Since the 7 October attacks, an unfamiliar awakening has taken place – one that has perhaps been decades in the making. The illusion of a free society, democracy, equity, and a fair go has been shattered. It is an illusion that we ourselves as a product of Western birth and education, had fallen victim to, and it took a catalyst to unveil the truth.
The catalyst, however, was not the “illegal” 7 October attacks themselves but the unleashing of Ẓulm (oppression) in their response.
It is almost as if there was a group, perhaps in concert with each other, or perhaps independently, who were all too happy to use the 7 October attacks as justification for whatever evil atrocities they wished to commit—whether it was genocide or whether it was the upending of democratic institutions and the infiltration of government by an oligarchy which we had always thought never existed (except in Russia).
The mischief-makers have unearthed themselves, the latest example being The Daily Telegraph’s deliberate provocation of racism at Cairo Takeaway in Sydney that resulted in the disgraced journalists leaving with their “tails between their legs”.
Some people might react with horror at the actions that this evil has given seed to. Others, however, might observe that this is an opportunity to identify mischief-makers that had previously been hidden and therefore had no visible target.
Now that evil has a target, an opportunity has arisen for people of character, for people with moral authority (from amongst Muslims, Jews, and others), to stand up and say no to this Fasād (anarchy) and call it out as something which is not acceptable in our society.
This comes at a cost. Those of us who speak out are finding doors closed in our faces. We are finding opportunities being shut down that would not otherwise be shut down. Yet, our hearts have been awoken to the unquenchable desire that peace, justice, and a moral social fabric is better for us than any desire for worldly success.
We expect the same of our Members of Parliament as we do of ourselves, to sacrifice their success for the betterment of humanity.
Justice, liberty, equity, and social morality will win, that is certain. Our words and our pens will conquer the evildoers, not violence, or social disharmony. Words that call out oppression wherever we see it.
When Prophet Ibrahim (a) was thrown into the fire, when Prophet Yusuf (a) was in the well and later jailed, they did not lose hope. They had trust, trust, trust in Allah, during successive hardships, continuously, unwaveringly.
That is enough for us. At least until we are unjustly removed from our homes. At that point, we know that words are not going to be enough.
The world is at breaking point. Not only because people in Gaza and in the West Bank are being driven out of their homes.
Many in the West are having housing security issues, thanks to Riba-based economies that have the consequence of constantly inflating property values, which is the root cause of inflation, leading to housing affordability issues, and ultimately resulting in a cost of living crisis.
This is a form of oppression that justifies an answer. And just like the people of Gaza, we will not be silenced or pushed away.
Dear Members of Parliament, please heed our call. Australians are smart at the polls. We understand that voting selfishly never wins in the long term, and that voting for the long term doesn’t deliver short-term results.
Though we sometimes might waver like we did in the negative gearing issue in the 2019 election, this is not an indication of how we usually are.
We are a caring lot, compassionate to everyone, with one exception: the tall poppies that intend to dominate us with their control. Our silence around Musk and Rinehart does not indicate acceptance.
Musk-ification is a demonstrable threat to the American system of government. And in our case, Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Stokes, Anthony Pratt, and Gina Rinehart’s influence upon the Australian system of government is definitely not acceptable.
Dear MPs, we aren’t fooled by your misdirection. More power in the hands of fewer people is not acceptable.
Muslims in Australia certainly cannot be in a worse position than our forebear Prophet Ibrahim (a). Therefore, our rebellion against oligarch-based governance is not only justified, but also a requirement of our faith.
It is a bubbling anger that’s ready to unleash itself in the election.
Dear MPs, your silence on the West Bank betrays your inhumanity. And as such, people without any sense of conscience or moral urgency are not fit to set foot in the hallowed halls of our parliament.
If you don’t care about humanity in Gaza, then you’re not humane enough to be governing us.
We will answer at the next federal election. We say to our parliamentarians, nothing you are doing is helping, we are not submissive to your manipulations, and we will have more engagement on critical issues, one way or another.
The notion that “Greens/Independents won’t win power anyway, may as well vote Labor” is dead. Instead, it has become “Labor won’t change things for the better anyway, may as well vote with my heart, in the way of Allah”.
Dear MPs, you are not our leaders. You are simply our administrators. The people are your compass. If you don’t follow them, you’ll be discarded in history, because nobody remembers a puppet.
Dear MPs, do not compromise your humanity, even if it means losing everything you hold dear.
The Australian people control you. So stop talking as if we don’t.
Oligarchic governance is government by greed. Dictatorship by the rich through their chosen puppets is what has created our housing crisis, cost of living explosion and the obsequious obedience tto the Israeli lobby. Who could have ever envisaged that opposition to genocide could be framed as racism?
I find your thinking strange