The International Union of Muslim Scholars Warns Against the Collapse of Legal and Humanitarian Values and Rejects the Punishment of the International Criminal Court (Statement)
The International Union of Muslim Scholars warns of the grave consequences resulting from the collapse of the legal, ethical, humanitarian, and international system.
The Union stands in solidarity with the free and humane world in rejecting the U.S. President’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court.
Statement Text:
The International Union of Muslim Scholars closely follows global developments, particularly the actions of the United States of America, which continues to stand by the Zionist occupation during its genocidal war on Gaza, in blatant violation of international laws, human rights, and ethical principles.
The recent executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court is an alarming precedent that signals the collapse of international justice, global peace, and security. It renders the decisions of the United Nations and the international laws it has ratified effectively meaningless.
In light of this critical situation, the International Union of Muslim Scholars affirms the following:
We stand with the free world—Arab, Islamic, European, Russian, and Chinese—in rejecting this decision and consider it a dangerous precedent in the history of the United Nations, its member states, and humanity as a whole.
We warn of the serious consequences this decision will have on the international system, global peace, and justice.
This decision effectively criminalizes those who defend justice, while protecting and legitimizing those who commit the most heinous crimes. It reverses divine and natural laws, violating the principles of justice, morality, and international order.
However, such injustice will not endure, as Allah states about past tyrannical nations:
“Who transgressed in the lands (11) and spread corruption therein (12), so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment (13). Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.” (Al-Fajr: 11-14)
True power lies in justice, truth, and mercy, not in oppression, falsehood, and brutality. Injustice will perish, falsehood will collapse, and truth will ultimately prevail, as these are the unchanging divine laws.
"And Allah has full control over His affairs, but most people do not know." (Yusuf: 21)
Doha, 9 Sha'ban 1446 AH – February 8, 2025
Dr. Ali Muhammad Al-Sallabi
Secretary-General
Prof. Dr. Ali Mohiuddin Al-Qaradaghi
President