AL QARADAWI: ARAB RULERS SIDETRACKED FROM AL AQSA IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS THEIR PEOPLE
Doha, 21 Muharram 1435/25 November 2013 (MINA) – Head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Friday for all Palestinians to put an end to their division and unite before being devoured by Israel.
During his Friday service, Al-Qaradawi also criticised Arab leaders, who are busy in “deterring and terrorising” their nations, while the borders of their countries are being left for Israel to do whatever it wanted. He described them as “thieves of the revolutions” and called upon them to stop “oppressing” their nations.
Al-Qaradawi said that Israel would like to “devour” the Palestinians and the Aqsa Mosque. He condemned the continuous Israel occupation excavations beneath the mosque, ALRAY, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
He warned that the measures carried out by the Israeli occupation in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron are now being replicated in al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation had in 1994 divided the former into two parts; one for Muslims and the other for Jews.
This was after an extremist Israeli Jews opened fire on Muslims while they were praying inside the mosque, killing 29 and wounding dozens.
Recently, extremist Israeli occupation settlers have been invading the Aqsa Mosque on an almost daily basis. Clashes between them and Muslim worshipers have followed with equal regularity.
Extremist Israeli Knesset members are demanding that the Mosque be divided between Muslims and Jews in order to avoid further clashes.
Muslim scholars call on the Arab and Islamic nations to support the Aqsa Mosque
The International Union for Muslim Scholars called on all Islamic countries and scholars to organize events on Friday in support of Jerusalem, and to exert all efforts to protect the city from the Israeli occupation plans.
It said in a statement that the Israeli occupation violations and attempts to Judaize the city of Jerusalem and divide the Aqsa mosque represent violation of all international norms and conventions and the resolutions of the United Nations and the UNESCO, on the protection of holy sites.
The Union called on all the Palestinians and Jerusalemites to intensify their presence in the Aqsa Mosque to protect it from the occupation authorities’ plans and the extremist Jewish groups that are working on dividing or demolishing it, in order to build the alleged temple on its ruins.
It held the Islamic world – rulers and peoples – the responsible towards protecting Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and all the Islamic sanctities.
The International Union for Muslim Scholars appealed to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, King of Morocco Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Jerusalem Committee, and King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II to use all possible means to stop the danger that threatens the Aqsa Mosque.
It also called on the international organizations for human rights to support the Jerusalemites in defending the Mosque and protect it from the plots of the occupation authorities and the Jewish extremist groups.
The Union appealed to all the Palestinian people and factions to unite their ranks and overcome their differences; in order to protect Palestine and its holy sites.
It also asked all conscientious people in the world to work on supporting the Palestinian cause and lift the unjust siege imposed on the people of Gaza, by opening the crossings and facilitating the entry of supplies and goods to the Strip. (T/P02/E1)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
