The Oppressor, Gaza and Netflix

 I have been quiet for  a few  years and ignored my blog. I have no excuse and just caught up in life,  Our country Malaysia   has been  changing ruling  government and prime minister since my last post  and I almost lost track.     

It has always  been  the same old politicians in the government  but  different parties or coalitions each time. I haven't been watching  news on local  television for so many years and do not keep up  on politic  news  anymore either on television or social media. I just do not want to be stressed out with things  I cannot change and not be able to change. I stay out from things  that are not matter to me anymore. I did not  even vote on last election.  

 Since   October 7 , 2023,  tens of  thousands of  Palestinian have been killed and  injured and more than a million have been displaced. They have been living in a state of terror since 1948. The war in Gaza is still not over  yet.  Almost   every country  in the world, tens of thousands  people   have taken to the streets   to demand  ceasefire and stop occupation in  Gaza , but to no avail.  

 I am writing  to offer support and prayers to  the Palestinians. The killings of innocent men, women and children in great proportion is beyond human  comprehension. Many building, mosques, apartments, infrastructures  and hospital  have been bombed and some even  flatten. 

 I have never  seen any senseless killings or  bombing of innocent lives  in my life and not even in  thriller movie, horror movie, war movie ,  Korean series  on  Netflix  etc.  that  can be compared  to the  level of horror,   inhumane and autocracies  that is happening in Gaza now. What make it really worst is that we are   helpless including  the so called UN,  cannot  stop the killing of innocent Palestinians.  

 I watched a Netflix  Korean drama  ,  'Sweet Home' second season a month ago. The story is about an outbreak of virus that can  turn human into monster. I actually do not really like to watch Korean series or other series  anymore but  my daughter  persuaded me to watch it and I  found it was really  good and  couldn't wait  to watch  the second season.

On the third episode of the second season , the militaries upon instruction of  their leader have  turned  against its people that they have helped escape from the monsters . They  try to kill all of them on the ship after saving them so they can rebuild their city without     risking them from  turning into monsters   even after they have selected and screened that they are  free from the virus. This is the plot  I can sum  up  on the third  episode and I stopped watching after that. I just lost interest to continue watching the series   because it  reminds me of what happening in Gaza which  even worse in every sense.  How could this been allowed  to  happen in real life ?

 What happening in Gaza is really devastating  and it is happening  before our own eyes, live stream  through  social medias. The  dire  situation in Gaza  is  because of the failure of the Arab World , muslin  leaders around the world ,  the UN and humanity  since 1948.

 On the other hand  since October 7 2023,  astoundingly  many westerners  have open their eyes and support the plight of Palestinians. 'You do not have to  be Muslim to support Palestine but be human first' that is the slogan . Many have   started reading  the Quran and searched about Islam  to understand how the Palestinians could endured such terrible  sufferings  and tests inflicted on them. Many also  have  converted  to Islam after seeing what happening in Gaza.  That is Allah's  mercy and love to its creations. God is merciful and has bigger plan. 

 The Palestinians by God's will, will remain  steadfast and resilient   in their faith  with the tests and martyrs are in safe hands. Lot of muslims  around the world are sending prayers to  Palestinian who are struggling to survive  and not sure whether they  still live the next day. 

 At the end of the day,  every one of us  will die and face death whether in  a war, accident, sickness etc and we just do not know when and where .We are just travelers, staying for a while for one or two hours in transit before taking flight  to our  final destination.  We as  muslims believe in afterlife and every person will be accountable for their own action.  

 I quote this  verses from the  Quran that say ' Do not follow that you have no knowledge of it, Indeed the  hearing, the sight  and  the heart will be questioned'  [ in the day of judgement]. {Quran, Al- Isra 36}

 O you who have believed, do not consume one another's  wealth unjustly but only in [ lawful business} by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed,  Allah is to you  ever merciful . And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then we will drive him into a fire. { Quran, An-Nisa 29-30}

  The hellfire is  a horrible  abode which words cannot describe. When we watch   a movie it  always has  ending like  a sound of  police cars  or an  ambulance  arriving on the scene  at the end of the movie  to help the injured  hero or heroin that almost dies   or to catch the  villain or oppressor. But in hellfire there is no closure and the inhabitants will live in it forever for eternity  and  their  final abode.

 Remembering  about afterlife  somewhat bring peace to my heart whenever  I think about  destruction in  Gaza and the  plight of  Palestinians. Inna lilahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un  which means  'To God we belong and to him we return'. Life is short

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