The Sailing of the Freedom Flotilla is a Disgrace to the Garrisons of Muslim Armies
News:
The world-renowned photographer Shahidul Alam joined the latest mission of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on Sunday, becoming the first Bangladeshi to participate in the international effort to break the Jewish entity's siege of Gaza. Alam, 70, is an educator, founder of media organizations, and activist who has received numerous awards for his work documenting human rights abuses and political unrest in Bangladesh for more than four decades. Time magazine chose him as "Person of the Year" in 2018, and he was also the first person of color to chair the World Press Photo judging panel. He left Dhaka on Sunday for Sicily, where a new wave of boats sailed with the international Freedom Flotilla, which sailed from Italy, Spain, and Tunisia in late August and early September, with the participation of about 500 activists from 44 countries. Alam told Arab News: "I want to represent the people of Bangladesh and express the fact that Bengalis have love for Palestine and that there is resistance." (Arab News)
Comment:
The courageous decision taken by the famous Bangladeshi photographer and activist, Shahidul Alam, to join the latest mission of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition resonates deeply with the feelings of the Muslims of Bangladesh. For them, the Palestinian issue is not a distant geopolitical matter, but a deep emotional commitment, closely linked to the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. However, this emotional connection must go beyond feelings and turn into a tangible political and military determination.
While civilians are being arrested and harassed by the usurping Jewish entity in the flotilla, the traitorous rulers of the Islamic countries remain without shame or guilt. While ordinary people risk their lives on civilian ships, the modern, heavily armed Muslim armies stand silent as the people of the graves! It is said that the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza is a campaign to awaken the world's feelings towards the genocide in Gaza. But it is now time for civilians to awaken the feelings of Muslim armies. With increasing urgency, the question must be asked: If unarmed civilians are able to sail towards the siege, why aren't the joint naval fleets of the Islamic nation, loaded with believing armies and enthusiastic youth, sent to liberate Al-Aqsa and end the tragedy of the blessed Muslims there?!
The path to liberating Palestine requires more than humanitarian missions; it requires a radical reorientation of the balance of power in the Islamic countries. Authority must be wrested from its tyrannical, pro-Western regimes, and handed over to the honest and courageous hand, the hand of the Caliph under the Second Rightly Guided Caliphate according to the method of Prophethood. Therefore, the nation must march towards the barracks of its armies, demanding that they fulfill their duty towards its issues. The loyal officers must realize that their true loyalty is to liberate the third of the Two Holy Mosques, not to the client tyrants who serve the colonizing West. The continued inaction of these armies means that they are practically protecting their rulers, who put their own interests before the interests of their people.
Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
Irtida Choudhury - Bangladesh Province