Gaza - Through Our Eyes 1/6

This is part one of a six part series by Shaykh Zahir Mahmood - Brought to you by the collaboration of majesstic786 and SFAvfx.

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Shaykh Zahir details the epic Viva Palestina journey from Britain to Gaza. He describes the highs, lows, ebbs and flows of the journey, the immense love and emotion displayed by the general public and the obstacles created by some of the worlds most notorious police states. The lecture ends with an emotional description of the suffering of the Gazans, witnessed first hand by the members of the convoy.

After seeing the constant bombardment of Gaza on our screens, a group of brave volunteers rose to travel to Gaza to provide much needed aid. They set out in mid-February and returned almost a month later. The convoy called Viva Palestina went out with over £1 million in aid in what is the biggest aid convoy ever to travel to Gaza.

However, the media decided to ignore this event which is not surprising, considering the medias obsession with celebrity culture. A celebrity dying of cancer received more press than hundreds of children dying and suffering from the aftermath of a massacre. In view of this, we think it is important that those who donated and helped the convoy in its noble mission, understand what these brave volunteers saw. How did they get there? What did they experience? What difficulties did they face? What was Gaza like? Who was the aid given to and Why?

All praises be to ALLAH (SWT), Gaza through our Eyes is an attempt to share the story of those who travelled to Gaza and distributed the aid amongst the suffering. A people who despite living in impoverished conditions akin to an open-air prison and cut off from the rest of the world, continue to display resilience and defiance against oppression and brutality.

From two people who took part in the convoy, Shaykh Zahir from our very own As Suffa Institute and one of the many scholars who embarked on the journey, will provide us with a unique insight into what he saw, felt and experienced. George Galloway MP, the mastermind of the Viva Palestina convoy will also grace the occasion to share his experience of travelling to and meeting the people of Gaza.

Insha'Allah (SWT) 10th of May will prove to be a pivotal night in enabling us to learn about what they saw and how we need to keep the effort up.

The chant still reverberates through the minds of those who embarked on the journey to Gaza, the same chant which was heard throughout the bombardment:

With soul
With blood
We give everything for Gaza

We pray that this event reinvigorates the remembrance of Gaza firm in our hearts and first in our minds.

Oh Gaza! We will not forget how you bleed and hurt whilst the world watches on.

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[NiceIslam101]

JazakAllah kheir for uploading the lecture

[TheEndGameBoY]

Baraka'Allahu feekum

[Azamspazam91]

@GoodToTheBoneUK

I'm muslim and being a muslim commands that I not be anti-semitic.

I abhor the Israelis and their policies but I do not hate all Jews. In fact the Jews who actually follow their book are on partial guidance from Allah and they would do well to follow those principles.

Please also remember that Christians from Europe came to colonize America and displaced the Native Americans by killing thousands of them. The Israelis are doing the exact same thing. We let history repeat

[Turbinator07]

assalamu-alaykum ikhwaan! wat is the beautiful nasheed at beginning called can i download it. thanks

[Vmax786]

* Course Date: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th July 2010

* Course Duration: 9:30am-7:30pm

* Course Location: The Great Hall, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET FREE PARKING

* Course Taught by: Shaykh Zahir Mahmood

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sacrifice...like those before you sacrificed...Everyonbe try and attend

[GoodToTheBoneUK]

I sacrifice my life for Palestine..

The whole world is with Palestine!

I'm not Muslim, i'm catholic, but 2 of my close friends are Muslim.

May your Allah severely punish those evil! jews! (Zionists!) who murdered all those Palestinian children! who were just babies.

Doom and curse on evil! Israel ISRA'HELL!

I just cant stand the Jews!

[441don]

asalamualaikum could u plz give me the name of the nazam in the bckgrnd shukran wa marhaban.

[MsJustin1bieber]

@pakimuslim10 hey i go 2 ur skul aswell wa year are u in?

[pakimuslim10]

this man came to our school birchfield independant girls school birmingham aston to tell us about it.

[aishcakes]

why is there so much cussing he is speaking about Islam and The Quran please respect that.

[Maxwedge12000]

Dude, you have an anger problem. You might want to get some professional help with that.