In the Name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

Statement on the Palestinian Cause

Praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, the last of prophets, on his family, and all his companions,

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy, while observing what the extort- ing Zionists are committing now in Occupied Palestine, calls upon the whole World to stop this terrorism of the occupying forces; killing innocent children, women and men on daily basis, executing repetitive collective massacres, de- structing houses and displacing their dwellers, seizing lands, destroying crops and dredging fruitful trees.

Not only that, but the Zionist extorters went on to construct a dividing and racist wall that unlawfully chopped out 25% of the Palestinian lands without the slightest regard for the teachings of the revealed religions, or respect to human traditions and international laws.

Moreover, the occupation authority uses gangs and highway robbers to break into banks and steal the Palestinians deposits.

These crimes as a whole have never been witnessed in human history, even in its darkest and most oppressive eras. The Israeli authorities do all this un- der the veil of self-defence and the fallacy of resisting the Palestinian terrorists. How can Palestinians become terrorists while defending their lives, dignity, and properties against an occupying extorter who never cares about humanity? If this is the case, then the whole liberation movements in the World are nothing but mere terrorists.

The scholars of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, while expressing their astonishment towards the passive attitude of the World with regard to these daily terrorist actions, call upon international organizations to shoulder their responsibilities in removing this aggression and achieving the principles of freedom, justice, and equality that they always raise.

The Academy also calls upon the Arab countries on the occasion of the Arab Summit to be held in Tunisia at the end of this month to consider the exca- vations that Israel is undertaking under Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings. The Academy calls upon the governments of all Muslim countries to seriously uphold their responsibilities before Allāh the Almighty and before their peo- ples and history. Condemnation and denunciation alone are not at all-sufficient. Arab and Muslim countries should do all that they can – and indeed they can do a lot – in defending the blessed land of Palestine and in supporting its re-

sisting people, including providing material support and humanitarian aid in addition to exerting efforts for ending the Israeli occupation and liberating Al- Quds and the sacred places.

The governments and people of the Muslim world are required to shoulder their historical responsibility towards stopping this flagrant infringement and supporting the steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people in this critical tragedy.

That is not at all difficult for Allāh to do. «And Allāh hath full power and control on His affairs, but most among mankind know it not.» (Yūsuf, 21).

Indeed, Allāh is the Giver of Success.