I'm a Palestinian Christian and this video really made me feel support for my people. And everything you're saying is pretty much true, except, The part where you said that in the early 1900s it was 90% muslims, There was actually over 20% christians at that time. We lived together in peace for centuries

To those dismissing this video for being "biased" yeah, it absolutely is. If you were listening you would have heard him literally admit that towards the start of the video. Believe it or not, it's actually pretty natural to be somewhat biased when it's your brothers and sisters dying by the thousands every single day.

As a german I'm all too aware of "our" part in this drama. Sadly we can't do all that much about it. Our politicians and public media are heavily biased towards the israeli POV. Whenever someone openly criticises Israel and their actions (not the israeli people, mind you, just their politicians), then Israel and/or their supporters are very quick to pull the german N-word card and you can't win against that. Yes, our ancestors did horrible, undeniable, inexcusable things to jews and others, but it's been 80 years now. The no-no-germans are all dead or almost dead. How long will the Israeli keep playing the victims and refer any responsibility for their actions to others? I'm quite sick of this mentality.

Great work brother! Very sensitive yet important topic to discuss.

Good video, really makes you think. Glad you did this.

Beautifully put. Thank you.

Watching from New Zealand. The Palestine solidarity movement would be a broad front consisting of the political left, Arabs, Muslims, progressive Jews, non-evangelical Christians, and Maori activists. Maori activists see an affinity with the Palestinian experience with colonialism. In NZ, the Palestine solidarity movement isnt solely a Muslim movement but a diverse united front. The pro-Israel movement in NZ consists of the political right, evangelical Christians, and the traditional Jewish institutional organisations.

great video as always

man you would be a great great teacher I love how put together and organized the clips with the images and citations it helps to focus and pay attention and understand the story more

Much anticipated video. Factual and informative. Thank you!

Thank you for making this video.

Thank you for all your hard work. Keep it up ❤

Well done! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

May Allah bless every Palestinian with food and hope. Fantastic video you should be proud and as always…. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

I'm so sad that this can happen. Why can't the World just be a good place? I'm touched by your passion and feel your anger and I hope you and all people who feel like you about this conflict will have better days in the future

I'm an ex-American, and I deeply empathize with Palestinians and the Muslim world at large on these matters. A large number of Americans are deeply unhappy with the actions of the American government, but feel powerless to affect change.

As a brazilian, born in a country that still bears wounds from colonialism and imperialism, I stand with Palestine.

Thank you for this video ❤ From the river to the sea!

Indonesian here, almost all moslem here really hate Israel State amd supporting Palestinian State, but we wonder what the Arab country's do??? They were so close geographically to the Palestine but to us they seem doing nothing ...

Amazing video man.

"Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no veil between it and Allah" -Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم

Excellent video as always! I noticed at 7:08 the English closed captioning reads as, "...arrived in Israel", when you clearly say "... arrived in Palestine", in the video. I figured it was worth pointing out so it can be fixed :) Thank-you Syawish!

I pray for the Palestinians, Uyghurs and Rohingya

I've just caught up on all your videos and now I'm realising I'll have to wait for the next one 😭 thank you for posting these videos, they're fantastic. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

In any other country, this would be colonialism. But for Israel, it's a God-given right. /s 🇵🇸

great vid, rarely heard perspective. thank you.

I just love your videos Al muqaddimah

Holy! Straight fire video. Came out swinging!

Amazing 😻 Thank you 🙏 May Allah bless you more

I’ve made 2 sectarian motivated comments on this video already so I think I’ve fulfilled my duty as a Jew, so now I wanna share a funny perspective I’ve heard living in the USA from the Christian Americans who support Israel more than I do: I was at dinner with some family friends around November of last year and Israel-Palestine was brought up. Me being the historian at the table just kinda silently stared as conservative Christian family and friends talked about the horrible things Hamas was doing and how Gaza should be reduced to rubble. They looked to me for obvious validation as I am viewed as the go-to family expert on the topic, with me being Jewish as well and were shocked and annoyed when I countered their support for Israel with ‘should they have not been prepared to suffer the consequences of taking and settling the land? Better yet land that close to where Palestinians have been contained to like a quarantine?’ In the words I used at the time “Those who would take the sovereignty of others, should be prepared to have their sovereignty taken.” And I mentioned that what Palestine has done to Israeli citizens is just one more case of the many mutual acts of unnecessary violence between the two groups, and stated that whatever harm that was done to Israelis would be returned in tenfold within a year. Turns out it only took 6 months. Not trying to be a pickme here, I am still without a doubt a Zionist. I just refuse to play the game of disinformation like many have, including on this video, simply out of individual dignity. But I thought this would be a fun story to share.

Palestine is more a global human issue than simply an Islamic one. The biggest advocates have more often been non-Muslims than Muslims. If you don’t support Palestinian liberation and dignity then you are just not human.

Very well said.

Please do a video on history of Ispahan, Damascus and Baghdad respectively.These are quite famous cities of Islamic wprld

Great Video once again on a very important topic! Keep the uploads coming !!!

May God reward you for using your channel to speak out against the horrors happening in Palestine, now and through history.

I can’t wait to watch this ❤❤❤ thank you

Can you make a video on how you make your maps? They're genuinely beautiful, maybe you could do it for a 250K subscriber special?

While I disagree with a couple of points, THANK YOU for being the first to put your points across in a way that not only makes sense, but you back up with actual facts rather than nothing (or worse - only insults) If you can get through to the likes of me - you’ll make sense to a LOT of others! Keep up the great work!

Jazak Allah brother syawish for this absolute eye opener.most of the west is blind folded with regards to the Palestine. The mainstream media in the west won’t show you the other side of the picture. This video could him them understand things better. Love from Afghanistan ❤

i love how passionate you are in this video. i happened to have your vid follow another pro-palestinian channel's vid in my watch later list and he felt extra off the leash in his most recent video himself, I'm kind of reveling in it all

It should matter, but judging by the actions (or lack thereof) by Muslim countries, they are perfectly content with the eradication of Palestine. Because we remind them of their impotence and shame.

My respect for you has tripled after this video. Great job!! As someone who lives in the west, I see a lot of anti Muslim sentiments within European nations. Indeed, we are treated as children of lesser God

Thanks for this video. Will share it!

Mad respect for you and you courage.

I wish I could believe that if the Israel-Palestine conflict were to finally coming to an amicable end that made everyone happy the wounds could heal, but I have spent my life hearing various conflicting groups from the Islamic World talking about how every single piece of land that was ever under muslim rule should be returned to muslim rule. I just don't believe that if the Palestine-Israel conflict was to end today that it would be the end and the wounds would start to heal, because there is a scary prevaling feeling among various conflicting groups from the Islamic World that the "shape" the Islamic World has now is wrong and the only way to fix it is through internal revolution and external military conflict. In short... Although I think Israel has gone WAAAAAAY too far many, too many, times and the Palestinian people deserve peace and their own state... I cannot conceive of a way to make it happen in so that Israel's disaperance from the map is not the ringing of the bell for the start a period in which the Islamic World turns on itself and against the otherside world to try and now fix every other percieved wound that as ever been the victim of...

Syawish, thank you. I've been spending the last two years deconstructing the US and UN's (the West) role in shadow colonialism around the globe. I've stepped away from Christianity and taken a keen interest in the Qur'an. Your videos along with UsefulCharts (which I recognize you have a crucial role) have opened my eyes to an entire world I never knew existed due to being raised in the Mormon cult. You have been instrumental in my rebirth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Free Palestine!

Good stuff

Very important video in my opinion. Much support to all of you brothers, with love from Poland! !الحرية لفلسطين

Thanks!

Brazil and the Global South stands with Palestine. Amazing video my friend. 🇧🇷✊🇵🇸

Nice video my friend hope people learn more about the history of this conflict through this video

can we do a video about the pre-Islamic peoples of Northern Africa, India, or Anatolia? Histories of Southern Spain, or Sicily might be an interesting one, too. Maybe even Persian culture might be an interesting topic!

This is your greatest work.

As a jew I like listening to your perspective although i disagree with certain points

Finally a reasonable video from you after a long time

To people watching Al Muqaddimah for the first time, if it seems like Syawish is ignoring Islamic empires/imperialism, he covers them in his other videos. I recommend watching his other videos too as they provide IMO an unbiased and equally critical/analytical narrative on many different Islamic history topics. His videos on Aurangzeb and Slavery are especially good. Edit: Just to add, some of Syawish’s criticisms of old Islamic empires would probably alienate Islamic conservatives too. I think he deserves credit for talking about delicate subjects in a way that will (rightly) alienate “both sides” for its objective approach.

As an Italian, frankly wary of jihadism and extremism (but interested in muslim history), i have to say that i really respect you, and i cannot disagree with the way you put it. Everybody should be respected.

Palestinian victim hood is a huge problem ❤️🇮🇱

As a non Muslim, I find the overwhelming passion and solidarity for Palestine honestly fascinating, inspiring, and sometimes, a bit disturbing. I can’t lie, the absolute lack of discussion or consideration for the other side, even if I dont necessarily agree with their actions bothere me, but this video does help me understand where people are coming from. Yes, Israel-Palestine is about A LOT more than a minor territorial dispute in the eastern Mediterranean. JJ McCullough has a fantastic video dissecting why he thinks this as well, but from a more Western perspective.

Hey Syawish. I'm sorry if this is personal, but I was wondering; have the events of and since Oct 7th at all affected your relations with any close friends of the channel or fellow academics? I know you've collaborated with Matt from UsefulCharts in the past and continue to do so. I've always enjoyed your passive banter with each other. I was wondering if ya'll were still tight.

Knowing today that there are people who make excuses for this flagrant violation of human rights, people who deny it's happening, or worse, think that it's a good thing, it is impossible to be emotionally charged in the face of such naked contempt, of such virulent evil.

you have my dua for your wellbeing

Don't take this the wrong way but I felt your older content format was better where you remained anonymous and had more historical imagery and maps. It maintained a level of professionalism and anonymity whereas these videos although interesting to listen feels more like a rant / personal commentary rather than of historical interest.

I love your videos I just started watching them and I can see they are amazing quality videos, but might I ask why you have put music in the background as it is haram

I disagree with the premisse in the tittle. It doesn't matter "for the Islamic World", it matters for the whole world. Will the world let this Evil act free?

Good video, I just want to point out that just like public support for Palestine is much stronger in the public than in the actions of the governments in the muslim world, the same is true for the West. I'm not American, but in the upcoming election there is no candidate in America that isn't favourable to Israel even though it doesn't have a majority in public support. The same was true for colonialism, which was often carried out through lying to the population. Cheers !

As bosnia one dey palestine will be from jordan river to the sea of Mediterranean

never been this early (first video uploaded after I discovered this channel so even though it's 50 minutes since the upload I really never have been this early)

could you do a video on Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, role in black September.

Thank you so much for making this video, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

A pretty interesting video, personally hearing an issue form a different perspective is interesting. But I do wish to argue against a few points; . 1)the idea that the current Middle East question is more or less a result of western conflict/imperialism exploitation is not necessarily accurate. The west was not necessarily against Islamic influence per se. It depended on the conflicts. Obviously I am not saying there wasn’t any superiority complex or bigotry. It ignores the imperialism that the Islamic empire forced upon numerous tribes, ethnic groups, etc. thar conquest did change the demographics of religiosity in the areas (and no this is not me judging them, it’s a historical fact) in fact the Ottoman Empire, as the years continued, suppressed any notions of nationalism or even ethnicity/religious self-determination. This clearly cannot be described as solely a “western imperialistic” campaign. The result was that perhaps the potential for peaceful resolutions to internal conflicts was halted. And that more extremist versions of nationalism grew as a response to massive crackdowns. This is where Arab nationalism more or less seems to have grown out of. Then of course ww1 changed the game. The Middle East changed from one massive imperialist power to numerous states, some with western control. There was no one single power dictating what was going to happen. Even the idea that the British favored Jews ignores the real restrictions the Brit’s placed on Jews for immigration and power as the various Zionist nationalists fought against the Brit’s. The Brit’s is general were so incompetent and clueless as to how to handle this territory which was becoming an epicenter for nationalism. Which is how they usually are. 2)can we really say that this cause is fully supported by the Islamic world? The reason I ask that is that looking at the history of Palestine, it’s very up in the air. Depending on which nations support it and the context. Did Jordan support Palestine when it once went to war with the PLO (forcing some of its members to flee in lebenon which then spiked into civil war?).for whatever reason middle way nations have never really seemed to say movie to explicitly set up a Palestinian country independent. Even Egypt, under nasser, under its pro-arab vision seemed to be willing behind the scenes to Leave Palestinians without a realistic chance to form.a new government. . The Middle East Cold War of the post war years (and then the second Cold War following the Islamic revolution), really has made the region so complicated of understanding who wants what and who really cares about certain issues.

I remember being in school and being told what veto was and immediately thought that that was a stupid concept that would be ripe for abuse.

First of all I have big respect for you that you said at the beginning that this is a biased video and you are emotional about it. I found that very fair from you. But I would like to know your opinion in a simular scenario with out the emotions. So I'm an Austrian. And for centuries Austria was a country far larger than today. So many Austrians/Germanspeaker lived in regions which are now Tschechia, Slowakia, Hungary....... After World War 2 most of them where pushed out. The once where supressed and politics where implanted to destroy there identity and languege. Would you say that now 79 years later Austria has a right to attack these country? To take this land back? Because I as an Austrian and most of my countryman would say no, we can't change the past and we should accept the world we life in today

thank you.

You articulate this matter very beautifully and accurately. I particularly love “ Israel is the baster son of colonialism” so true

As a non-Muslim who generally supports Israel, I appreciate you sharing your perspective on this. Hopefully some sort of peaceful solution can be found.

as someone very much on the outside looking in, it often seems like the governments in the region are disincentivized towards solving the problem for political reasons, sort of like immigration in the US or the gun registry in Canada, it reminds me a lot of The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

We have to do a meet and greet for all yours fans in Canada

“We suffered for decades even centuries.” Very sad stuff. I can’t imagine the pain middle eastern Christians feel, suffering for 1,000 years

And this is exactly why this war is the tomb of UN ( it was half-dead anyway for the reasons you listed: the veto power of only 5 countries and overall the knack for respecting international law only when it suits your interests ). I am an Italian Christian by the way.

I am so proud of you as a fellow pakistani. Keep up the great work

This horrific Palestine situation has shown what a incohesive & fractured religion Islam is. All the Middle Eastern countries who claim themselves as purveyor of Islam looks the other way when the West throws money & weapons at them. All Middle East wants is to maintain their monarchy/hegemony P.S. I meant the govt. Not the people

also you should mention that the last call for cease fire was voted against by China and Russia ,

Calling out evil from all aspects is in line with the Sunnah, thus it's crucial for Muslims worldwide to speak out against the ongoing genocide in Palestine, as hypocrisy is a grave sin. However, this obligation extends beyond religious boundaries to encompass all individuals facing genocide, oppression, and other injustices globally. If the Muslim community truly adheres to the teachings of the Quran and the authentic Hadiths, then it holds a responsibility to advocate for the liberation of all oppressed people, recognizing that anyone, regardless of their faith, deserves support. Also to remember that anyone regardless of their background, can be seen as a potential Muslim. It's imperative to avoid succumbing to tribalism in this and other conflicts and instead denounce injustice wherever it occurs. Whether it's the governments of Iran, America, Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa, or particularly Arab states, Muslims have a duty to defend human rights and refuse to be manipulated as political tools by state actors. This being said, Muslims have a duty to peacefully and forcefully combat oppression against themselves following the rules accordingly.

It’s good that you are openly admitting that it isn’t justice but racial revanchism that’s driving your support for Palestine

I imagine many of the sentiments about how Muslims have been treated in the last 150 years, were very similar for many Christians during the Islamic conquests. Particularly I am thinking of the Spanish population when it was invaded and the subsequent reconquista. It really does appear that the only truth is ‘Might is right’ , unless you are willing to become secular, which very few religious people will consider.

Keep up the good work! People are waking up! I know I was mis-educated and now know what is really happening. Free Palestine from the river to the sea!

End the occupation, end the humiliation. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

100% agree with your anger in this one, and your points on how Hasbarasts will react to the video. From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.

Does religion really bring life, liberty and unity ?

You're right and you should say it

Thank you for a frank discussion about why this conflict is so prominenet in the minds of Muslims. It has helped give me perspective. It always strikes me as odd, and possibly hypocritical (though I reserve jusgement, since I do not myself understand all the history and complexity of the situation) that people should care so much about this conflict and yet little about others. And I mean this both about those supporting Israel and those supporting Palestine--what makes this conflict special? This essay has helped me understand at least the pro-Palestinian perspective. Can I ask why Muslims distinguish this conflict from, for instance, Xinjiang, which seems to my eyes to be the same thing--a foreign power attempting to erase the identity of a native people and make their home region culturally amenable to a state dominated by another ethnic and religious majority--why is this one not as sharply felt? Is it because there is no recent Chinese imperialism like there is Western to remember? Or perhaps becasue China's claim to the region considered more legitimate than Britain's claim to Palestine? Why does Xinjiang not generate the same level of passion?

I really enjoy your channel and love your work. But I’m trying to understand something here. How can you speak of colonialism and not mention the colonial settler Arab conquest of that region? I also find it funny how you say “the British “let” the Jews settle there.” Did anyone “let” the Islamic conquest into the Levantine? Are we going to “let” the Kurds have a state to call home? The Jewish peoples, which include the Jews in Africa and the Middle East, which are the majority of Jews in Israel today, chess-game’d and Game-of-Thrones’d their way back into their homeland. Call it conquering back, if you will. The irony, that the Levantine peoples there, who were colonized by the Arabs and began to call themselves as their conquerers name “Arab”, then chose to identify themselves as Palestinian, which is a name that comes from a peoples who are not even native to that land, is…. Well… the very definition of ironic. All that said, I’m pro Palestinian and Pro Israel. Both peoples are a family and I wish and hope we can find peace. The situation on the ground needs to change now. Whether it’s two states, one state, a federation, whatever. Personally, “USIP” or “United States of Israel and Palestine” sounds good to me. 🤷‍♂️ I would love to have a conversation anytime with you and hear more of your thoughts and go deeper into any of these topics.

I don't fully agree with your reasoning but what is happening to Palestine is very sad. I hope there is peace soon

Not just for Muslims, Palestine matters for all of Humanity. If we fail Palestine, we fail humanity.

Great video! i see some words of 'Palestine' turned into 'Isra*l' in the not generated subtitle, is it intentional?

At 7:08 youtube subtitles are using word israel instead of palastine.

Your scholarly work is some of the best on KZfaq, so please don't misunderstand me. I find that your videos on Palestine are not up to your normal high standard. Perhaps this is because you have too much bias on this political issue? Or perhaps you have been unduly swayed by the propaganda storm around Palestine that's at a very high pace right now, but has been going on since the first intifada. I'll still recommend your videos to students in my cultural history courses. As for the conflict, i fully expect that there will be a very substantial correction of the historical record once this present war is finished.

Please make a video on "contributions of the scholars of indian subcontinent to islam"