It seems like everyone and their mother (including myself) penned a response to influential American scholar Shaykh Hamza Yusuf's claim in a viral video that Muslim's in the Middle East are "not ready" to fight off their oppressors.
But the best rejoinder came from the barefooted Yemeni Resistance, which, less than a week later, shockingly set ablaze the world's biggest oil refinery Aramco in Saudi Arabia, running up oil prices 18% and pushing down major stock markets in one swift move.
The poorest Arab country, Yemen has produced a strong resistance movement despite suffering death, devastation, and starvation after a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), started bombing and blockading the Yemenis four years ago for overthrowing a repressive Saudi-backed regime.
The fearless Yemeni Resistance has also warned the U.A.E. of missile strikes on their port city of Dubai if they don't pack up and leave their country.
Guess who lives part-time in the U.A.E. working on a government-sponsored "peace forum"?
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf!
Now, tell me, who needs to get "ready"?
The ultimate judge of Sh. Hamza Yusuf is Allah Almighy. Its very hypocritical that the self declared moral authority who is actually killing innocent people everyday have the time to go after Sh Hamza who has constantly spoken out for tolerance and the sanctity of human life. Blowing up Oil wells is not a solution to anything, its ignorance. And anyone who thinks that "barefooted Yemenis" hit the oil facility with sophisticated precision on their own are also either lying to themselves or the world.
ReplyDeleteunfortunately, he speaks out for peace when we should defend ourselves and encourages regime-change (syria, libya) when negotiations and reform should suffice. blowing up oil wells (no lives were lost) is the only way saudis will stop. hopefully, now they will leave the yemenis alone. seems like the yemenis will have to strike again to prove it was them! i wouldn’t try them!
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