Thread by @SHBokhari13

27 years ago, on 11 July 1995, the Srebrenica genocidal massacre began which resulted in the killings of more than 8000 Bosnian Muslims at the hands of Bosnian Serbs
It was a cold blooded genocide which happened in a UN designated safe area
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#Srebrenica #SrebrenicaGenocide

Dutch soldiers of the UN who were supposed to protect civilians in the safe area didn't move a muscle as the Serbs conducted the killings. The designated "safe area" became a vast killing field as a result of this indifference/cowardice.
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The murderers shared the same land and ethnicity with their victims. They shared linguistic and cultural bonds dating back centuries.
But all that didn't matter to the murderer Mladic and his thugs as they "cleansed" Srebrenica of "Islamic vermin"

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The Srebrenica episode has lessons for Muslims all over the world.
Lesson 1: No matter how "secular" you try to be, as long as you identify yourself as a Muslim, if you ever come under the power of a Mladic or Modi or Bush, you ll be cut down like rabid dog in the street.
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Lesson 2: The UN is just a toy in the hands of the global super power. It wont lift an inch even at genocide if that power's interests arent harmed. Putting your faith in the UN will put you in situations like Srebrenica, Kashmir and Palestine.
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Lesson 3: If you cant defend yourselves, no one will defend you. Put your faith in your own strength and will power, and solidify bonds of Islamic fraternity. It was no fluke that Bosnian Muslims received significant help from Pakistanis, Turks and Iranians.....
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While ethnic brethren of Bosnian Muslims were committing their genocide, their Muslim brethren were crying, and trying to help. Similar episodes have been seen in Punjab in 1947 as well.
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Lesson 4: The bonds of Islam are much stronger and run much deeper than those of blood, land, language or race. But the problem is operationalizing that bond on a geo-strategic level. Until we solve that problem, we ll continue to be pummelled and bullied globally
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Lastly, I would just express my respect for the bosnian Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic Saab, the man who led Bosnia to freedom and authored the "Islamic Declaration".
He was a visionary.
May Allah bless him and his nation always.

Bosnian Muslims are our brothers who are still imperilled by Serbs in a faraway land. Eastern Europe is again facing instability
There should be a working group of leading Muslim countries to augment the security of Bosnian Muslims
Let Srebrenica never be forgotten, or repeated!