Hollow Slogans will not Free al-Aqsa

The onslaught upon masjid al aqsa continues and our silence is deafening. Today a maximum of about 100 people turned up for a vigil outside 10 Downing Street to protest against the continuing violation of the 1st qibla, the 2nd masjid ever built and the 3rd holiest place in the world. Only 100!!!!! 1 in 7 people in London are Muslim but onyl a total of 100 people from around Britain showed up. May Allah reward the 5 brothers who drove all the way down from Bradford but what will the fate be of the 1.6 million Muslims who failed to take a stance?

What disgusted me even more was the vigil itself. Consisting primarily of Muslims (the lefties from the PSC, although their banner was there, failed to show up in numbers because this was an Islamic issue), one would expect a lot more, i dont know, Islamic spirit. Tiem for maghrib salah came. I approached a few different people who seemed to be in charge and was told there would be no jamaat. I asked whether an announcement would at least be made to remind the people of salah. Not interested. When we began reminding some brothers that time for salah was running out, many said they would pray qazaa at home, others said the ground was wet, others looked embarrassed but then continued to shout out heart-felt cries of "bi ruh, bi dum nafdeeq li ya Aqsa" (with our blood and our souls, we will free you oh Aqsa). The irony of it was all too bitter.

How can we expect Allah (swt)to bestow His Mercy upon us when we wilfully disobey his fundamnetal orders while believeing we are doing good deeds? Muslims came to protest the attempted destructin of the third holiest mosque in the world, yet refused to pray at the appointed times. This new lefty politics with its hollow slogans and chants seem to have become our priority over the basic difference between us and the kuffar: the prayer.

May Allah (swt) protect masjid al-Aqsa because we, the "active" Muslims of today, are lost.

"Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds? Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"" (al-Kahf:103-104)