Between Shamanistic fascists, and calls for genocide this thread is like PDF all over again.
@Gary, its understandable you are passionate about this situation, but it is important not to take things to an extreme. Do you really believe in your heart that what the Israeli's have done to the Palestinians should be reciprocated back to them? Would you be able to do what they have done, if you were in the position to do so? To women? To children?
[AL-Quran 41:34] Good and evil cannot be equal. [Prophet], repel evil with what is better and your enemy will become as close as an old and valued friend,
[Sahih Bukhari] Abdullah ibn Amr reported that Allah has described the Prophet as follows:
سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ وَلاَ صَخَّابٍ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَغْفِرُ
I have called you a trustworthy man who is neither rude nor loud in the markets, nor does he return evil with evil, but rather he pardons and forgives.
[From the book of futuwwa / sufi chivalry by Muhamad Al-Sulami]
I would recommend this book as general reading. Here is a pdf link:
https://archive.org/details/chivalry/page/n15/mode/2up .
No goodness can come from acting from our ego / nafs. We may be angered at what we witness going on, in different parts of the world not only against Muslims but against any of the weak and the downtrodden. If we happen to identify with a peoples, for example as fellow Muslims, we need to be careful about acting on the basis of of our own personal anger.
Salam.
