World Scholars Slam Al-Aqsa Attack (Statement) : By : Shari`ah Staff

In response to the recent attack committed by Israeli police and Zionist groups on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest places in Islam, the International Union for Muslim Scholars released the following statement:

All praises are due to Almighty Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, his family, Companions and those who are loyal to him.

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) observes with deep concern the escalating criminal acts perpetrated by the Zionists occupying the land of Palestine against Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, including extremely dangerous incursions and the firing of stun grenades inside it that led to the burning of some of its carpets.

Added to this are the constant calls for breaking into the Masjid by some Zionist groups that have gone as far as to demand opening a door in it for the Jews. Unfortunately, all this and more happens amidst international, and especially Arab and Muslim, silence, except – perhaps – for a few voices.

In light of such criminal Zionist acts against the Palestinian people, especially the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and against Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, the IUMS has the following to say:

The IUMS denounces the breaking into Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa by the Zionist occupiers and by the transgressing Israeli security forces that fired (stun) grenades, burning some carpets of the blessed Masjid. It also denounces the assault on Arab inhabitants of Jerusalem by these forces, which in the meantime protect the Zionists attempting to break into the Masjid.

The IUMS warns against the persistence of such criminal acts against Palestine and its just cause. It confirms that, according to international laws, canons and conventions, Zionists are the transgressing party; they occupied the holy land and subjugated its inhabitants.

The IUMS call on all world countries and international organizations to work towards putting an end to such unjustified silence. While the world is establishing alliances against organizations viewed as extremist, it keeps silent in face of a colonizer that, undeterred, violates all laws and canons.

The IUMS urges Arab and Islamic world as well as the free world to organize international events in support of the just Palestinian cause and to arrange worldwide mobilization of the free people in rejection of violations against Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and the Arab residents of Jer*usalem, and also in rejection of the Judaization of the noble Jerusalem and of Palestine, on Friday, October 17th, 2014. Besides, it calls on Friday orators to focus on the issue of Palestine and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa in Friday Sermons.

The IUMS calls on the leaders of Arab and Islamic countries to rise up to their responsibilities towards the primary and pivotal issue of the nation, that is the Palestinian issue, to pursue the transgressing colonizers on legal and international levels, and to work towards ceasing such frequent assaults and incursions against Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, as well as the attempts to destroy or burn it, and the attacks against the Arab dwellers of Jerusalem.

The IUMS wonders: Does not Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa deserve the formation of a humanitarian Arab/Islamic alliance to encounter Zionist transgressions, recover the just rights of the Palestinian people and terminate occupation!

Allah, Almighty, is the Greatest; may victory be the lot of Palestine and all the believers, and defeat and disgrace be the lot of the transgressors.