3 practical proposals of the World Union of Muslim Scholars to support the Palestinian people and confront the occupiers.
The World Union of Muslim Scholars called on the Islamic Ummah and all the free people of the world to form a global alliance to confront the brutality and arrogance of the occupying regime and the Western countries that have violated all international standards and standards.
Dr. Essam al-Bashir, a member the secretary of the World Union of Muslim Scholars, in this context, during participation in the demonstration held in Istanbul to support the people of Gaza, put forward 3 practical suggestions to counter the aggression of the occupiers and support the Palestinian people.
Strike at the Rafah crossing until the blockade of Gaza is lifted
First of all, al-Bashir demanded the formation of a delegation of scholars of the Islamic Ummah along with a number of representatives of the Arab and Islamic parliaments and the leaders of the World Union of Muslim Scholars to go to Egypt and go to the Rafah crossing with Sheikh Al-Azhar Sharif Ahmed al-Tayeb. The siege of Gaza strikes at this crossing.
He added that scholars, institutions, members of parliaments and unions should prepare ships full of food and medicine, and representatives of these organizations, along with representatives of doctors, should prepare to send this aid to Gaza, and also the Turkish government should provide the necessary military support for these ships. until they docked at the port of Gaza and the aid reached the people in this area.
This official of the World Union of Muslim Scholars emphasized, we now want to move from the circle of words to practical measures to fight the occupiers and support the Palestinian people, and the Muslim scholars have announced their readiness to prepare aid and send it to Gaza through ships. We hope that the Turkish government will also support this action.
General strikes in Western countries
But the second proposal that Al-Bashir put forward was to invite the nations of the world, especially the Western nations, to put pressure on their governments by holding general strikes.
He said that nations can do many things and express their anger against the occupiers and their supporters and support the people of Gaza by holding rallies and demonstrations. These nations should turn their demonstrations into nationwide strikes; In such a way that the administration of government affairs is disrupted and they are forced to submit to the pressure of the people.
Forming an international coalition to support Palestine
The member of the Secretariat of the World Union of Muslim Scholars announced his third proposal that an international coalition to support Palestine should be created within the framework of an Arab-Islamic-human alliance. We want all the world’s free people and awakened consciences to come together to support Palestine.
Comprehensive boycott of the Zionist enemy
In addition, the Ijtihad and Fatwa Committee of the World Union of Muslim Scholars also called for a comprehensive sanction against the Zionist regime in a statement and stressed that all the Islamic nations should impose a complete and comprehensive sanction against the Zionist enemy with all their might. All-round sanctions against the enemy is the easiest way and a common point between authorities, people, and elites.
In this statement, it is emphasized that according to Islamic laws, sanctioning the Zionist occupation regime is a duty.