When the Crimes in Gaza Become Normalized in Muslim Countries

For seventy-five years, Muslim countries have repeatedly discussed the issue of Palestinian rights, issued resolutions, condemned violations, and made promises. Yet occupation, displacement, mass killings, and violations of Palestinian rights have continued unabated on the ground.

The problem is no longer the absence of discussion; rather, it is the question of what has actually changed in these statements over the past seventy-five years.

Therefore, the true face of Muslim countries today no longer requires political or academic terminology, nor hypocritical rhetoric, to be revealed. Their shameful silence regarding the genocide of Palestinians is the clearest evidence of their position and deserves criticism and condemnation.

Despite horrific massacres, the destruction of homes and hospitals, widespread famine, and mass displacement, this situation has continued for decades before the eyes of Muslim countries. It is as though their conscience has been blinded; as though they have become deaf and mute in the face of the cries of the Palestinian people.

How can the Muslim world remain indifferent to the genocide and destruction being inflicted upon Palestinians? How can it remain indifferent toward the Israeli regime, which faces serious allegations concerning the commission of international crimes and violations of international humanitarian law?

What I say today is addressed to those Muslim countries that, for the sake of their own interests, ignore the suffering of their Muslim brothers and sisters. If worldly interests are given priority over their responsibilities in the name of Islam and morality, how can they present themselves as defenders of Islam and the rights of Muslims? Such conduct not only exposes the true nature of their policies, but also reveals the obvious contradiction between their words and their actions.

Ignoring the suffering of the Palestinian people and remaining indifferent to the killing of civilians is a genuine test for future generations and for the Muslim world. History will judge this position.

Today, these Muslim countries are once again confronted with regional turmoil. Yet even during the conflicts surrounding the imposed war against Iran, the position of some of these countries has appeared to lean more toward the United States, global powers, and the Israeli regime than toward Muslim populations and the victims of war.

So how can we criticize countries that have no emotional connection or sympathy toward the Muslim world, while some Muslim countries themselves stand alongside global superpowers and the Israeli regime?

If the Muslim world truly rejects bloodshed, occupation, and massacres, this position cannot be limited to condemnation alone. The silence or political solidarity of some Muslim countries raises serious questions about their responsibility toward Muslim populations and the crimes committed in the region.

When Muslim countries close their eyes to the genocide of Palestinians, the war provoked and imposed upon Iran, famine, suffering and mass killings in Yemen and Sudan, and the Rohingya catastrophe, how can we expect the rest of the world to take concrete action to prevent such tragedies? When they fail to respond adequately to these catastrophes, it becomes apparent that such indifference is becoming normalized at the international level, while pressure for effective action diminishes.

This silence is an insult to Islam and to the values for which Muslim countries claim to stand: justice, faith, and support for the oppressed. Those who build their political identity upon Islam cannot, in the face of such immense catastrophes, merely express regret and issue a few statements. A demand for justice is meaningless unless it is translated into political action, particularly when economic interests and political considerations overshadow humanitarian responsibility at the moment decisions are made.

I ask you: if Islamic solidarity does not translate into clear and effective action during the darkest of times, while an entire people is being destroyed, what purpose does it serve?

If political and economic relations with global superpowers determine your conduct, then where is the contradiction between your religious rhetoric and your practical policies?

Your response to the Palestinian question demonstrates the extent to which human dignity, independent of power and self-interest, is truly embedded in your policies. You cannot speak of morality, faith, and justice while simultaneously prioritizing short-term political and economic interests over your responsibility toward humanity.

Do your words genuinely influence your political decisions, or do you invoke Islam, justice, and solidarity only when doing so does not harm your interests?

If justice remains merely a slogan, solidarity merely empty words, and support for the oppressed merely a political pretext, then we must ask ourselves: what is the purpose of all this hypocrisy in defending Islam and justice when action has become more necessary than ever?

Author: Gouya Roshan

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