Palestinian cause, Muslims’ main concern

PIC reported:

A group of Islamic scholars and organizations Saturday called for providing mass-support for the Palestinian cause and defending the holy al-Aqsa Mosque against simmering Israeli terrorism. 

Addressing the conferees at the First Conference for Muslim Scholars held in Palestine by the Palestinian Scholars Association and the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Marwan Abu Ras opined that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a religious one. 

“The Israeli occupation is a stray entity. Its name, star, parliament, streets, and city names are altogether a proof that its war against the Palestinians is waged on a religious ground.”

He stressed scholars’ key-role in providing support for the Palestinian people and Muslims’ al-Aqsa Mosque.

The group’s Secretary General, Ali al-Qurah Daghi, called, in a televised speech from Qatar, for providing anti-occupation activists with the moral and financial back up needed in carrying out their resistance mission. 

Head of the Supreme Council of Islamic Judiciary, Sheikh Hasan al-Juju, said: “As long as the Israeli colonizers are wreaking havoc on the Palestinian soil and striving to change the region’s Islamic character, Muslims and Arabs shall never have a moment’s rest.”

Speaking at the forum, head of the Muslim Scholars Association in Lebanon, Ahmad al-Amri urged Arabs and Muslims to stand up for the Palestinian people by all means available.

For his part, Deputy Head of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party Abdul Fatah Muru hailed the Palestinian men and women who have been maintaining vigil in Occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem'), saying: “As long as the Muslim Nation is alive your cause will survive."

“Palestine is the cause of every single human being who has got a soul and a mind; it is the cause of every single human being who feels, hopes, and dreams of better future for the entire humanity,” Muru added.

General Supervisor of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Hammam Sai’d also addressed the Palestinian people as stating: “You, Palestinians, have succeeded to impose a new fait accompli on the usurper Israeli entity by starting your Third Intifada on the ground.”

Meanwhile, Chairman of the House of the Holy Quran and Sunnah in Gaza, Abdul Rahman al-Jamal, said: “We took it upon our shoulders to raise future Muslim generations not just on the memorization of Quran but also on the very principles, ethics, and morals that holy book preaches.”

Prominent Indian scholar Salman Al-Nadi also called for a serious and unified position to be firmly adopted in solidarity with the Palestinians and all of the world’s oppressed peoples. 

“Palestine is the land of prophets, peace be upon them. Palestine is for all Muslims,” Head of the Malaysian Islamic Party, Abdul Hadi Ong said.