{"id":134015,"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/134015"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","slug":"scholars-and-religious-institutions-raise-the-cry-of-truth-al-aqsa-at-the-heart-of-the-conspiracy-the-ummah-must-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/134015","title":{"rendered":"Scholars and Religious Institutions Raise the Cry of Truth: &#8220;Al-Aqsa at the Heart of the Conspiracy\u2026 The Ummah Must Rise&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Scholars and Religious Institutions Raise the Cry of Truth:<br \/>\n&#8220;Al-Aqsa at the Heart of the Conspiracy\u2026 The Ummah Must Rise&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Istanbul<br \/>\n\u2013 March 12, 2026 (22 Ramadan 1447 AH)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">A group<br \/>\nof scholars and their religious institutions issued an urgent statement<br \/>\nyesterday, Thursday, condemning the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by occupying<br \/>\nforces. They affirmed that the mosque is not merely a place of worship, but a<br \/>\nsacred right of the Islamic Ummah and an enduring Islamic endowment that cannot<br \/>\nbe divided or relinquished.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#002060\">Al-Aqsa in Imminent Danger<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nstatement, titled &#8220;Al-Masra in Imminent Danger and at the Heart of the<br \/>\nConspiracy,&#8221; emphasized that preventing prayers, Friday congregations, and<br \/>\nreligious retreats constitutes a blatant attack on the freedom of worship and a<br \/>\nprovocation to Muslims across the globe. It warned that the closure could<br \/>\nremain in effect indefinitely, exploiting regional events to impose new<br \/>\nrealities on the ground.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nscholars stressed that the occupying authorities are using these measures to<br \/>\nassert control and dominance over the holiest sites of Muslims in Palestine.<br \/>\nThey affirmed that Al-Aqsa is neither a tool in political conflicts nor a<br \/>\nbargaining chip in regional disputes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#002060\">Scholars\u2019 Cry to the Ummah<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nstatement called upon the Islamic Ummah to remain vigilant and take decisive<br \/>\naction, urging mosque preachers and imams to highlight the severity of the<br \/>\nsituation during the upcoming Friday sermons. It also encouraged ministries of<br \/>\nendowments, scholarly institutions, and civil society organizations to launch<br \/>\npublic campaigns and activities to support and safeguard Al-Aqsa Mosque.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Furthermore,<br \/>\nthe scholars called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and all Arab and<br \/>\nMuslim countries to fulfill their historical responsibilities by exerting<br \/>\nimmediate and serious pressure on the occupying authorities to reopen the<br \/>\nmosque and halt all arbitrary measures against it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">They<br \/>\nalso reaffirmed the duty of the Islamic Endowments Administration in the<br \/>\nHashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as the custodian of the Islamic holy sites, to<br \/>\nexercise its sovereign authority in protecting the mosque and reopening it to<br \/>\nworshippers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nscholars appealed to the residents of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the 1948<br \/>\nterritories, as well as anyone able to access Al-Aqsa, to restore and occupy<br \/>\nthe mosque and to break through the imposed restrictions. They emphasized that<br \/>\nthose unable to enter should pray at the nearest possible location to the<br \/>\nmosque, which grants them the full reward. They underscored that protecting<br \/>\nAl-Aqsa requires unity, collective awareness, and decisive action at all<br \/>\nlevels.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nstatement concluded: &#8220;May God preserve the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, repel<br \/>\nthe schemes of the aggressors, unite the Ummah in truth, honor, and<br \/>\nempowerment, and extinguish the flames of this war.&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source:<br \/>\nSocial Media)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; 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