First of all. Hamas did not want this despite your erroneous claim. They agreed to uphold the ceasefire only if Israel agreed to reopen the border. Israel refused. So what are the Palestinians to do? They have no food, no water, no medicine, no economy, no jobs, they get kidnapped in the middle of the night in front of their children, killed without excuse, imprisoned without reason and routinely humiliated by Israeli guards at their will…..what would you do?

We are Muslims, we have honour, we have respect and dignity, our Prophet Muhammad taught us to be strong not weak, we fight we do not submit, we are slaves only of Allah and not a group of shayateen like the Israeli’s, just look at the seerah, look at the life of the companions, look at the Khulafa (ra) look at their lives, look at the life of Salahudeen (ra) and you will see that Muslims are meant to be strong and brave and stand up to blatant tyranny.

People like you make us much weaker…

Your question: have you ever questioned your motives?
my answer: i am not sure i know what you mean. I try to do everything to please Allah - especially this blog

I have three questions for you:

1. After 60 years of the imprisonment, oppression, starvation, slaughter, murder and the total subjugation of the Palestinians, what is left to be said that hasn’t already if you think Jihad is not a valid response?

2. What is your understanding of “True Islam?” Please enlighten me in the context of your assertion.

3. Is the Jihad in Palestine valid?

Do you really think jihad is blowing up cars in market places and shooting innocent people in hotel rooms? This is obviously very wrong and totally unacceptable? I am not saying that, I am simply saying that in this particular situation, the only way to deal with this Israeli aggression is to (in the words of Malcolm X) talk to them in a language they understand but legitimately, bound by the sacred Islamic laws of engagement

Reading between the lines I can see that you have real issues regarding the defence of the Muslim lands, particularly Palestine, that cannot be dealt with very well via blog comments, so I will leave it there.

Yes you’re right that the attack from the Israelis came as no surprise, i mean, lets face it, rein acting in front of a large crowd the moment the captured Israeli soldiers from Lebanese conflict begged for their lives before they where murdered—oh so Mujahadeen— then firing 100′s of missiles into Israel provoking this attack. Yes i came as no surprise, because this is exactly what Hamas wanted.

There is no doubt that the Israel response is disproportional, but we all knew what was coming, therefore Hamas also shears the responsibility of the innocent deaths that have occurred.

I also agree with your statement on “”Muslim” governments”, they are by nature corrupt and unfortunately this is due to the lack of democracy within these countries, imagine if you will Bush being in power for the next 20 plus years.

You assessment of the Mujahadeen being the only means to emancipation is flawed, i really cannot see how blowing up cars in crowed market places, or shooting people in hotels rooms as a viable way forward.

Inshallah when the Muslims of these countries stand-up and say enough is enough, and idiots like yourself who have no grasp of history and no knowledge of true Islam stop writing such rubbish, we will start to see some progress.

Tell me brother, have you ever questioned your motives?

Walikumsalam Ahmad