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Aug 2024
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Why Has the Muslim Ummah Failed Gaza? Wi...

MUHAMMAD JALAL
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Gaza has been a hurtful experience. This year we saw the passing of a milestone, 100 years without a central leadership. The last Ottoman Caliphate, with all its faults, remained a global force and acted as a shield for this ummah. So why have we declined to such a degree that it seems our leadership is inept and our ummah has not moved over Gaza. And what now can we do about it?

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0:00 Introduction

2:21 – Why has the ummah not moved?

7:18 – is it s leadership issue

12:10 – Western interference?

14:10 – Excuses of the rulers

17:03 – Decline inevitable?

25:28 – Prophetic method

34:25 – Do we need a new leader?

37:41 – Muslim political unity

42:58 – Poor scholarship

51:55 – Responding to Gaza’s pain


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