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Madleen has shamed 57 “Muslim nations”

One small boat exuded more honour than all of the Muslim governments on this planet

By Hafiz Sha'ban 16 Hij 46 ◦︎ 12 Jun 25 3 Min Read
Madleen has shamed 57 Muslim nations
Editorial credit: AP Photo / Salvatore Cavalli

A single boat has laid bare the cowardice of an entire colonial order — and the complicity of the Muslim world’s tyrants. [1]

The Madleen — carrying no weapons, only flour, rice, baby formula, and medical supplies — sailed 1,250 miles from Italy to challenge the illegal siege on Gaza, where Palestinian parents and children are dying from famine.

As expected, the boat was stopped by Zionist forces en route. But not before it exposed the real shame: not one Muslim country allowed it to depart from their shores!

Not Egypt. Not Türkiye. Not Saudi Arabia.

The powerful wave of the Madleen

The mission was simple yet profound: to deliver a symbolic amount of aid; to raise awareness; to show solidarity.

It was a response to the Zionist-imposed famine killing Gaza’s children, the blockade choking its people, and the genocide funded and shielded by the West.

And despite being intercepted, the Madleen succeeded. It grabbed the world’s attention. It humiliated Muslim regimes’ silence, betrayal, and complicity.

It did what “Muslim” nations and armies couldn’t

Billions in weapons, millions of soldiers, decades of hollow slogans — yet this one vessel achieved more than what the Muslim world’s tyrants have ever done for Gaza.

Saudi Arabia’s MBS spends billions on arms, but couldn’t provide a single piece of bread to the starving Gazans. Egypt’s dictator Sisi guards the Rafah border as the Zionists’ first line of defence, as Palestinian children starve mere metres from his soldiers.

Türkiye’s Erdoğan trades billions with the Zionists, but no aid, no ships, no spine. Pakistan, a nuclear power with one of the world’s largest armies, offers nothing but empty prayers.

No armies, no defiance, not even a threat. Yet a civilian flotilla — unarmed and unafraid — crossed the lines they wouldn’t.

“We will not be complicit through silence”

A handful of activists had more honour than 57 Muslim governments combined.

Its message was clear. And it is a model for action. A whisper of what could be, if we only had the will.

What if ships set sail from every Muslim coast? What if soldiers refused to obey tyrants and chose to defend Palestine and stop the genocide? What if people flooded the streets for justice?

Let us all be part of a global “Madleen Flotilla” of action — online, on the streets, and in every masjid and home, because liberation begins with truth, courage, and conscience.

The Madleen has just reminded the world: Gaza is not alone.


Source: Islam21c

Notes

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/freedom-flotilla-coalition-says-alarm-sounded-its-gaza-bound-ship-2025-06-08/

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Hafiz Sha’ban is a regular London Khatīb and Ramadan Imam. He works in IT as a management consultant. At the age of 15, he memorised the Qur'ān, and went on to study Arabic, politics, and Islamic history at a number of institutions. Sha'ban graduated from Damascus University in 1996, thereafter followed by the completion of a bachelor's degree at Durham University in 1999. He also holds a Masters from the University of Bradford, received in 2001. Sha'ban is a regular writer, contributor, publisher, and YouTuber. He is also an avid mountaineer, trekker, cyclist, runner, and kickboxing enthusiast.
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2 Comments
  • Sara says:
    24 Hij 46 ◦︎ 20 Jun 25 at 11:58 pm

    I think what is more noteworthy here is that most activists were non-mulims, muslim leaders have and will probably always be tyrants but the rest of the population is really no better.

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  • Linda says:
    18 Hij 46 ◦︎ 14 Jun 25 at 1:25 pm

    The only reason it wasn’t unceremoniously sunk is that it had westerners on board and media coverage.

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