Find Your Way, FindingNeem: Tas Talks Tuesday: Tragedies Pt. 1

Assalamualaikum everyone! I hope you are all well and to those taking part, Ramadan Mubarak! I hope your fasts are going easy for you In'Sha'Allah (God willing). Today's topic is going to based around tragedies as a whole, mostly focused on murders and wars. I hope to interest you in some of my thoughts and the way I look at these social tragedies. As always, thank you for the support and enjoy reading lovelies!

"Killing under the cloak of war is no different than murder"

- Albert Einstein

I take it everyone is aware of the situation that's been occurring in Palestine for decades yet has gained more recognition from society these last couple of weeks. The media has shown the deaths of Israeli's and hasn't quite touched upon the Palestinian horrors. Constant bombing, mass murder. It's isn't a war, it's genocide.

Now many people that I've seen on social media have been accusing others of mourning over Israeli people's deaths. Why? A death is a death no matter what. Somebody loved that person, somebody cared for that person, now they're gone. They will not return upon this earth. I'm not Pro Israel and I support Palestine all the way, but this isn't about who's side we are on: its about doing the right thing. To my readers, to my fellow mourners, to the people who abuse the state of this conflict, to the people of social media, I ask you to please not tell anyone who they should mourn for and who they shouldn't. Let me explain before you decide to judge my opinion and think it's wrong.

In this case, innocent people are dying from both sides. There isn't a stop to it. There are innocent civilians in both Israel AND Palestine whether you like it or not. You cannot deny this simple fact. Let's think and forget about religion for one second. You do not have to be a Muslim to support Palestine. You just have to be human. There is no denying that what's occurring right now is the least bit humane. Videos and images have spread like wildfire on social media of death, death and more death. Without reading the caption, all I see are battered and wounded civilians. I scroll down and I see these absurd comments which states that those people deserved to die because they were Israeli, or they were a Jew, or they were Palestinian or they were Muslim. DISGUSTING!

I am outraged by the other comments coming from ignorant people, people of all colours, all religions, commenting on the fact that Hitler "should've killed all the Jews", or that "Muslims are evil and should all die. America should've nuked them". It hurts my heart. It really does. I sit there scrolling down on my phone, trying my best to reply to all these comments yet I get attacked for it because I'm either a "raghead", a "terrorist" or a "paki" - and for that, my opinion automatically isn't taken into account and is ignored. And that's not even the worst part. What makes my blood boil is the fact that people tell me that I shouldn't condemn Israeli civilian deaths. Who are you to tell me who I should or shouldn't care for. I don't care what colour, race or religion these civilians are from. They are still civilians at the end of the day. Once again, I will say this. I support Palestine. I always have and always will. But how dare you tell me I'm wrong for feeling sad that other people of another religious sect have died? They are not my enemies. They are NOT my enemies! There is no such thing in Islam.

I realise that some people may take this the wrong way. All I'm saying is that you, as a Muslim, a Christian, a Hindu, a Jew and a human, you should never mock the deceased. That crosses a line. As a Muslim woman, yes it is my duty to help out my Muslim brothers and Sisters in Palestine, but that doesn't mean I should just stop caring about other civilians dying too. Yes my Palestinian brothers and sisters mean the world to me, well so do my Syrian brothers and sisters, so do my Somalian brothers and sisters. I could go on and on but I feel like I'd be repeating myself until you've got the point.

I pray to God that these abusive commenters have time to reflect upon what they've written. As a human, you do not have the right to tell someone who they should and shouldn't mourn for. It isn't fair.

There are so many tragedies that occur within this world. So many forgotten ones too. This Palestinian conflict was also forgotten until recently. To all those who have been taking part in the protests and petitions, Ma'Sha'Allah. May Allah SWT continue to bless you and your righteousness. I hope that we all pray for those who have been murdered and massacred. I hope we all see that religious opinions shouldn't break us apart. I hope we have all learnt a lesson that an innocent persons death is still sad. Just as sad as the next. These are children dying, mothers dying, disabled people dying, fathers dying. People being imprisoned for no reason. Palestinians are being labelled as terrorists because all they're doing is retaliating. That is all.

I hope you understand what points i've tried to put across. I know for a fact some people may take this the wrong way., but don't. Understand what I'm trying to say rather than jumping to conclusions. Let us all take the time out of our days as they pass to sincerely pray for the lives that have been lost due to this genocide, as well as the other (civil)/wars occurring too. Here are some links below in which you can help the people of Palestine by signing a quick online petition. This is only part 1 of this 'Tragedy' blog post.