Cairo, iumsonline.net - March 13,
2008
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The secretary general of the
International Union for Muslim Scholars, Dr. Muhammad Salim
Al-`Awwa, sent a message on Monday, March 10, 2008 to the
secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference
(OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. In this message, Dr.
Al-`Awwa called upon the Organization of Islamic Conference
to activate its role and approve many practical means to
support the besieged Gaza Strip. Gaza has suffered a great
deal in the first week of this month; the Israeli Holocaust
- that left more than 130 Palestinians dead including
children and newborn babies. The message includes the
following:
"This is a flesh and blood letter;
stained with the blood of innocent people, and accompanied
by the cries of the wretched. It is signed by the corpses of
women and children, so receive this letter, may Allah bless
you, as Saladin received the complaint of Al-Aqsa Mosque, or
as Caliph Al-Mu`tasim received the appeal of the city of
Amorium."
Dr. Al-`Awwa added, "Under the
bloody circumstances of Gaza, it is not expected that the
OIC would restrict itself to mere criticism, condemnation
and denunciation. These means have proven futile, useless
and unhelpful when done alone, throughout the seventy years
of suffering in Quds."
Urgent Demands From the OIC
Summit:
In the name of the International
Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Dr. Al-`Awwa called the
OIC to at least urge its member states to take some action,
including:
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Opening the crossing points in
general, especially Rafah, to facilitate the human needs
and necessities of the people of Gaza.
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Opening the door, without any
barriers, to all relief and humane institutions that
come from all countries, races and religions. There
should be no restrictions to them carrying out their
humane role of helping these afflicted people.
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Opening a branch for the OIC
in Gaza so as to be in a position to watch over all
affairs related to financial and material support that
the OIC provides. This is so as to avoid the false
claims of "financing terrorism", and to activate the
role of this branch to act as an eye for the OIC in
monitoring ongoing events in Gaza.
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Devoting monthly relief
campaigns under the supervision of the OIC, along with
cover from the United Nations whenever it is difficult
to open the crossing points for any reason.
It is important to mention that
the Islamic Summit begins today, Thursday, in Dakar, the
capital of Senegal. It will be attended by the leaders of
around 57 Islamic countries, and will discuss the situation
in Gaza among other issues, including Islamophobia.
