this is long but insha'Allah informative. I normally wouldn't post something this long but insha'Allah this will be informative for whoever reads it.
I've talked to a lot of people from El Salvador and my family member was just there recently... and I know the salvadoreños very well. and something I tell the salvadoreños all the time is how I was watching Arabic-language Saudi news- and they were talking about El Salvador.
You might not know much about the leaders of Honduras or Nicaragua. But you know who Bukele is. Do you know who was their president before Bukele?
My point is- ppl from totally different regions are aware of El Salvador- and this is kind of odd- why do you know about them but not for example Honduras?
And everything is qadr. What happens in Central America isn't usually brought to your attention- but for some reason you know about Bukele. Why? AMLO is president of Mexico, Mexico is a superpower compared to El Salvador- but you are more familiar with Bukele than AMLO and you might not even have known who AMLO is.
Allah willed that the entire world would hear about Bukele and El Salvador. But why? Why should people of far away regions hear about them?
Before Bukele was ever president- I met the salvadoreños and I was shocked how religious they are. I noticed how deeply religious they are compared to Mexicans.
And this is the reality. In terms of race, culture, language- Mexicans and salvadoreños are pretty much the same. But as much as I hate to say it, the salvadoreños tend to be more religious than Mexicans. That isn't to say Mexicans all are irreligious (traditionally, both Mexicans and salvadoreños are deeply religious) but I'm just talking on average.
So I was aware of this beforehand. El Salvador imo has more in common with Somalia than people might think. In Somalia- from what I hear, what happened happened with the fall of Siad Barre and in the face of calamity people turned to Allah. In El Salvador, they have known violence since the 1980's (maybe very late 70's I think).
El Salvador had civil war just like Somalia had civil war. they knew extreme poverty. hardship. illiteracy. Mexico has had it tough but not like El Salvador. so in El Salvador they were deeply religious and they became I think even more religious. you might not think El Salvador is religious based on their government, officially they are secular- but the people are deeply religious Christians. Mexicans were like that but things were not so rough and Mexican society has become increasingly irreligious (although many are still religious).
so we've compared Somalia, Mexico and El Salvador
Somalia: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Allah
El Salvador: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Christianity
Mexico: relative ease, irreligion grows
but that is not the end. I believe the story is like this:
El Salvador: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Christianity... they are deeply religious... El Salvador is one of the most dangerous countries in the world... Allah sees what is in their hearts and in His Wisdom and Mercy, Allah intervenes to save the people of El Salvador from being one of the most dangerous countries to being one of the safest... and Allah willed that El Salvador (a country which is normally obscure) would become the talk of the entire world!
the secularists should hang their heads and be quiet. Allah does bless people who believe in Him, Allah does bless nations and it is all one hundred percent real and whoever doesn't know is this ignorant of the reality.
in Mexico, the nation is experiencing divine punishment.
all the defeatist secularist losers who think the way to success is becoming irreligious- they are far away from the truth. the path to victory, for individuals or for nations, is through trust and reliance in Allah. In El Salvador, the people have had deep belief and Allah has answered their distress and blessed their country. and these are mushrikeen who don't understand tawheed. Allah still blessed them. if Allah did this for a bunch of polytheistic nasaara- imagine what He could do for Muslims.
I've talked to a lot of people from El Salvador and my family member was just there recently... and I know the salvadoreños very well. and something I tell the salvadoreños all the time is how I was watching Arabic-language Saudi news- and they were talking about El Salvador.
You might not know much about the leaders of Honduras or Nicaragua. But you know who Bukele is. Do you know who was their president before Bukele?
My point is- ppl from totally different regions are aware of El Salvador- and this is kind of odd- why do you know about them but not for example Honduras?
And everything is qadr. What happens in Central America isn't usually brought to your attention- but for some reason you know about Bukele. Why? AMLO is president of Mexico, Mexico is a superpower compared to El Salvador- but you are more familiar with Bukele than AMLO and you might not even have known who AMLO is.
Allah willed that the entire world would hear about Bukele and El Salvador. But why? Why should people of far away regions hear about them?
Before Bukele was ever president- I met the salvadoreños and I was shocked how religious they are. I noticed how deeply religious they are compared to Mexicans.
And this is the reality. In terms of race, culture, language- Mexicans and salvadoreños are pretty much the same. But as much as I hate to say it, the salvadoreños tend to be more religious than Mexicans. That isn't to say Mexicans all are irreligious (traditionally, both Mexicans and salvadoreños are deeply religious) but I'm just talking on average.
So I was aware of this beforehand. El Salvador imo has more in common with Somalia than people might think. In Somalia- from what I hear, what happened happened with the fall of Siad Barre and in the face of calamity people turned to Allah. In El Salvador, they have known violence since the 1980's (maybe very late 70's I think).
El Salvador had civil war just like Somalia had civil war. they knew extreme poverty. hardship. illiteracy. Mexico has had it tough but not like El Salvador. so in El Salvador they were deeply religious and they became I think even more religious. you might not think El Salvador is religious based on their government, officially they are secular- but the people are deeply religious Christians. Mexicans were like that but things were not so rough and Mexican society has become increasingly irreligious (although many are still religious).
so we've compared Somalia, Mexico and El Salvador
Somalia: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Allah
El Salvador: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Christianity
Mexico: relative ease, irreligion grows
but that is not the end. I believe the story is like this:
El Salvador: tragedy and civil war, people turn to Christianity... they are deeply religious... El Salvador is one of the most dangerous countries in the world... Allah sees what is in their hearts and in His Wisdom and Mercy, Allah intervenes to save the people of El Salvador from being one of the most dangerous countries to being one of the safest... and Allah willed that El Salvador (a country which is normally obscure) would become the talk of the entire world!
the secularists should hang their heads and be quiet. Allah does bless people who believe in Him, Allah does bless nations and it is all one hundred percent real and whoever doesn't know is this ignorant of the reality.
in Mexico, the nation is experiencing divine punishment.
all the defeatist secularist losers who think the way to success is becoming irreligious- they are far away from the truth. the path to victory, for individuals or for nations, is through trust and reliance in Allah. In El Salvador, the people have had deep belief and Allah has answered their distress and blessed their country. and these are mushrikeen who don't understand tawheed. Allah still blessed them. if Allah did this for a bunch of polytheistic nasaara- imagine what He could do for Muslims.