Us muslims, we focus too much on Palestine

You —

There, I said it.

There is plenty of other shit going on around the world too.

yes, I get that when a captured, blindfolded Palestinian is shot by a rubber bullet at point blank range, it is a travesty. But where is the love for the Kurds? how about the Muslims of southern Sudan? Somalia has been is civil war for over 15 years.

And why does have to be only about Muslims? Zimbabawe has an inflation rate of over 2.2 million - the recently released 100 billion dollar note will not even buy a loaf of bread. People are dying there and everywhere else.

Yet, the muslim community as a whole seems to focus on "the evil that is Israel". Why is that?

Ya'qub — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 - 00:16

I think because of the Masjid al-Aqsa, which is the third holiest mosque in Islam, but this may be more of a cover, rather than the actual reason.

The Palestinian situation has a clear 'baddie' (or perceived baddie). And this 'baddie' is not a Muslim. I DON'T think it's because Muslims are inherently anti-Jew, because there is a long history of living peacefully side-by-side, and helping Jews escape persecution from Christian countries.

In the case of Somalia, Sudan and the Kurds, the 'baddies' are Muslims too. Shouting about them every five minutes is not good for moral.

I don't know, this not really going anywhere, I am rambling.

May Allah (swt) guide us and forgive us all. Ameen!

You — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 - 01:07

Yeah, part of it is the bogeyman concept at work.

And to answer my own question, I don't think we focus too much of Palestine. We focus too little on the other disasters.