“Jewish Life Equal To Muslim Life Equal To Hindu Life”: Usman Khawaja On ‘Palestine Message’ Row

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“Jewish Life Equal To Muslim Life Equal To Hindu Life”: Usman Khawaja On ‘Palestine Message’ Row

Australia batter Usman Khawaja turned an enormous speaking level on social media after footage of his sneakers with a ‘Palestine battle slogan’ surfaced on social media. Khawaja was reportedly planning to put on the shoe with the identical message on Day 1 of the primary Check in opposition to Pakistan in Perth, however was warned in opposition to doing so over ‘ICC guidelines’. Whereas Khawaja has accepted the directive, he maintains that the message written on his shoe wasn’t political.

On one in every of Khawaja’s sneakers, the message learn: “All lives are equal”, whereas the opposite one learn, “Freedom is a human proper”. However, had the veteran batter determined to put on the identical messages within the match, he may’ve been suspended by ICC.

In a video that he shared on social media on the eve of the Perth Check, Khawaja stood his floor and mentioned that he is not taking sides within the Israel vs Hamas struggle however is just suggesting that every one lives are equally necessary to him, be it that of an individual Muslim, Jew or Hindu.

“What I’ve written on my sneakers isn’t political,” he mentioned. “I am not taking sides. Human life to me is equal. One Jewish life is the same as one Muslim life is the same as one Hindu life and so forth. I am simply talking up for many who haven’t got a voice.”

Regardless of the phrase of warning from Cricket Australia, Khawaja additionally mentioned that he would proceed to battle for his proper to precise these views. “Is freedom not for everybody? Are all lives not equal?”, Khawaja requested within the video.

“The ICC has instructed me I am unable to put on my sneakers on the sphere as a result of they really feel it is a political assertion beneath their pointers,” he mentioned. “I do not imagine it is so. It is a humanitarian attraction. I’ll respect their view and determination. However I’ll battle it and search to realize approval,” he mentioned within the video.

“Freedom is a human proper. And all lives are equal. I’ll by no means cease believing that, whether or not you agree with me or not,” he additionally mentioned.

Earlier, Australia skipper Pat Cummins had confirmed that Khawaja wouldn’t put on the statements, that he did in coaching, within the match in opposition to Pakistan on Thursday.

“I spoke to him simply shortly and [Khawaja] mentioned he will not be [wearing the statements],” Cummins mentioned. “It sort of drew the eye to the ICC guidelines which I do not know if Uzzie was throughout beforehand. Uzzie would not need to make too massive of a fuss. On his sneakers, he had ‘all lives are equal’. I feel that is not very divisive. I do not assume anybody can actually have too many complaints about that.

“I feel it is one in every of our strongest factors in our crew is that everybody has their very own passionate views and particular person ideas and I chatted to Uzzie briefly about it at present. And I do not assume his intention is to make too massive of a fuss, however we assist him.

“I feel what was on the sneakers, ‘all lives are equal’, I assist that.”

By means of his message, Khawaja is hoping to assist convey an finish to the struggle that has been happening for weeks between Israel and Hamas. The struggle in Gaza was triggered after Hamas operatives carried out a brutal assault on southern Israel on October 7 that killed 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, based on Israeli officers.

In Israel’s retaliatory air, land and sea assault in opposition to Hamas within the Gaza Strip, not less than 17,700 individuals, most of them additionally civilians, have been killed, based on the Hamas-run well being ministry within the territory.

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