterized by mass protests, general strikes, and boycotts. This wave of resistance continued for six years until the signing of the Oslo Accords, which began in September 1993 and introduced the prospect of Palestinian statehood. This raises the question of a Third Intifada. While the last phase of escalated genocide against the Gaza Strip has provoked millions around the world to educate themselves, mobilize, and stand in solidarity with Palestinians and the people of Gaza, the same scale and intensity of unified resistance across the Palestinian territories is noticeably absent in the current day context as compared to the First and Second Intifadas.
Christmas in Palestine
Christmas in the birthplace of Sayyidina Isa, peace be upon him, is being suffocated by Zionist occupation and genocide. This piece reflects on Palestinian Christian life under attack, Muslim Christian coexistence in Palestine, and how faith remains a root of resistance and steadfastness.
How ICE Targets Migrants
After 9/11, the U.S. transformed immigration into a “national security” project—building ICE into a machinery of raids, surveillance, detention, and deportation. This piece traces how that system targets racialized communities and mirrors the same logic of control and dispossession perfected under Zionist occupation in Palestine—then ends with a clear call to action for solidarity and dismantling.
What’s Next for the West Bank?
The Zionist entity enforces systemic violence and apartheid upon all Palestinians of the West Bank. It regularly restricts Palestinians' freedom of movement through hundreds of military checkpoints, where Palestinians are routinely stopped, searched, and harassed by occupation forces. Zionist soldiers and settlers are also known to regularly shoot and murder children in the West Bank, and for their violence against farmers during the olive tree harvest. Zionist violence is not just targeted at the Palestinian people, but even the land and the trees are burned and bulldozed.
What’s Happening in Sudan?
The genocidal Rapid Support Forces (RSF), armed and funded by the UAE, have invaded and massacred thousands in El-Fasher, Sudan, continuing a colonial war that has displaced over 12 million Sudanese people. As Palestinians face genocide in Gaza, the parallel violence in Sudan exposes the deadly alliance between Zionism and neocolonial Arab regimes.
The Jordan ‘Israel’ Peace Deal
The Wadi ʻAraba Treaty, often referred to as a milestone for "peace," represents a profound betrayal of the Palestinian people and their quest for liberation. While it formalized diplomatic relations between Jordan and “Israel,” established agreements on land borders, and outlined resource allocations, it fundamentally served the interests of elites over the rights and aspirations of Palestinians. This so-called peace framework laid the groundwork for increased cooperation in trade, tourism, and security with a settler-colonial entity intent on perpetuating its occupation.
Why Do Zionists Want Al-Quds?
The Setback or Naksa 58’
Explore the 58th anniversary of the Naksa and how the 1967 war marked a turning point in the Zionist occupation of Palestine. This powerful Op-Ed traces the roots of settler colonialism, the collapse of Arab regimes, the rise of Palestinian resistance, and the vital role of Islam in grounding the liberation struggle from 1967 to today.
