soo ive been doing a lot of reading on the middle east - from basic history to geography to 9th-10th century erotic islamic poetry to the philosophy of suicide bombings. cuz of the most recent invasion on lebonese soil, ive been into reading bout the origins and philosophies of hizbu'llah. hizbu'llah sees the world split - the mundo of the oppressors (mustakbirin) and the mundo of the oppressed (mustad'afin). hizbu'llah says u know when ur oppressed cuz:
* ur mind is FREE, LIBERATED
* u resist the west - the us especially
* ur in danger for ur beliefs
when u are awake, when u can see, when u can hear, when u don't believe bullshit, when u stop the drone of ur everyday life of walking around like a brainwashed zombie.
but anyhow...hizbu'llah is down for international soldiary with other OPPRESSED PEOPLES. the book im readin talks bout hizbu'llah being down especially with:
* fidel castro
* nelson mandela
* the ira
* and the book didnt say, but im sure that hizbu'llah is down with mi inspiracion - los zapatistas
hizbu'llah is NOT down with violence. they are into SELF-PRESERVATION and SELF-DEFENSE. they will and have armed themselves when they need to DEFEND their people (sounds kinda like the black panthers, verdad?).
interesting how shit gets so twisted with our western, "democratic and free" media...
and while im walkin down that camino - let's talk about one other term that is misrepresented, manipulated, and misunderstood by our "democratic and free" media...
jihad - western media says "holy war", but this book says "the exertion or effort of following the path of Allah". sooo taking care of another human being is jihad, willpower is jihad, resistance to temptation is jihad, childbirth is considered jihad - que beautiful no?
the books i reference:
hizbu'llah: politics and religion by amal saad-ghorayeb
my life is a weapon: a modern history of suicide bombing by christopher reuter
