A recent news article speaks of Israel’s plans to investigate sheikh Raed Salah. Sheikh Raed is the leader of the Islamic Movement “inside the green line” (i.e. in the parts of Palestine taken for Israel in 1948). He has been routinely jailed by Israel on accusations of “sympathizing” with outlawed groups, etc. The last arrest led to a 2-year imprisonment for leading a banned demonstration (this is of course happens in the “only democracy in the Middle East”).
The accusations for this latest episode are no less amazing. He’s being investigated as a result of his words at a rally protesting the “excavations” at al-Aqsa. Two accusations are made:
- He called for “an intifada to support al-Aqsa” — this is being labeled as incitement to violence. That makes sense! If the victim asks for help, it must be incitement
. - He said words to the effect of “Our blood is on your clothes, on your doors, . . .” — this is being labeled as racism. Some old geezers like myself are likely to recognize these words as the lines of a very old poem about the oppression that Palestinians have suffered and continue to suffer. If they’re gonna investigate sh. Raed for the metaphorical reference of ‘my blood is on your hands’ I suspect the next step is to investigate all English teachers for teaching Macbeth!
The gall of it all!
Salam,
I think it’s even worse! They’re jailing a Muslim figure for quoting what the (Christian) New Testament says about the Jews at the time of Jesus.
I really find it amazing that the Islamic movement exists under these conditions, alhamdu lillah. Goes to show that this religion will survive and is protected by Allah. I can only imagine the thoughts that are going through his head being in such a historically rich region and being held by these arrogant Zionists.
When will the world’s oppressors realize that taking away people’s freedoms will never work. When such people are determined by the truth, jail time will do nothing except make their voices louder…Think Sayyed Qutob, May Allah have mercy on his soul.