The Qatar World Cup shows that the Islamic Ummah is in One Valley, Whilst its Normalizing Rulers are in Another
(Translated)

News:

“A Jewish diplomat expressed his concern about the absence of acceptance of the normalization and peace agreements, signed by the Jewish entity with some rulers of Arab countries, by the peoples of those countries. It was evident in the World Cup in Qatar that the peoples refuse normalization with the occupation.” (Arabic 21)

Comment:

Indeed, Palestine is tightly tied to the Iman of the Muslims, as it is the destination of the Israa of the Messenger and their first Qiblah. Regarding its virtue and status, hadiths were narrated from the Messenger of Allah (saw). Its soil was irrigated with the blood of the conquerors and liberators. Accordingly, the Muslim Khulafa'a (caliphs) and sultans protected Palestine, refusing to bargain over, or give up, even an inch of it. Sacrifices and heroism have been offered, and are still being offered, through the love of Palestine and in its defense.

This is so, despite the betrayal of the rulers of the Muslims and their normalization of relations with the Jewish entity, the people did not normalize with it. Instead they consider normalization a betrayal and a great crime. Even youth withdrew from sports competitions, because their opponents were from the Jewish entity. Today, in the shadow of the World Cup, and despite Qatar’s betrayal by allowing Jews to enter Qatar to attend World Cup, and the establishment of a direct flight between the Jewish entity and Qatar for their transit, and despite allowing their media and their correspondents to be there to cover the World Cup, people refused to talk to them. Many videos that show this refusal have gone viral, to the extent that some of these journalists have been forced to lie and hide, that they are from another country, to escape from the people’s wrath!

The love of Palestine, and its defense, must be properly expressed. Love for Palestine does not mean that people raise the flag of colonialism, "the nationalist flag of Palestine," in the stadiums. It does not mean that they wear the keffiyeh scarf, or that they cheer for Palestine and sing nationalist songs in the stands and arenas. It means the people must denounce the relations established by the rulers with this criminal entity, providing with protection. It means that the people must renounce the division and the artificial borders, put in place by these rulers and their colonial masters, to divide the Muslim countries. This is so the Muslims unify under the banner of there is “No god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” This means that efforts are focused on establishing the state that will liberate Palestine and eliminate this occupying entity, thus fulfilling the promise of the Messenger of Allah (saw) to defeat the Jews and liberate Palestine.

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,

«لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْيَهُودَ، فَيَقْتُلُهُمْ الْمُسْلِمُونَ، حَتَّى يَخْتَبِئَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَجَرِ وَالشَّجَرِ، فَيَقُولُ الْحَجَرُ أَوْ الشَّجَرُ: يَا مُسْلِمُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ خَلْفِي فَتَعَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ، إِلَّا الْغَرْقَدَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْيَهُودِ» 

“The last hour would not come until the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them, until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree, such that the  stone or the tree would say, ‘O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; except the Gharqad tree would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.’” [Narrated by Muslim] And we ask Allah (swt) that this will be soon, healing the hearts of a believing people.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Baraa'a Manasrah