Salafis, loyalties & Palestine 🇵🇸🧵

The current crisis in Gaza in shedding light on many weak parts of our ummah today. Such as, the pacifist Salafi scholars and their loyalties to rulers who are normalising ties with Israel while it oppresses Palestinians. These rulers cannot even tolerate scholar questioning their policies, it’s not hard to imagine what kind of swift crackdown would ensue on those critical of their governments’ lack of action on the current genocide taking place in Gaza.

Such scholars’ entire mentality is governed by their rulers, and many Salafi students in turn import this mentality to the UK. It’s therefore no surprise several influencers of the Salafi persuasion demonstrate a severely handicapped understanding of the modern political landscape in the UK, and in turn send mixed messages on issues like boycotting, protests and activism. All of which, by their very nature, challenge political authority.

Some have gone as far as to suggest that it’s haram to boycott companies that are in support of Esrael. It doesn’t take a genius to understand why some would suggest this. It’s due to their unquestioning allegiance to foreign senior Salafi scholars on all matters (Kibar). For a movement that eschews blind following, it’s sad that most Salafīs ironically blind follow the ‘Kibar’ that are of one particular nationality and government appointed.