A Black President – Black Days Ahead for Muslims?

One of the first actions taken by President-elect Obama is to appoint Rahm Emanuel as the White House Chief of Staff. Who is Rahm Emanuel?

His full name is Rahm Israel Emanuel, an American Jew whose first name was given by his father in remembrance of a Lehi fighter who died in war with Arabs. His father was a member of Irgun, a Zionist militant group during the British Mandate of Palestine. This group was also involved in the bombing of King David Hotel, which housed the British Military HQ in 1946, killing 91 people (Israeli ex-PM, Menachem Begin was the leader of Irgun). Irgun group originated from Haganah, a Jewish military group which was committed in defending all Jewish people in Palestine and this group became core of the Israeli Defense Force. His uncle who was killed by Arabs, was also a member of Lehi group, a Jewish terrorist gang, which was an offshoot of Irgun group. The Lehi group, called Stern Gang and was branded as a terrorist group by British Govt, is another splinter group from Irgun, and one of its leaders was Yitzhak Shamir. These groups worked together and were responsible for Deir Yassein massacre and other massacres committed on Palestinians, which led to the Palestinian exodus in 1948 (Youm anNaqbah). Rahm Emanuel himself once served in Israeli Defence Force during the first Gulf War.

Another interesting development done by Obama is the apppointment of his chief strategist for his presidential campaign, David Axelrod who will become a Senior Advisor in the White House. David Axelrod is another Jew in Obama circle and a close friend of Rahm Emanuel (no wonder that he performed his prayer in Jerusalem's Wailing Wall during the campaign).

The third development is the possible appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton is known to enjoy a strong support from Jewish community due to her standing as popular senator from the state with the country's largest Jewish population, New York.

With those developments, what message Barack Hussein Obama is sending to Muslims? Looks like this President-elect is being surrounded by Jewish lobby who will dictate his future direction. I’ve never seen a person with such a ‘scary’ background serving as White House Chief of Staff such as Rahm Israel Emanuel. Even the present Chief of Staff, Joshua Bolten, himself a Jew, pales in comparison with this guy. Rahm's father, Benjamin Emanuel was quoted as saying that 'obviously, he will influence the President to be pro-Israel'. I cannot disagree with this statement. What can we expect from a son of an Irgun fighter, a nephew of a Lehi fighter and a former serviceman in Israeli Defense Force to act once in power?

Looks like there would be black days ahead for Muslims, especially in this Blessed Land of Sham (Bilad al-Sham). I’m not anti-Jewish (that is racism), but surely I am anti-Zionists and all Jews in the occupied land of Palestine, which are considered ‘harbi’. I maintain my opinion that he will become another instrument in the hand of the Zionists. Just read again the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. On our part, let’s do our best in helping our brothers there through various possible means (at least by sponsoring orphans, etc), because their struggle is our struggle.

اللَّهُمَّ وَانْصُرْ المُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِكِ في كُلِّ مَكان