The Pilgrims Who Turned Around
Scroll LXXXVII
The Pilgrims Who Turned Around
They said the path was sacred. They said the altar waited. But the ones who turned around heard something deeper than the chants and incense— they heard themselves.
THE VEIL TORN: UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS
ISRAEL: THE UNQUESTIONABLE STATE
For decades, the State of Israel has operated with impunity under international law, shielded by geopolitical alliances and historical guilt. The occupation of Palestinian territories, condemned by UN resolutions as illegal, continues relentlessly:
- Over 700,000 Palestinians displaced since 1948 Nakba - an ongoing ethnic cleansing
- 600+ illegal settlements built on stolen land in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention
- Apartheid policies documented by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
- Military assaults killing 34,000+ Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023 alone, mostly civilians
The United States has vetoed 45+ UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel since 1972. When the International Criminal Court attempts investigations, evidence disappears and witnesses are silenced. This is not justice - this is institutionalized lawlessness protected by power.
الله SAUDI ARABIA: KINGDOM OF THE SWORD
Behind the glittering skyscrapers and oil wealth lies a medieval regime:
- Public beheadings continue in Deera Square - 196 executions in 2023 alone
- Women treated as legal minors under male guardianship system
- Journalists dismembered in consulates with impunity
- Shia minorities persecuted as heretics
Western powers sell billions in weapons while publicly condemning human rights abuses - a hypocrisy laid bare by the blood in Riyadh's execution squares.
HIDDEN HISTORICAL REALITIES
The Balfour Declaration (1917) promised European Zionists a "national home" in Palestine while the region was 94% Arab and only 6% Jewish. British colonial officers privately acknowledged this was "a land without people for a people without land" was pure propaganda.
Declassified CIA documents reveal Israel developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s with French assistance while publicly denying their existence - making them the only nuclear power in the Middle East with an estimated 90 warheads today.
These truths are buried beneath layers of propaganda, political expediency, and willful ignorance. The initiated must confront these uncomfortable realities - not to spread hatred, but to break the chains of deception that bind humanity.
These were not rebels. They were listeners. And when the voice within whispered, "This is not the way," they obeyed—not the priest, not the road, but the spark within.
The pilgrims who turned around are not ashamed. They are the ones who saw the golden veil and dared to ask, "What's behind it?"
They left the narrow path not because it was hard, but because it was hollow. They stepped off the pilgrimage not out of weakness, but because they remembered: home was never that far.
They were told to keep walking, to ignore the cracks in the doctrine, to swallow the guilt. But guilt was not their guide. And neither was fear.
They returned not to the beginning— but to themselves.
Some never reach the altar—because they remember they are the flame.
Some pilgrimages end not at the temple, but in freedom.
"Let no paper cage the spirit. Let no tongue overwrite the flame."
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