Press Release
The Governor of Hebron Defies Allah and Speaks with Immorality
(Translated)

After the people of Hebron (Al-Khalil) took a commendable stand at the Diwan of the Al-Tamim clan, denouncing the mixing of genders and the heinous crime organized by the municipal council at Al-Hussein Stadium, the Governor of Al-Khalil, Khaled Dudin, emerged to utter words brimming with insolence towards Allah (swt) and challenging the deeply rooted values of Islam embodied in the clans and people of Al-Khalil. He said, “No one is allowed to tell us that mixing of genders is permissible or forbidden!” With these words, he doesn't want anyone to enjoin what is right or forbid what is wrong; rather, he seeks to promote mixing of genders and immorality. He prevents people from even discussing corruption and depravity. He is declaring war on the rulings of Islam with these words, then attempting to prevent people from condemning his wrongdoing or stopping his crime. He wants to corrupt the land, morals, and chastity, breaking down barriers to vice, and then does not want people to even utter a word!

Then the fool continues his speech, “No one is allowed to attack the morals and honour of the sons of Al-Khalil,” and thus the governor decides that prohibiting mixing and preventing it from occurring is an attack on the morals and honour of Al-Khalil’s governorate! As if honour, in his view, is for mixing to occur and for men and women to sway, and it is the honour of one who has no honour and the morals of one who has no morals, and how can someone who prohibits mixing be the one attacking the honour of his people, his clan and the people of his kind?! And is the one who calls for mixing and unveiling the one who preserves honuor? But this is the way of the authority and its men, for it has betrayed the country and the people and then accused those who hold it accountable of having an agenda linked to the occupation.

Then the fool insists again, saying, “We want to hold celebrations, we want to live... we want to go to Al-Hussein Stadium, and we want to be present in all locations.” Thus, he challenges Allah by his disobedience, openly committing his crime before all of creation without any pretense. He wants to spread an atmosphere of corruption and immorality without shame, as if he is competing with Jibril Rajoub, who wants to bring out the girls of Palestine in shorts. As for his saying, “We want to live,” the tone of his words and his actions say: that the henchmen of the Palestinian authority and its corrupt officials want to dance on the wounds of the people of Palestine, and even push the people of Palestine to dance on their wounds. And what a dance it is! A dance in disobedience to Allah and the loss of honour and dignity. The fool wants us to celebrate while martyrs are rising in number every day. The criminal wants to celebrate while homes are demolished every day. The one who dares to defy Allah wants to celebrate while Gaza and the West Bank are burning with fire morning and night.

Then he adds to his rant with something even more outrageous, saying, “If mixing of the sexes were forbidden, Allah would have prohibited it in the courtyard of the Kaaba!” This idea was picked up by the governor from a social media commentator who mocked Allah's verses, portraying the greatest instance of mixing as occurring near the Kaaba. Instead of the governor's face contorting with anger for Allah's sake, he found his solace in misguidance and trivialized Allah's verses. How grave are the words that come out of their mouths! How can one equate the Sacred House of Allah, where the sanctity of Allah's laws is upheld, and where Allah has permitted the gathering of men and women, separating them in prayer, with the mixing of men and women at a football match or a celebration?! Or does this deluded governor, infatuated with mixing and parties, want to say what those who permitted usury said?

[ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا وَأَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا]

“That is because they say, “Trade is no different than interest.” But Allah has permitted trading and forbidden interest” [Al-Baqarah: 275]

What audacity against the Deen of Allah is this? How can you be certain that you and those who follow you in your crimes will not incur Allah's wrath and a painful punishment?!

The Palestinian Authority, their cronies, their online henchmen, and their agents tried to disrupt the gathering of the honorable and virtuous people of Al-Khalil, its families and clans, who declared: "The crime at Al-Hussein Stadium is a crime that will not go unpunished”.

The criminals and hypocrites tried every trick to dissuade the people of Al-Khalil from enjoining good and forbidding evil, but Allah (swt) turned their plots against them. They tried to disrupt the gathering and leveled accusations against those who organized it, claiming that a party or entity was behind the action, as if the presence of political parties in enjoining good and forbidding evil were a crime! As if the people of Khalil Al-Rahman have no intellect, blindly following without opinion, understanding, or concern for their honour.

Then they accused the people of being preoccupied with trivial matters, claiming that instead of addressing the issue of gender mixing that took place, they should go and protect the (Haram) sanctuary of the Ibrahimi Mosque) and confront the occupation. It's as if the people of Al-Khalil were the ones who signed the agreement to surrender and divide Al-Khalil, and recognizing the Israeli entity's security control over the Old City and the sanctuary (the Ibrahimi Mosque)! It's as if the governor only remembered the Jewish attacks when he was criticized for promoting gender mixing and immodest dress! While those who have abandoned Al-Khalil, those who possess weapons and hold the so-called authority, bear no responsibility, no obligation, and no blame, even though they are the perpetrators of the crime and the originators of the concessions and surrender!

This Blessed Land, with its people and men, will remain, Allah willing, a beacon of truth, a stronghold of Islam, and a thorn in the throat of the authorities, their cronies, and those behind them.

A day of reckoning is coming for the criminals, when the Ummah will hold them accountable for every word. And a day of reckoning with Allah is far more severe and grievous, when the governor and his followers will face a harsh reckoning before Him. Then they will know to whom the ultimate fate belongs and to whom the final abode belongs.

[وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ]

“The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet” [Al-Shu’ara: 227]

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