Khaled Mashal, who now heads the militant group’s diaspora office in Qatar, told Reuters on Wednesday that Muslims should “head to the squares and streets of the Arab and Islamic world on Friday” and hold mass protests in support of Palestinians as the conflict with Israel intensifies.
In a video posted on YouTube, but since removed, he also called for Muslims “to show anger” on Friday and “send a message of rage to Zionists and to America,” according to a transcript posted on X, formerly Twitter.
LOL so he is just calling for protests Jihad in Islam means both military intervention and normal efforts unarmed civilians can take in their own countries (such as protesting, giving medical care to the affected, even posting online, etc).
Sometimes I truly wonder if people read stuff before they post it and if they inspect it with a critical eye at all. Seriously stop posting overtly propaganda pieces…
Context matters.
I mean if a US official was calling for a crusade we’d be looking sideways as well.
Calling for Jihad in this situation is definitely yelling fire in a theater. You could call it out as yelling fire can mean you’re just having a BBQ, but the world is burning.
The goal definitely was to spread terror.
God forbid people learn one trivia fact about the Arabic language and Islamic lore
Islamic lore
you mean genocide of entire subcontinent?
Yeah not sure what the colonization of the new world has to do with this.
Where exactly are you going with this?
That title is awful, this was a Hamas leader who now has an appointment in Qatar and isn’t even in Palestine.
A better title would be:
“Day of Jihad” by Hamas member. Sparks warnings for Americans to stay inside.
Or the actual article title:
‘Day of Jihad’ Sparks Warnings for Americans to Stay Inside
Fuck your Jihad!
Those degenerated fucks are responsible for the bad view on Muslims in general and generate more and more hate and more and more casualties around the world because of their so called holy war.
Start accepting other religions, start accepting equality of men and women and stop misinterpreting your religious books in favor of your atrocities! There is no absolution for you, no forgiveness, you are committing inexcusable crimes! If you really want to free your people stop oppressing them first!
And before some idiots start accusing me, no this no justification of what Israel is doing. I have sympathy for their fight against the Hamas but only against them! To harass million of civilians or accept a high amount of casualties as collateral damage is also unacceptable.
I have sympathy for their fight against the Hamas but only against them!
Unfortunately, asymmetrical warfare means that Hamas hides amongst the civilians, which makes it impossible to fight only against Hamas.
I know that, but I have also no solution for that. You shouldn’t kill civilians, but you also can’t let the Hamas proceed with their attacks. Its bascially a fucking nightmare for everyone.
It’s even affecting “progressive” muslims in UK.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Americans are “armed” and will not be intimidated, commenters including Rep. Matt Gaetz have said, after a former Hamas chief called for a “Day of Jihad” by Muslim communities around the world on Friday, October 13.
Joey Mannarino, a conservative podcast host, took a more cautious tone, posting: "Do not leave your homes that day unless there is an emergency.
Another social media user, who runs a firearms business in Tennessee, asked followers on X what weapons they would be carrying on Friday.
Salam Al-Marayati, president of U.S. nonprofit the Muslim Public Affairs Council, rejected Mashal’s calls on Thursday, telling Newsweek: "Hamas is a terrorist organization and this is what you expect from them.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is “at war” and has cut off supplies of food, fuel, electricity and medicine into Gaza.
Israel has called up 360,000 army reservists as it prepares for a likely ground offensive into the territory, which has an estimated population of around 2.3 million.
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