Gaza: Not Just Muslims’ Issue — A Mankind Issue

The tragedy unfolding in Gaza is often framed as a “Muslim issue.” Yet the reality is much larger and far deeper: it is a human issue, a moral issue, and a test for all of mankind. Every religion, every holy scripture, every prophet’s teaching has placed humanity at its core. Today, Gaza exposes whether humanity still lives within us, or whether it has been buried under the rubble of politics, power, and silence.

Humanity is not owned by one faith, one color, or one geography. It is a covenant of mankind. The Qur’an makes it clear:

“And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:33)

“Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned…” (Surah Ar-Rum 30:41)

These verses remind us that God does not love bloodshed on earth. To kill an innocent is to betray the very trust of life given by the Creator.

•Bible (Christianity): “Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13) — a commandment as simple as it is universal.

•Torah (Judaism): “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.” (Leviticus 19:16) — silence in the face of murder is itself a crime.

•Hindu Scriptures: The Mahabharata teaches, “Ahimsa (non-violence) is the highest duty.”

•Buddhism: The first precept is clear: “Abstain from taking life.”

Across traditions, the message is unshakable: the sanctity of human life is non-negotiable.

When hospitals are bombed, when children lie lifeless under the rubble, when hunger and thirst are used as weapons — this is not just a geopolitical conflict. It is a collapse of the very values that humanity is supposed to stand upon.

To dismiss it as “a Muslim issue” is to shrink the human conscience. Gaza is a mirror, showing us who we are and what we have become.

World leaders who claim moral superiority, who lecture about “human rights” and “international law,” now look the other way. They quote their holy books in elections and speeches, but forget them when it comes to Gaza.

•If the Bible commands “Do not kill,” why is silence tolerated when innocent children are massacred?

•If the Torah says “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor,” why do many Jewish leaders in power not condemn this bloodshed?

•If Islam forbids killing even a single innocent soul, why are Muslim-majority governments hesitant, divided, and fearful in raising a united stand?

It is time to remind them: follow your own faith, follow your own God, follow your own humanity.

Neutrality in the face of oppression is not neutrality — it is betrayal. Silence in the face of Gaza’s suffering is not peacekeeping — it is complicity.

Every person, whether Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, or non-believer, will be judged by one universal question:

Gaza’s children do not ask for theological debates, political speeches, or strategic excuses. They ask for one thing: humanity.

•Humanity from world leaders.

•Humanity from religious scholars.

•Humanity from ordinary people like us.

If every holy book commands the protection of life, then every silence today is a violation of scripture.

This is not just about Muslims, not just about Palestinians — this is about all of us. If we allow Gaza to bleed without response, we allow humanity itself to die.

Gaza is not just Muslims’ issue. Gaza is mankind’s issue. Gaza is the test of our collective soul.