Gaza to California:
The time for gentle critique has long passed. The devastation caused by Biden's bombs speak louder than his words on Islamophobia.
From Gaza to California: the flames that connect us all. A very thought-provoking article.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-flames-that-connect-us-all/
Speak Up! Silent No More is deeply saddened by the wildfires in Los Angeles, which have caused significant devastation, loss of life, and hardship. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected.
This disaster has resulted in the destruction of numerous houses of worship, including Masjid At-Taqwah, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Corpus Christi Church (Palisades), and the Jewish Temple & Center in Pasadena.
We stand with the community in solidarity shoulder to shoulder, sharing in your pain and grief, and we pray for a swift recovery and healing. As the Quranic verse states, "We said, O fire, be cool and safe" (21:69).
The fires currently raging in Palestine and Los Angeles are indicative of a pervasive issue: a system that prioritizes conquest over conservation, profit over people, and expansion over existence.
Over the past fourteen months, I have witnessed children, women, men, buildings, hospitals, places of worship, history, and memories burn in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, thousands of miles away.
Over the weekend, I witnessed hills ablaze with fire and an inferno raging in the skies over an American city, filling it with smoke. The distances between these catastrophes collapse into a single, searing truth: these flames speak the same language of destruction—colonialism & occupation.
The fire engulfing the Palisades is not merely a California wildfire; it serves as a reflection of a global crisis characterized by interconnected catastrophes.
When I close my eyes, the images blur together: hills ablaze in California, olive groves and young children & pregnant women burning in Gaza and historic Palestine, horizons choked with smoke that knows no borders.
What is permitted in Gaza is permitted everywhere. Today, it is their fields burning under thousand-pound bombs; tomorrow, it will be our forests and beautiful parks and playgrounds. The fires that connect us demand that we finally acknowledge this truth: we either unite against this destruction, or we all burn separately.
The National Strategy Paper:
The Biden administration has released its national strategy to counter Islamophobia. The document is a deeply offensive insult, characterized by intellectual dishonesty and hypocrisy.
The release coincided with Biden's approval of an eight-billion-dollar allocation in military aid to Israel before leaving office.
These U.S.-funded bombs are contributing to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, defying both logic and morality.
After 9/11, Congress and state legislatures, influenced by powerful lobbies, have invoked national security to pass laws and implement programs that disproportionately harm Muslims.
The lack of response from Muslims, the ACLU, and other justice institutions regarding the role of U.S. foreign policy in fostering Islamophobia is particularly egregious.
To Be Continued! Islamophobia - The uncompromised truth though bitter & the America's Military Exceptionalism and History of Violence.
Gave $40bn to drop bombs on women and kids in Gaza, now you have $150bn fire damage. Karma is a bltch 👍