Starvation in Gaza and Degraded Civilization
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah; and blessings and peace be upon His Messenger, his kinsfolk, companions, and followers:
Has the world so far been devoid of a force that would stop this “Zionist entity” and its prime minister, the war criminal wanted by international justice, from his crimes that the whole world has been witnessing around the clock – for a period of twenty months – against the innocent Palestinian civilians, the owners of the rights and the land for thousands of years?
This “crazy entity” has committed all kinds of heinous crimes against people, stones and trees – 53 thousand dead people, most of whom were women and children, as well as 200 thousand wounded and disabled people. Ninety percent of homes, schools, universities and hospitals have been destroyed, in addition to the demolition of mosques and churches, the bombing of tents of the displaced, and the burning of people alive, killing 290 medical personnel and 215 journalists. It also destroyed bakeries, water and electricity stations, bulldozed the land, and set fire to crops and olive trees.
Wild beasts kill to eat, and when they're full, they stop killing. But this brutal enemy won't stop killing. It did not only killed civilians by bombing and burning, but it also resorted to "starvation" to reap lives and weaken resolve in a crime of "ethnic cleansing," one of the most heinous crimes, which can only come from an entity saturated with criminality and hatred of humanity.
We ask: Is the seven-billion-people world – along with its weapons, and political and legal potentials – unable to deter this criminal entity and forcibly deliver aid to the deprived children, women, and elderly people? Doesn't the (free) world hear the cries of Gaza's children as they crowd around food stalls with their empty containers, only to return, deprived, hungry, and oppressed, to their torn displacement tents?
Have the (European and American countries that claim to be progressive and civilized) been unable to deter this (rogue entity); or have they sided with it, supplying it with their most modern aircraft and two thousand-pound bombs – until they have destroyed all manifestations of life in Gaza – to push the Palestinians to (forced migration)? Is this a civilization of progress or is it a (civilization of death and annihilation)...?!!
Are over 400 million Arabs – with all their wealth – unable to pressure the "distracted world" to deliver food to the starving people besieged in the stricken Gaza Strip, even by bargaining with "oil for food" as the Americans had done with our people in Iraq?
Are two billion Muslims across the world unable to show their anger day and night, and to bring the world to its feet so that food can reach the hungry in the stricken Gaza Strip?
Have the surrounding countries (at least Egypt and Jordan) failed to open their borders, given the fact that thousands of trucks loaded with food and medicine have piled up behind them? Meanwhile, the Zionist entity has squandered all treaties and border agreements, even occupying the Rafah crossing and the Philadelphi corridor, disregarding the rulers, armies, and peoples of the region?!
Doesn't every officer and soldier in the Arab and Muslim armies feel ashamed and disgraced, while weapons are piled up in warehouses until they have almost rusted , and the fact that they are capable of deterring aggression and stopping the oppressors?
Doesn't the world fear that the wrath of Allah Almighty will descend upon the earth: including burning volcanoes, destructive earthquakes, or devastating epidemics... or that He will afflict them with drought and famine... or even with wars, disasters, and destruction??!!
The Zionists are now trying to drag the entire world into a Third World War; if it were to break out - Allah forbid - it would mean the annihilation of all of humanity. Will billions of people respond to the Zionists’ plot? No wonder, as they are the killers of the prophets and the ignitors of wars throughout history. Allah Almighty said in Surat Al-Maidah: ﴾ … Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.﴿ (Al-Maidah: 64). This is their way and this is the civilization that supports them.
In our true religion, we believe that killing one person - unjustly - is like killing all of humanity. Allah Almighty said in Surat Al-Maidah: ﴾ Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely…﴿ (Al-Maidah: 32).
In times of war, the teachings of the Holy Prophet used to be: “Do not kill a child, a woman, or an aged man; and do not destroy crops or animals.” The Prophet also ordered us to protect lives, including the lives of animals; as it was narrated from Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: “A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she tied up and did not feed, or let it loose to eat of the vermin of the earth, until it died.”
As for you – the pure and innocent defenders of your land and holy places – your blood will not be shed in vain... nor will your sacrifices be in vain. You have set for the entire world the finest examples of resilience, patience, endurance, integrity, innocence, and even mercy towards enemies if they fall captive to you. You have become a beacon for tormented humanity, for being examples of purity and cleanliness, confident faith, and a true and profound connection with the Lord of the earth and the heavens. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said in Hadith narrated by Tabarani: “A group from my ummah will remain adherent to their faith prevailing over their adversaries. Those who oppose them will not harm them, except for [occasional] hardships, until the command of Allah comes while they are in that state.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, where will they be?” He replied, “In Baytul Maqdis and its surroundings.”
Now there remains the role of two billion Muslims across the world, and in the heart of each one of them there has arisen a vengeance whose fire will not be extinguished until they take revenge on this (criminal entity), that will be removed from the Palestinian land and return scattered across the world as they used to be, as punishment for their crimes first against Allah, and then against humanity and peoples. Allah Almighty said: ﴾ And [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.﴿ (Al-Aaraf: 167).
This “criminal entity” must be rejected and all its supporters – countries, companies, and organizations – must be boycotted. We must prepare for the day of “complete liberation” and purification of this “holy land” and “Al-Aqsa Mosque.” Allah Almighty said: ﴾… and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering. ﴿(Al-Israa: 104).
From now on, it has become imperative to reject this ominous entity on an Arab and Islamic level – no normalization or surrender treaties – and even globally, after this brutal and usurping entity has exposed itself, revealed its hatred for humanity, and its pursuit of destruction, killing, and corruption.
For sure, Allah will send someone to take revenge on them for the second time. Allah Almighty said: ﴾…Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction. ﴿ (Al-Israa: 7)
Allah is the Greatest and to Allah all praises belong.
Dr. Salah Abdel Haq
Acting Muslim Brotherhood General Guide
(Sunday, 20 Dhul-Qi'dah 1446 AH / 18 May 2025 AD)