Ini isu umat sejagat!

At around 2pm today (Friday), my friends and I attended a huge demonstration in front of the US embassy. It was a protest on Israeli aggression against the Palestinian. About a week ago, Israeli abducted dozens of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers and members of parliament (including the Deputy Prime Minister), merely to pressure for the release of a captured Israeli soldier.

All the while, Israel and the US have been accusing HAMAS as terrorist group, and when HAMAS gained overwhelming victory in the Palestine general election this January, they refused to engage with HAMAS. Ironically, after the "terrorist" came into power in less than one year, dozens of them were rounded up by the "JUST Force".

For your information, Malaysia has no diplomatic tie with Israel, therefore, there is no Israeli embassy. Nevertheless, as Israeli's closest ally and arm supplier, the United States deserves a protest in front of their embassy.

The crowd was huge, and around 99% of them are Muslims. We marched from Tabung Haji to the British High Commission, (British has to bear full responsibility on what is happening in Palestine and Israel too) then only we marched to the US embassy. There was no untoward incident throughout the march.

As non muslim, my friends and I have no hesitance at all to be part of the procession. Although we heard slogans like "Allahuakhbar!", "Palestine belongs to Muslims!", "Hidup Islam!" etc, we firmly recognise that the issue of Palestine is not an issue of Muslims or Islam, it is an issue of humanity and human rights. Many Muslim friends shook my hand and thanked me for attending the demonstration and supporting "their issue", I told them, "Ini isu umat sejagat!"


Israel arrests Hamas leadership
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/087CE7F6-233F-4AB7-A48F-E42A2C3C7676.htm