Nov 2023

We open our social media and we are bombarded with images that are heart breaking, gut wrenching, pure evil, indescribable. We become angry, consumed, obsessed, sceptical, torn, broken. We cannot believe what we are seeing. And each day it gets worse. And some times we get despondent, and desensitized.

Consuming this amount of torture content is not normal. No amount is normal. It affects our psyche. And that’s what they want.. For thr world to see their atrocities, for the world to know they don’t care. To see the as powerful and controlling. If we become despondent and depressed we are then also amongst their victims. Without being the physical war zone. We are int he mental war zone. And the tool they using is the very same tool that we use for information. The very same tool that is bringing light to the atrocities to others.

How would we deal with this.

Show your support. Post pictures and artwork on sm. Don’t post pictures of the dead, or the mutilations, or the horrific other images. Use your words. As much as we want the world to see the actual extent of their cruelty, we also should be having respect for the dead.

Give yourself certain times when u actively consume information re the Jen o side. Don’t keep scrolling the entire day. Don’t keep the news on in the background the entire day. Give yourself a time frame, don’t get sucked in. Because hours can pass whilst going through content, feeling heartbroken and angry. In those hours you could’ve made genuine dua or read Quran for thr people of Gaza (constructive action).

Consume written content in addition to media. Read books to enlighten you.

Remember you have a family too. You have a responsibility to them, or to yourself to make a difference in thr world. Those 2 hours on Instagram has passed. And yes you would’ve shared some content, which does make a difference

Remove yourself from your sm in small doses each day.

Each day thr war continues, and each time you get angry, upset, emotional, disheartened, leave your phone pick up your Quran. Or pick up your hands in dua. Try each day.. To become a little better of a person, of a Muslim, than you already are. Increase your knowledge of Islam. One line at a time. Each time they kill someone, our iman must be getting stronger. We need to build up of iman artilerry. This is our internal jihad.

Encourage your mosque, community to have programs regularly. To announce duas and supplications on thr speaker.

Boycott. In stages

Be present for your family and friends.

Help someone in your vicinity. Make an effort to find someone struggling, and help them uplift them out of their struggling. Know that you are making a difference. Be the humanity that is lacking in thr west.