{"id":135545,"date":"2025-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/135545"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:00:00","slug":"iums-the-blood-of-gaza-is-on-the-nations-shoulders-saving-lives-is-a-religious-duty-act-now-to-stop-the-genocide-siege-and-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/135545","title":{"rendered":"IUMS: The Blood of Gaza Is on the Nation\u2019s Shoulders \u2013 Saving Lives Is a Religious Duty\u2026 Act Now to Stop the Genocide, Siege, and Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">IUMS: The Blood<br \/>\nof Gaza Is on the Nation\u2019s Shoulders \u2013 Saving Lives Is a Religious Duty\u2026 Act<br \/>\nNow to Stop the Genocide, Siege, and Starvation<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>* Yes, the blood of Gaza\u2019s children, women, and elderly weighs<br \/>\non the conscience of our Ummah.<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>* Jihad, in all its forms, to save them is an obligation upon<br \/>\nour nations.<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>* Stop the starvation in Gaza\u2026 Stop the genocide now!<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">I call upon the governments of<br \/>\nthe Muslim Ummah, and every capable individual among its people, to engage in<br \/>\ncomprehensive jihad\u2014with wealth, life, voice, and stance\u2014to save what remains<br \/>\nof innocent lives under the brutal siege and systematic genocide in Gaza.<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">What is happening in Gaza<br \/>\ntoday is not merely war; it is a full-fledged crime: a suffocating blockade,<br \/>\ndeliberate starvation, and mass killing of civilians. Gaza has become a prison<br \/>\nwithout food, medicine, or clean water.<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Whoever refrains from<br \/>\nsupporting these oppressed people\u2014while having the ability\u2014has betrayed the<br \/>\nbond of brotherhood and the tenets of faith, and falls under the warning of<br \/>\nAllah Almighty:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:\nAR-QA\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\ufd3f\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0641\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064f\u0645\u064f<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0638\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u0645\u0650\u064a \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u0652&#8230;\ufd3e [\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0621: 97]<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">and His saying:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:\nAR-QA\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>\ufd3f\u0648\u064e\u0642\u0650\u0641\u064f\u0648\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u06d6 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645<br \/>\n\u0645\u0651\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0626\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e\ufd3e [\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0641\u0627\u062a: 24]<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:\nAR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">This is a defining<br \/>\nmoment\u2014between disgrace and honor, between abandonment and duty. A nation that<br \/>\ndoes not rise for Gaza today loses its dignity before it loses its status.<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">O Ummah of Islam\u2026 come to<br \/>\nGaza\u2019s aid now with all that you possess. Blood does not wait, starvation<br \/>\noffers no delay, and lost lives can never be replaced.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Sunday, 25 Muharram 1447 AH \/<br \/>\nJuly 20, 2025<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Prof. Dr. Ali Mohieddin<br \/>\nAl-Qaradaghi<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">President of the International<br \/>\nUnion of Muslim Scholars<span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:\nAR-QA\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;\nline-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;\nline-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:\nEN-US\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-QA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">\u0644\u0644\u062a\u0635\u0631\u064a\u062d<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\"> \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<b><span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=39684\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span><\/b>).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IUMS: The Blood of Gaza Is on the Nation\u2019s Shoulders \u2013 Saving Lives Is a Religious Duty\u2026 Act Now to Stop the Genocide, Siege, and Starvation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426],"tags":[917],"class_list":["post-135545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements-en","tag-presidency-presidency-overview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}