Peace in the Middle East?

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎,

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Gaza truce agreed with Israel, Marvel to kill off first Muslim superhero, Al-Aqsa mosque stormed.

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Headline Roundup:

• Islamic Jihad says Gaza truce agreed with Israel (ALJ)

• Marvel to kill off Kamala Khan, the comic studio’s first official Muslim superhero (AN)

• Israeli settlers and politicians storm Al-Aqsa ahead of far-right march

  (MEY)

• Palestine: 86 Palestinians injured as Israeli army raids Joseph’s Tomb

  (TMN)

• Hajj booking system fails British Muslims for second successive year (5P)

• British film board green lights anti-Muslim film The Kerala Story

  (5P)

• Man found guilty of murder in Indy road rage shooting that killed Muslim man (FOX)

• UK’s Halal Food Festival introduces additional ‘Muslim Lifestyle Experience’ (AN)

• Man allegedly slapped three Muslim women in downtown Montreal, hate crimes unit seeks suspect (CTV)

• Jordan hands over ‘terrorist’ with Muslim Brotherhood links to UAE

  (ALA)

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Story of the week: Al Islam

Kisra, A Persian King, was once asked, “How did you learn justice?”

He replied, “Because I know for sure that every man will he judged according to his deeds.”

He was then asked: “How do you know that?”

He replied: “One day when I was on my way in the forest, I saw a gazelle. I sent my dog after it and it caught the gazelle by the leg. But the dog did not catch the gazelle in the usual way, for it bit and broke the gazelle's leg.

Not long after, the dog was in front of a horse, that kicked it in the leg and the dog's leg was broken.

Soon after, the horse's leg slipped into a hole and it broke.

Therefore, I realised that every person's award depends upon his deeds. When he does a good deed, he will be rewarded for it, and if he does an evil deed, he will be punished. Hence, I always do good deeds.”

God does no wrong or evil. Anybody who commits wrong or injustice does so either because he does not know that it is wrong (but God knows everything or because he needs something which cannot be obtained without wrong doing (but God has no need) or because he has been compelled by somebody else to commit that wrong (but God is All-Powerful and nobody can compel Him to do anything. So it makes sense that it is impossible for God to do any injustice or wrong.

So logically we say that God is Adil, meaning that he is just. He is neither cruel nor does he do anything that lacks in wisdom. Whatever he does be it endowing life or giving sustenance or depriving us of anything, it has inherent benefit in it; though the Benefit may not be apparent to us.

For example, when a doctor treats an illness, we know the patient benefits from the treatment, though we do not know how the treatment brings about the benefit. Thus, when we see God endowing one with riches, while leaving another in poverty, or granting one person greatness while denying it to the other, or bestowing health on one while the other is stricken with disease, we have to accept that these actions are based on rationalism even though we may not be able to understand the wisdom behind them.

“And Allah is not in the least unjust to His servants” - Qur'an: (Chapter 8 Verse 51)

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