Today marks the Nakba, the "Catastrophe" in Arabic, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homes in 1948, orchestrated by Zionist forces.

Supported by the major powers of the world, Zionist gangs attacked Palestinian cities, destroying some 530 villages, killing over 13,000 and displacing over 700,000, around two-thirds of the whole population.

Though the adage “The apple never falls far from the tree” is ominously significant in this context, it fails to capture the rot setting into the apple, as Netanyahu drives the Zionist project to its ethical and political demise.
Netanyahu isn’t merely an apple under the fascist tree which designed the Nakba — he is its historical continuum, now rotting in its shadows.

https://www.islam21c.com/history/nakba-netanyahu-the-elder-rotting-apple-of-zionism/

Today, we stand with our brothers and sisters in marking the 76th year of Nakba, the Palestinian Catastrophe.

Since the late 40s, the situation has only worsened. In October 2023, another Nakba began, one arguably worse than the last.

"They are not students, they are now our teachers.”

Students have been all over the news in the last few weeks. Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad and other Muslim leaders urged people to support the student encampments in the US when they began and since then student protests have spread like wildfire.

We’ve seen encampments spreading across the UK and Europe, and Muslim students have been speaking with us from the ground.

Shaykh Haitham and Dr. Salman Butt discuss some of their most frequently asked questions and issues, particularly from an Islamic moral perspective.

https://youtu.be/1yA-Wn84hjY

“These are my grandparents. They were raised in Lubya, a village in Palestine on a tall hill near Tiberias, with a view of the lake and the Golan Heights.”

“In 1948, they were driven from their home by Israeli forces and spent the rest of their lives in exile. Their village was emptied, and their home was demolished.”

Omar Alkhatib writes a powerful reminder of how real stories are the backbone of genuine narratives.

https://www.islam21c.com/nakba/tale-of-loss-longing-and-legacy-in-palestine/

US Army Major Harrison Mann has quit over "moral injury" caused by his government's inaction on the Gaza genocide.

On resigning, he said, "You're either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you're not."

“We would be together and hear the cries of the one being taken for interrogation. When he returned, we knew what to say to him, how to comfort and treat him. Because yesterday it was us, and tomorrow it will be another.”
 
In this fifth instalment of A Boy Named Justice — a special Islam21c-CAGE International project, written by our regular contributor Zimarina Sarwar — we look at the incredibly painful periods of detention faced by Shaykh Adel Abdul Bary.
 
And we hear about his experience working as a human rights lawyer at Amnesty International in New York, his trip to Britain, making Hajj, and a visit to Pakistan.

https://www.islam21c.com/abnj5

Indian voters are engaged in the world's largest ever election, with Hindu supremacist Narendra Modi seeking a third term.

With anti-Muslim hatred on the rise, Indian Muslims are being urged to vote in hope of securing a fairer government.

“Israel must be stopped”, is what an emergency hearing today at the World Court heard, arguing for emergency provisional measures to be put in place.

The Zionist entity has ignored and refused explicit and implicit rulings from the court, and is planning on completing its genocide with its offensive on Rafah, in Gaza.

https://youtu.be/YBgVsSPimB4

Over 170 media personalities, broadcasters, politicians, activists, and lawyers have come to the defence of the radio presenter and journalist Sangita Myska, after her “abrupt” and unexplained departure from LBC in April.

Myska has in effect been replaced by "dedicated Zionist fanatic" Vanessa Feltz.

https://www.islam21c.com/news/broadcasters-defend-sangita-myska-lbc-ouster/

In condemning American "unqualified support" of the Zionist state, Major Harrison Mann's resignation has left Washington red-faced.

https://www.islam21c.com/news/us-army-officer-resigns-government-israel-support/

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The chief prosecutor of the ICC (International Criminal Court) has asked a panel of judges to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity for the genocide in Gaza, alongside three Palestinian resistance leaders.

What are your thoughts?

Zionists are having an absolute meltdown because the prosecutor at the international criminal court has finally sought arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu.

In this week's Islamic Thoughts episode, Dr Salman Butt and Dr Anas Altikriti share some thoughts.

https://youtu.be/G2Jom1YusU8