Dana Jaf

There are audio and video recordings which prove Khashoggi was interrogated, tortured and killed! The world deserves to see those evidence! https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/turks-tell-us-officials-they-have-audio-and-video-recordings-that-support-conclusion-khashoggi-was-killed/2018/10/11/119a119e-cd88-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?noredirect=on …

Out of 2,700 mosques and prayer places in the UK not a single one gave Anjem Choudary platform, BBC did. They allowed him preach his hate and maximise his reach and influence beyond imagination. The same is happening with Tommy Robinson. BBC should know better.https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1050480793422884866 …

The moment the final statement is made about Khashoggi tragedy will be a historical moment with seismic shifts especially in the unconscious of the Muslim Sunni world. Things will never be the same. eND.

We all know what has happened to Khashoggi, we all know who is responsible but despite all that knowledge a voice deep down us wants us to believe in a miracle. We still want to hope that Saudi rulers haven't turned into monsters. We sincerely and genuinely hope until last moment

Khashoggi tragedy means different things for different audiences, but for many average religious Muslim communities it is not so much about press freedom as much as it is about a huge and dangerous shift and change in what Saudi is and represents.

The average Muslim in Turkey or Indonesia is not used to an active Saudi or a Saudi that is aggressive let alone one which is involved in a tragedy such as that of Khashoggi. Many pray deep down that this is all a show and nothing of it is true. Many don't want to believe.

We are used to a calm Saudi led by charismatic old kings who don't speak much and don't do much, whose greatest pride is being called Khadim al Haramyn al Sharifayn. Although most Muslims aren't Wahhabis or Salafis, Saudi's image is one of Vatican among many Muslims.

This is even more true for non-Arab Muslim nations which are traditionally under strong Sufi influences. Persian, Kurdish and Turkish literature are filled with love for Mecca and Medina. Those lands represent the spiritual compass of our world.

You have to understand, Saudi for many Muslims is not a modern nation state only. It is literally the Mecca! It's our sacred memory. We are all raised with stories in which most of their heroes and cities are located in modern day Saudi. This shapes our view of everything Saudi.

But this time it is different. They have no narrative to push because Saudi leadership itself doesn't know what to say. Instead, they have started pushing disgusting derogatory comments that are designed to hurt Jamal's lovers including immoral attacks on his fiancé.

These electronic flies are in thousands and their mission is to push narratives given to them by their supervisors. They are the Saudi version of alternative facts. They don't care about what the facts are, they say their lies time and again hoping that it will stick.

Jamal Khashoggi used to call the paid Twitter armies/bots 'electronic flies'. He was most bothered by them. He was critical of Saudi government's new approach of creating fake virtual worlds which were entirely different from reality on ground. His last tweet was also about them.https://twitter.com/JKhashoggi/status/1046838095335837696 …

Two Kurdish families from Duhok drowned yesterday in the Aegean Sea while trying to reach Europe. The two ruling families haven’t only stolen the oil and gas but also the hope for a better future.

It's easy to become a political prostitute who whitewashes dictators. It's easy to be a radical opposition & call for revolution twice a day. But it is difficult to be Jamal, to try to fix the pipeline w/ destroying the building. Jamal's death is death of hope for the middle way.

Jamal wasn't a person. He was a way of doing politics. He is the millions of us who are caught between a sincere loyalty for our countries of birth, an unlimited desire to keep peace and stability while aspiring for democracy and human rights. It's tough man it is tough.

What guts me is that Jamal Khashoggi loved his country so much that he wouldn't want Saudi get hurt because of his fate. He was a man who was ready to be misunderstood by the Saudi opposition for the sake of keeping peace in Mecca and Medina. He didn't deserve this. he didn't.

Just heard a pro-Saudi journalist on Al-Arabiyah saying sarcastically, “I don’t think a man like Jamal Khashoggi can be killed and cut into pieces. The man is 190 cm and over 120 kg. There are no shower room in consulate to bring Turkish butchers do the job.” I am lost for words

Wars don’t only kill humans and destroy cities, they damage the mental well-being of entire nations too. All studies of Middle East should pay special attention to mental health aspect. Being considerate of this fact is a way of showing kindness #WorldMentalHealthDay