I am the writer Omar Hamad, and I want to trade my library for a sack of flour.

Colonialism only loosens its hold when the knife is at its throat.

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “He is not a believer who spends the night satiated while the neighbor to his side is hungry.” O neighboring countries to Palestine, where is your iman?

A student graduating from Iftaa this year asked me, "What can I read to gain tafaqquh in the Ḥanafī madhhab?" The response is simple! Read these 3 and there is no way you won't become a faqīh insha'Allah: 1) Sharḥ Mukhtaṣar al-Ṭaḥāwī by Al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d.370 AH) 2)

Even the Prophet & the companions had to step onto the battlefield in Badr while being outnumbered & with less weapons before the angels descended from the heavens to support them. If we want to see Allah's power & strength against our enemies, we have to take action first.

.The Wall Street Journal has given Yaser Abu-Shabab, Israel-backed criminal gang head, a voice to write his opinion. I will lose my mind. This is an unprecedented dark time of media in history. It’s the darkest.

Instead of focusing on building power from the bottom up, so much ostensibly communist/leftist/radical organizing is organizations putting together events ("protests") to literally just ask those in power to be less evil. (Though they make sure to call it "issuing a demand.")

And this is the lynchpin of American capitalism & empire - leveraging manufactured debt & poverty to recruit the poor to oppress the poor, promising financial support & social services they are otherwise denied. Police, the military & ICE it's all the same story.

Now that I'm thinking about it, another example of this is foreign debt which we leverage to force countries to do the dirty work of border policing which I wrote about last year for In These Times issue with The Debt Collective 🟥. inthesetimes.com/article/border…

at this point in history, western moves to recognize palestinian statehood are not symbolic steps in the right direction, they are attempts to consolidate apartheid rule as the only alternative to annihilation.

Jammu & Kashmir Govt bans publication of 25 books for allegedly propagating secession. Books edited/Authored by AG Noorani, David Devdas, Maroof Raza, Christopher Sneden, Arundhati Roy, Anuradha Bhasin, Victoria Schofield, Pankaj Mishra, Tariq Ali, Hasan al Bana & Maulana Moudadi

“We are not equal: our dead are in Paradise, yours are in Hell.”

Colonialism, world imperialism and capitalism are the scourge upon the earth that must be eliminated by any means necessary. Dedicate your life to these pursuits, nothing else matters; otherwise there will be nothing of life left anywhere.

هذه وصيّتي، ورسالتي الأخيرة. إن وصلَتكم كلماتي هذه، فاعلموا أن إسرائيل قد نجحت في قتلي وإسكات صوتي. بداية السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته يعلم الله أنني بذلت كل ما أملك من جهدٍ وقوة، لأكون سندًا وصوتًا لأبناء شعبي، مذ فتحت عيني على الحياة في أزقّة وحارات مخيّم جباليا للاجئين،

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my

“The Arabs beat the drum for a two-state solution, while the Zionists plan to occupy 8 countries.” - Sheikh Muhammad Hassan al-Dedew