It was narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that:
A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ), when he had put his leg in the stirrup: "Which kind of Jihad is best?'"
He said: " a word of truth spoken before an unjust ruler."
@Alonso_GD
I managed to catch the last hour or so of the presentation.
The best thing about it wasn't that it just presenting to the judges - they had full awareness that ordinary people who are interested in the subject are turning in and provided clear reasoning for others to use.
No
@ShaykhSulaiman
If I'm correct, they deemed these weapons too destructive during the Iraq War.
Imagine that.
Too violent for the "War on Terror" but sufficient for one of the most densely populated civilian populations in the world.
@spectatorindex
Meanwhile, the actual extermination of Gaza continues with the full backing of Western governments and continuing rejections for a ceasefire.
You couldn't make this stuff up.
@normfinkelstein
Excellent summary.
And the internet never forgets. I hope this gets brought up any time Ackman decides to throw his toys out of the pram.
@MaxBlumenthal
Will be swept under the carpet.
I suspect the SEC's investigation into Musk's purchase of X is a pre-emptive strike to stop this scenario happening during an election.
The unraveling of propaganda in real time is going to wake up more people to the truth.
@rodgerk1
@Alonso_GD
Agreed.
Whatever the outcome, this whole presentation is on the public record. They've probably convinced a lot of people who were unsure and wanted facts.
@lindayaX
@X
Is sharing documented footage of ethnic cleansing in Gaza classified as "hate speech"?
Because *specifically* including antisemitism alongside those others would tell me that X has no interest in being the free speech platform it wants to be.
@ShaykhSulaiman
This is how a war is won.
They recognize that changing the IDEAS with true empathy and humanity is how ordinary Israelis who want to get rid of Netanyahu can help Palestinians.
This is how Zionism will end, not with a bang but a whimper.
@RmSalih
There's a third option.
A conscious effort to create media companies that are reflective of our values and can reach a wide audience.
If Breaking Points can do it, I don't see why we can't either.
@fordrs58
The humiliation is about to get worse.
Israel is already letting civilians into Gaza to build wooden structures and claim the land for settlement.
@DillyHussain88
I don't think Myron is religious in the slightest.
He's from the Sajid Javid school of thought, so there's no way I'd take him seriously on the subject.
He's only spoken about it when it affirms his red pill ideology.
@AlanRMacLeod
@BitcoinMajlis
Imagine a situation where a Russian diplomat told the UK PM to change the BBC's coverage in Ukraine.
This is the level of arrogance the rest of the world is sick of.
And at the same time, Israel is targeting Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
@normfinkelstein
I've watched so many of Norman's lectures I was reading this in his voice.
We're seeing the true extent of influence across the public, private and non-profit sectors. The 'rules-based international order' that all these organizations say they support is just an extension of US
@filmnamtan
@Alonso_GD
I watched the Al Jazeera English stream, which was good. I found a few others used translators for English - when the whole thing was in English!
@MaxBlumenthal
Excellent post.
Liberals of most stripes only see these causes as pieces on the chess board. Their only aim is to achieve power or extract concessions from the other side.
As soon as that is threatened, the mask comes off.
@DalrympleWill
Poundshop Churchill (and Churchill was abhorrent himself).
The rest of the world is tired of the West. The faster our political establishment understands that it no longer wields the financial or moral power it supposedly had, the better.
Then we can focus on solving issues
@RealPepeEscobar
If the Arab world buckles under this, it will give Israel carte blanche to do the same in the West Bank.
Gaza is a test of resolve.
Either Egypt is ready to provide serious support in the south or is Israel finishes the job while the rest of the world shrugs its shoulders.
@RonEng1ish
Please.
Look at every depiction of the Virgin Mary in Christianity.
You're telling me they shouldn't dress like the Mother of Christ?
You're probably the one stumbling out of 'Spoons like "Get 'em aaaat foorrr the lllaaaahhhhdddss, uuuu slaaaaaag".
@aaronjmate
@EliLake
These people don't have any interest in the truth, Aaron.
Once their paymasters have deposited the necessary funds into their accounts, they'll dance to whatever tune is playing.
@DavidSacks
Maybe they knew that anything they donated would end up being in the hands of Hamas and others.
In which case, did they refuse because they knew Ukraine is evidently corrupt or that the US needs another distraction from the political chaos unfolding in DC and nothing unites the
@grantshapps
Have you been passed the manilla folder that shows you how Netanyahu allowing funds to be passed to Hamas was part of Israel's strategy to divide Palestinian loyalties and avoid a 2 State solution?
How many defenceless women and children have to be slaughtered for you to finally
@RnaudBertrand
But this is their core information warfare tactic. The goal is to set the narrative and let it spread. Then when it's proven false/walked back, the lie has already sunk into people's minds.
That's why there needs to be media entities, citizen journalists, etc., who are able to
@halalflow
I'd imagine Dante is thanking his lucky stars that he's not alive to witness Matt Miller at the podium.
Describing a level of hell suitable for him would've taken a lifetime.
@MaxBlumenthal
Berlin trying extra hard to make up for what happened.
I'm not even tasting the irony. It's being served as a Michelin star 8 course tasting menu.
@ShahidkBolsen
The more I think about it, the more pressing issue is one that no-one wants to admit but is necessary to secure the future of the region.
And that's a true reconciliation between Sunni and Shia.
The future of the entire Middle East and the rest of the Muslim world depends on
@RnaudBertrand
@MyriamFrancoisC
There may have been a time where Malaysia would have refrained from saying anything for fear of economic or diplomatic blowback.
No more.
@mtracey
He's really ready to bring the whole world into this?
Someone needs pull him away from the big red button.
Unfortunately, I can't see anyone in the western world ready to take us away from the brink.
@malsaafin
@AymanMSNBC
Cable news is in an accelerated decline.
We know it. They know it. That's why they don't bother to try and compete (and only do it when forced to cover scoops that's already old news on social media).
@robkhenderson
I find it fascinating how people construct certain parts of their identity. I've been guilty of name-dropping my university at certain times as well and then catching myself.
But to make the majority or whole of your identity about where you went to school is scary to me. It
@aaronjmate
@HamzaMSyed
Scandalous but unsurprising.
It's all election posturing and theatrics. The US is actually compromised - if this were any other country, there would be calls for regime change.
@TheChiefNerd
But of course - they've rigged elections and conducted colour revolutions around the world.
Why would anyone think they wouldn't try and do it to their own governments?
I'm in the UK and will be watching really closely as our govt tends to push hard and fast compared to the US.
@broseph_stalin
Congrats to Melanie Phillips on her new Ferrari, luxury yacht and villa in Tuscany.
Cos you know damn well she's taking money to spew this nonsense on TV without any dignity.
@MaxBlumenthal
And you won't hear a peek out of legacy MSM.
Any acknowledgment makes them complicit in the worlds first ever televised and live-streamed ethnic cleansing.
@MarioNawfal
You mean the illegal US base in Syria that the US govt is using to protect Delta Energy's investment and feed oil to the Kurds?
It's amazing what the US thinks it can get away with.
@MaxBlumenthal
Thanks for sharing this, Max.
At this stage, I'm not sure what it will take for the international community to step in do something. Hearing there's an imminent ceasefire announcement but what does that mean in practice?
I'm skeptical that Israel will retreat at this stage and
@MiddleEastEye
I'm thinking if there's a collective way to punish my government (UK, and I use the term loosely) by not paying my taxes.
After all, there are more elected UK politicians complicit in genocide (as a proportion) than UNRWA workers alleged to have taken part in Oct 7.
@halalflow
All they wanted was a pretext.
Israeli officials already called out UNRWA as being key in destroying Gaza.
And whaddyaknow?
A few weeks later, they're given "intel" to allow them to do exactly that.
@ASE
@aaronjmate
@StateDeptSpox
It's falling apart.
And now this guy's face is going to remain on the Internet forever - having stood there and told a fiction that Dickens would've been proud of.
There's a crack in the dam and a trickle of water is coming out.
We need to turn it into a flood.
@robkhenderson
Reminds me of MBA applicants who start education programs for disabled children in Chad but really dream of a consulting job at Bain.
Power is a helluva drug.
@RmSalih
I believe there's another option, although much more difficult.
We need to create our own news organizations. It doesn't have be broadcast (yet) but the power of the internet and technology available, we could emulate the Breaking Points model quite easily.
We need to build our
@aaronjmate
The German Nazis didn't have the tacit support of Western nations under the auspices of supra-national governmental bodies.
Even during the Appeasement period, they didn't go this far.
@georgegalloway
Of course they are - they don't want to admit that democracy has failed time and again.
It's an attempt to memory-hole this debacle altogether.
And they think we don't have access to Hansard.
@leadlagreport
We're hovering around 7% in the UK.
People are already treading water if not drowning. Mortgage rates at 10% could put people on the street.
@kennardmatt
The silence from Western journalists is sickening.
Imagine people from the press corps at BBC or Sky News being deliberately targeted and killed - the outrage would never stop.
We all knew the institutions were rotten at the core.
Now it's finally beginning to break.
Kim Kardashian is building a very interesting private equity firm with $1 billion in assets.
This could be the future of PE.
I spoke with Fortune’s
@_emmahinchliffe
about her new article on Kim’s secret plan to dominate Wall Street.
@Lucas_Gage_
Absolutely, Lucas.
But spare a thought for the students at Harvard who might hear naughty words that hurt their feelings. Those are the real victims here.
@miqdaad
@SALHACHIMI
@guardian
Self-styled liberals will always show their true colours.
As we've seen with Labour, the Muslim vote is cannon-fodder to help them get elected and then promptly discarded.
@spectatorindex
They know exactly what they want to do.
Look at the 1967 borders and look at the map now.
The West has given carte blanche for them to do what they want and be protected from any war crimes.
@aaronjmate
I'm expecting the SA legal team to roll in with dozens of crates worth of evidence from X alone.
I believe this is the last chance saloon for the ICJ and they know it. To ignore the mountains of evidence renders international law a complete farce and descend the world into
@DavidSacks
That's because there's a cashmere safety net ready to catch them if they fall.
This is what happens when people are isolated from consequences.
@MiddleEastEye
@SALHACHIMI
Not just ads.
All these "influence" accounts are probably also being paid to shill. It's flooding my feed and I'm muting them because the more engagement it gets, the more the algo on X will amplify it.
Let's pull our attention away from arguing with them and push
@RnaudBertrand
We're in the bunker scene from Downfall.
Who's going to whisper in Netanyahu's ear that ethnic cleansing the Palestinians, firing into Lebanon and Syria, and making overt threats to Iran will not secure Israel's security.
Maybe this has been the calculation of the Arab nations