بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
An Open Letter to the Mothers, Wives, Daughters and Sisters of the Muslim Armed Forces
From the Mothers, Wives, Daughters and Sisters of the Muslim Ummah
The Children of Gaza are being slaughtered.
They are trapped inside the walls of Gaza, with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide as the ‘Israeli’ army bombs them.
They have lost their mothers, their fathers, their families.
And they are crying out for our help.
As a wife, a mother, a daughter, as a sister, how can we not feel their pain?
How can we ignore their cries of terror?
The media feeds us lies.
Our rulers feed us lies.
They want us to believe that this is a response to terrorism.
They want us to believe this so that we don’t question them.
So, we don’t question why no one is stopping the atrocities that are being committed.
So that we don’t feel any guilt as we look away from the images and the videos.
As we find reasons to justify the attacks on the Palestinian Muslims, with our words.
But in our hearts, we know the truth.
We know that these poor people do not deserve to die.
The children, the babies, do not deserve to die.
We know that this is not about Hamas.
That this is not about terrorism or about the Jewish entity’s right to defend itself.
This is about the Jewish entity’s desire to annex Palestinian land for their growing population.
It’s about the Jewish entity’s desire to kill the Palestinian people so that they can control the area.
It’s about the Jewish entity’s s desire to access our beloved Masjid al Aqsa, and claim the land that it sits on as their own.
This isn’t an opinion. It’s a fact.
We know this because the disgusting politicians of ‘Israel’ have told us that it is so.
The excuse of terrorism is once again being used to give the world a reason to look the other way.
So that they can commit the atrocities for as long as they wish.
So that they can kill as many Palestinians as they wish.
We’ve seen this happen time and time again.
We’ve seen the deaths in Bosnia
in Iraq
in Afghanistan
in Myanmar
in East Turkestan
in Kashmir.
The Muslim Ummah is bleeding across the world.
And this time, they have made sure that the Muslims of Gaza have nowhere to flee to as they slaughter them.
Each time the international community spreads propaganda,
With the aim of building public opinion in their favour, so that they do not have to fear that the Muslim armies will rise up against them.
Because that’s what they fear.
They fear the might of the Muslim Ummah.
They fear what will happen if the Muslim armies hear the calls of the innocent and declare Jihad in order to save them.
They fear what will happen if the Muslim armies declare Jihad and come to protect the Holy land and Al Aqsa Mosque.
We ask you O mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of the armed forces.
How can you not demand that your fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons declare Jihad?
How can you not demand that they protect the children of Gaza?
How can you not demand that they protect the land of Al-Aqsa?
How can you look at your men in the armed forces and not think of how they have not moved to protect the children who cry out for help?
What is it that we fear?
The Americans?
The Zionists?
They are weak and fragile in the face of Allah and His believers.
They will run from the Muslim Armies when they march under the banner of Jihad.
They divided us into nation states,
They made sure that we are drowning in problems and debts.
They did this to prevent us uniting to ensure they can feast on us and we allow this.
We ask you, O Women of the Men in the Muslim Armies,
Remind your Men of the Reward that Allah has promised the Shaheed on the Day of Judgment.
Remind them that Rizq is from Allah.
Remind them that they joined the Army to Protect their Muslim Brothers, Sisters and Children.
Remind them that they are Brave Men, who should Not Cower in the Face of Evil.
And then demand that they Fight in the Name of Allah
To protect the Muslims in Gaza,
And by extension protect the Muslim Ummah across the World.
It is Time to Act,
Children in Gaza are dying.
They have nowhere to run to, nowhere to escape to.
They are waiting for us.
May Allah help us all.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Fatima Musab
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir