Muhammed Ali

Wa alaykum asalaam. How many countries has China attacked over the last few decades? It is the world's manufacturing superpower and Iran would be foolish not to have them on their side. There are ideological differences that should be taken into consideration, but being an ally of a county that counters the US is a must. Pakistan showed what Chinese weapons can do when it shot down a number of Indian (French made) fighter jets. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/how-pakistan-shot-down-indias-cutting-edge-fighter-using-chinese-gear-2025-08-02/

The article actually says they failed to convince Putin. "Despite securing a sit-down with Putin in the summer of 2013, they did not succeed in convincing Russia to support Assad’s ouster". The emails were from 2013 and what happened in Syria in the following years are a very clear indication that Russia was trying to keep Assad in power. I am not saying Putin is trustworthy but he did want Assad to stay in power and abandoned the fight only near the end.

Are you still a fan of Trump even after seeing how much he has supported Israel?

Have you not seen excellent people whose parents were not good? I have. Have you not seen variation among people in regards to their attitudes towards racial tribalism?

Don't call it eugenics. It's irresponsible to accuse Islam of promoting eugenics. If a word has a generally accepted meaning in society and it evokes negatives idea in people's minds, then don't use that word with your own personal positive definition. @Northwest even 'discrimination' is the wrong word.

Perhaps we can look at his father's views to see what the son may have been taught: https://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/mamdanis-challenge-dismantling/

Do you realise how unpopular the Resistance is among the masses? He would never win if he supported them. Should he sabotage any chance he has of wining and hand the election to Bibi's lawyer Cuomo? What would you do Eddie Mecca in his situation? Tell the people that you rightly love the honourable Sayyid Hassan and lose or do taqiyyah and win the election? I personally wouldn't seek public office for the fear of corrupting my soul but I would vote for an anti-genocider over a supporter of genocide. Here is what Europeans think about al-Aqsa flood. And notice how more people blame Iran for its retaliation than blaming Israel for starting hostilities. It's sheer ignorance with some bigotry. This is what we have to work with. https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Eurotrack_MiddleEast_Oct24.pdf Brother we have to think long term. Maybe in a few decades people will become more informed but we need to travel in that direction instead of making no progress today.

Not just because he is Muslim but because of the statements he has made and because of his past activities. A Muslim who supports the oppressors should not be supported at all. I would prefer a good non-Muslim like Corbyn to someone like Zia Yusuf.

I think you should be more careful with how you reason and how you communicate. And perhaps put the edited part before the unedited part. When you have a lot of evidence (which you likely don't know) showing that someone is anti-Zionist it would be a sin to accuse him of the opposite and make taqiyyah a secondary consideration. Imagine if you were a trying to win an election as a Muslim in the city with the 2nd highest number of Jews and against AIPAC money, and someone said he "is simply an anti likud/natenyahu social democrat. Unless again hes doing taqqiyah". "Taqiyyah" should be your first thought not an accusation of Zionism. Any way watch this:

A number of pro-Palestinians are already accusing him of being a Zionist and controlled opposition. This shows a lack of wisdom. They should give him support and see what he does before making any such accusations. Right now they don't have an alternative to support. At the very least he has shifted the rhetoric. People like this tend to think that if a person is making some compromises for tactical reasons then they must belong to the other side. Like when Umar asked if the Prophet {a} was really a prophet because he signed the treaty of Hudaybiyyah.

Even if he was hypothetically good in every way, he is facing a massive corrupt system which will try to stop him from every angle. I will be happy if he keeps up his anti-genocide/imperialist rhetoric and freezes rent. That's better than what came before him.

Imagine if someone made an outrageous accusation against you and a close family member of yours (who knew you well) believed it. How would you feel? You would object because they believed it without any evidence, and they should have suspected falsehood knowing what your character was like. We shouldn't believe in things about Allah which go against what we should know about his nature, especially if the texts reject those views. Allah is merciful and needless. It is against his nature to punish innocent people.

{2:286} Allah does not impose upon any soul a duty but to the extent of its ability ... {17:15} Whoever goes aright, for his own soul does he go aright; and whoever goes astray, to its detriment only does he go astray: nor can the bearer of a burden bear the burden of another, nor do We chastise until We raise a messenger. [Note: This shows the justice of Allah. A people are not punished if they lack the right knowledge]. Imam al-Baqir {a}: Source: https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/14/2/61/4 You can read the chapter "Good Deeds of Non-Muslims": https://al-islam.org/divine-justice-murtadha-mutahhari/good-deeds-non-muslims Every Muslim should read that book. Therein are other verses and ahadith which I didn't post and an excellent discussion on the subject by the great scholar. Also in al-Mizan there are ahadith here from page 67: https://almizan.org/vol/9/64-82 Example:

If you want verses of the Quran and ahadith on this, let us know. We can post them.

Condolences on the passing of your father. Your friend isn't very smart. Allah is merciful and judges people according to their circumstances, including non-Muslims.

This is fake.

Read the following and explain how you got it wrong. The current Likud (ruling party of Israel) charter calls for the destruction of Palestine: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/original-party-platform-of-the-likud-party The Hamas charter rejects anti-Semitism: On the 1967 borders: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-2017-document-full

Do you realise how many of those entities were created and supported by Israel and America? Al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, Saddam, Contras and many many more. The West is allied with Saudi Arabia, the root of Wahabi terrorism.

It's a clear sign of evil.

A tool that was needed to remove Assad but too risky and undesirable for long-term leadership.

The enemy is paranoid and delusional. They genuinely believe that the AoR wants to seem them genocided. We shouldn't underestimate how many false ideas are contained in their minds.

There is a lot of work to be done to remove the misconceptions that people have. Most Sunnis still think Iran mass slaughtered innocent Sunnis in Syria and Iraq. Most Westerners think the Iranian leaders are like the Taliban, while ignoring the evils of their own leaders. In fact many Iranians have a deluded and unfair view of their own country. I have been telling people about how Iran cut off oil to apartheid South Africa in 1979 and how Mandela called Ayatullah Khamenei "my leader". I have seen people respond positively to this information. If it happened to Israel they would repeatedly tell the world about it. Iran is very very bad at PR. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/05/06/Iran-to-resume-ties-with-South-Africa/2796768196800/

Sometimes it's better not to harm yourself in order to appease the unreasonable. Perhaps there were times when the AoR should have been more aggressive but wasn't because it wanted a better reputation, and perhaps there were other times when it should have avoided risks instead of engaging in conflict.

Their number has reduced a lot. Israel is trying to stop the launches. When a launch is made it gives the position away and then Israel can strike those targets to stop subsequent launches.