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Chronicles of ordinary madness from Sudan. Entire cities reduced to rubble, millions displaced, tens of thousands killed, raped women and children, engineered famines: may Allāh swt support the poor Sudanese people and grant their martyrs the highest ranks of Jannat al-Firdaws.
It will always be the Best of Judges (Khayru al-Hākimīn) to determine the fate of those responsible for massacres, abuses, spilled blood, and innocent tears. And this applies not only to the Sudanese perpetrators of violence, but also to the rulers of the Islamic (or pseudo-Islamic) states who, through their interference, have enabled, fueled, and exploited the internal conflict.
No one is free of blame. Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar support the armed forces: that is, the military junta of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the one who carried out the coup against the legitimate government that emerged after the fall of the dictator Omar al-Bashir. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates have thrown their full weight behind the militias led by the warlord Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Astaghfirullah! This is a new aberration from Muslim leaders, in addition to the grave responsibility of having failed to act concretely to safeguard the Palestinians of Gaza. Their rivalries and narrow interests have significantly contributed to producing yet another tragedy that hit Sudan, which is a broken mirror that well represents the fragmentation that continues to afflict our Ummah.
In the current crisis, however, it would be unfair to place everyone on the same level. What has occurred in recent weeks in Darfur leaves no room for doubt regarding the responsibility for the gravest atrocities, which lie squarely on the shoulders of Dagalo and his RSF: massacres, mass rapes, summary executions, and the destruction of villages, bearing the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing.
The escalation has taken place in the region that is the traditional powerbase of Dagalo and the RSF, but the group’s brutality had already manifested itself elsewhere in the country. One need only ask the residents of Khartoum and Omdurman, where the RSF occupied large urban areas, looted homes, hospitals, and diplomatic missions, imposing a reign of terror. In Al Jazira, captured by the RSF, the usual reports of rape, forced recruitment, and killings of civilians have emerged.
The United Arab Emirates deny all allegations, but who put Dagalo and the RSF in a position to systematically commit such war crimes and crimes against humanity, with weapons, money, logistical support, and more?
The justification offered is the fight against the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn), allegedly infiltrated into al-Burhan’s military government with the support of Turkey and Qatar. But the reality is that, thanks to the RSF, the Emiratis have managed to seize gold deposits and trade routes they would otherwise never have been able to control.
“Competition in [worldly] increase distracts you, until you visit the graves” (sūrat at-Takāthur, 102:1–2).
Allāh swt warns in the Qur’ān against greed (hirs), yet in Abu Dhabi as much as in Dubai there is just indifference, while they continue to “build palaces for amusement” (sūrat ash-Shuʿarāʾ, 26:128–129), heedless of the moral shame of having turned Sudan – a country already deeply scarred by wars and devastation – once again into a theater of inhuman violence and ethnic cleansing.
On top of that, Abu Dhabi dares to wave the banner of peace, mediation, counterterrorism, and interreligious dialogue, even signing “Accords” instrumentalizing the name of Prophet Ibrāhīm (as).
Truly, there is no limit to the hypocrisy of the Munāfiqūn! A series of āyāt of the Qur’ān revealed by the Most High describe them perfectly:
“Among the people are some who say, ‘We believe in Allāh and the Last Day,’ but they are not believers” (Sūrat al-Baqarah, 2:8).
“They seek to deceive Allāh and those who believe, but they deceive only themselves and perceive it not” (sūrat al-Baqarah, 2:9).
“And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing themselves to the people and remembering Allāh but little” (sūrat an-Nisā’, 4:142).
“They are wavering between this and that, belonging neither to these nor to those” (sūrat an-Nisā’, 4:143).
Do they not resemble them exactly? Between believers and disbelievers, they seem to take the latter as “allies” (sūrat al-Mā’idah, 5:51).
Sudanese blood cries out, but Sudanese martyrs will receive the justice they deserve. Injustices will not go unanswered.
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