ANWAR IBRAHIM URGES MUSLIM LEADERS TO UNITE IN LIBERATING AL-AQSA

Selangor, 19 Rajab 1435/18 May 2014 (MINA) – Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim urged all parties, both the leaders of Muslim countries and Muslim Ummah to unite and struggle to support the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the independence of the Palestinians.

The leaders of Muslim countries must first establish justice in their respective countries, only then, they certainly would have the strength to fight for the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Malaysian Opposition Leader said that the International Conference on Liberation of Al-Aqsa and Defending The Oppressed in Selangor, Malaysia, on Sunday.

“If they (the leaders of Islamic countries) can not perform any of the Islamic principles of justice in their own country, how they are able to dispense justice in other countries,” said Datuk Anwar in a speech themed “Role of Regional Political Unity For the Liberation of Al-Aqsa.”

The urgent need for Muslim Ummah to unite in their struggle to liberate Al-Aqsa and Palestine were stressed by all delegates including Indonesians who spoke in the International Conference on Liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Baitul Maqdis, in Selangor, Malaysia from 16 to 18 May 2014.

The conference is organized by the World Muslim Clerics of Malaysia, Secretariat of the Association of Asian Overseas Scholars (SHURA), the Malaysian Ulama Association (PUM) and Discussion Majlis and Malaysia Islamic Organization (MAPIM).

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Around 250 participants that include speakers, members of delegation and media people from the host country Malaysia and other Islamic countries including Indonesia, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan and other countries.

The speakers from Indonesia include of Agus Sudarmaji, Leader of Aqsa Woorking Group, Indonesia with his paper titled “Role of Islamic Political Movement to Liberate Al-Aqsa” and Drs Yakhsyallah Mansur MA, Principal of Al-Fatah Islamic Boarding Schools Group with his paper titled “Role of Indonesian Islamic Movement to Strategize the Liberation of Al-Aqsa and Palestina, Synergizing Islamic Movements to Defend Al-Aqsa.”

Syarif Hidayat, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA), put forward to the conference his paper titled: “The Power of Islamic Media to Support the Liberation of Al-Aqsa and Palestine.” The submitted MINA paper also becomes one of the conference documents that were distributed to all participants and media representatives who attended the conference.

Al-Aqsa is the third holiest mosque after Al-Haram in Mecca and An-Nabawi and the first qibla of Muslims before changing to Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca.

Concrete steps and Boycott Israeli Products

Malaysian opposition leader Datuk Sri Anwar called on the leaders of Muslim countries not to be too bound by each political interests and should be more concerned with the interests of Muslims in the struggle to liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians from the grip of Israeli colonists that is supported by the American-led western countries.

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“Supporting the struggle for the liberation of Al- Aqsa and Palestine from Israeli occupation that is supported by the west was not just enough to talk or condemning Israel and America alone, but we should have the concrete steps for example by applying a strict boycott against Israeli products and products of Western companies which support Israel,” said Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim answering questions from MINA after he finished giving a speech at the conference.

Datu Sri Anwar Ibrahim, said Islamic mass media also have an important role in disseminating accurate information about the efforts to liberate Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian struggle for independence from Israeli occupation as well as the efforts of Islamic countries in supporting the Palestinian struggle, including the implementation of a boycott against Israeli products and products of companies that support Israel.

Islamic media also have an important role to increase awareness among Muslims throughout the world about the struggle of the liberation of Al- Aqsa and Palestine, says Anwar Ibrahim .

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MINA proposal of the Conference of Islamic Media

In a conversation with the Indonesian delegation: Agus Sudarmaji and KH.Yakhsallah Mansur about MINA plan to hold an international Islamic media conference to support the liberation of Masjid Al-Aqsa, Datuk Anwar support it and is willing to attend the proposed conference as a speaker.

The Holding of Islamic media conference to launch a campaign for the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque which was the brainchild of General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of MINA, H. Muhyiddin Hamidy was listed in the MINA Deputy Editor in Chief ‘s paper that became one of the documents of international conference on the liberation of Al-Aqsa.

Islamic Mass Media: print media (newspapers and magazine etc) and electronic media (Islamic websites, Radios and TV stations) should pool together in the campaign to support the liberation of Al-Aqsa and Palestine from the Israeli occupation.

Here, we propose to this conference participants to hold an international Islamic media conference to integrate the campaign for supporting the liberation of Al-Aqsa and Palestine from Zionists occupation. Indonesia would like to host this world media conference. (T/E01/IR)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)