Mohammed Hijab

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Mohammed Hijab

Mohammed Hijab

British Islamic Scholar and Debater

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Mohammed Hijab is a Philosopher of Religion and the co-founder of Sapience Institute. His debates and discussions representing the Islamic viewpoint philosophically, politically and theologically are some of the most-viewed and engaged with in the world today. His formal qualifications include the following:

  • PhD – University of Birmingham (Completing)
  • MTH in Applied Theology – University of Oxford
  • MA in Islamic Studies – SOAS University London
  • MA in History – Queen Mary University of London
  • BA in Politics – – Queen Mary University of London 2010 – 2013
  • BA in Islamic Sciences – Al-Azhar (Completing)
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Mohammed Hijab said in this video: As a Muslim, I don't believe in the killing of any man or woman or children. That's not despite the religious teachings. That's because of the religious teachings. I condemn not only Hamas but any other entity wherein it's proven that the killing of combatants has been made and therein I condemn any party that kills people or strikes at people where it's more probable than not that it will hit a civilian target I condemn them and that's why I condemn the IDF because when they strike they know that it's more probably than not it's going to hit civilian targets. They know that the majority of civilians or the majority of people who are going to be affected are civilians. We know that from the various operations that have been conducted. We know that because now in Gaza you find that there is a blockage as you know for 17 years but also they are stopping the electricity and water which is a war crime under the Geneva Convention protocol.

Mohammed Hijab said in this video: How can it be that an occupier is defending itself in the first place? The notion that Israel is defending itself is as absurd as the notion that the rapist is defending itself from the victim. Because Israel is the occupier. An occupier by international law definition means that they are already in an offensive posture. If someone brings you, grabs you, throws you into your bathroom, you in your bathroom are screaming and are eating food and having a good time, one day you come out of your bathroom, you try and fight one of them, then who's defending themselves from who?

If it is the case that it's defending itself against Hamas, is the only way to defend itself against Hamas by dropping bombs in one of the most densely populated areas in the world?