The new and old Jerusalem

I hope that one result of this nonsense will be speeding-up the process of founding and recognizing of the State of Palestine and Jerusalem being its capital.

Despite the huge excitement in Europe after taking Jerusalem back, not a single movement could be observed in the Muslim world. 

A strange similarity, the rulers of the time who were told by stories by the escapees of massacres just got emotional and only a protest was held after the Friday prayer. That’s all…

Only after kingdoms and counties were founded in four different towns, Muslims finally understood what was happening.

Then came counter attacks, repeats of failed crusades and the Islamization of the region despite some Christian communities.

Followed by World War I and World War II and the incidents after the founding of Israel.

History goes on. This spinning wheel comes to present.

Our current issue is the latest Legislative Decree and its content.

Especially, the uniform issue and the legal and administrative non-liability under Article 121 for the civilians who resisted the coup attempt are subjects of controversy.

The description in the article was at first criticized for leaving the date range open for interpretation.

Then the government and authorities of the ruling party said that the description was only limited with resistance against the coup attempt on July 15 and July 16, 2016 as it lasted till the next day.

Although it is only limited to two days, there are strong criticisms against the protection of non-official civilians from being tried. With this criticism, it is not requested that those who joined the resistance on July 15-16 be judged, nor is it a perception that sees them a guilty.

First of all, it is theoretically not right to grant such legal non-liability.

And secondly, it is concerning that this can be abused in similar situations for their practical results in the future.

The legislative decree was published and the judicial road is closed, however, arguments continue.

Let’s conclude, from the place we started, with an anecdote from a thousand years ago;

On July 14, 1099, the second day of the Christians’ attack which will result with them taking Jerusalem, they attacked the Damascus Gate with a huge ram. The exterior defense line was crushed. Fatimid soldiers on the defense threw ignited Sulphur, tar and wax to burn the ram with the fear that the soldiers would collapse the internal wall. As the Christians were trying to extinguish this, their commander noticed that their ram was too big to allow them break in and ordered the soldiers to leave the fire. Now the Fatimid soldiers were trying to extinguish the ram.

It was so strange that the Christians wanted their weapon to burn and be destroyed and that their opponents exerted themselves for the exact opposite.

Life once again showed us that there might be surprises between what we expect and what actually happens.