Muslim world asked to rise for saving Al Aqsa from Zionist destruction

[ 15/02/2007 - 01:05 PM ]

LAHORE, (PIC)-- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistani has expressed strong concerns against the Zionist conspiracy to demolish the historical Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, warning that if Israel was not stopped from undermining the first Qibla of Islam then the Middle East would become flashpoint of global destruction. The warning was issued by the party's central Shoora (consultative) council in a resolution passed on the issue of Palestine and Al Aqsa Mosque in its 3-day meeting chaired by Qazi Hussain Ahmad. The Shoora congratulated Hamas and Fatah for their historic reconciliation and appealed to the Palestinian nation to forge complete unity to frustrate the Zionist conspiracy and to liberate their homeland from Israeli occupation. It praised Hamas leadership for trying to establish a national unity government despite having a majority, and expressed sorrow that PA president Mahmoud Abbas refused such a government and tried to thwart Hamas government by "blocking salaries to workers and other development funds under US dictates". The Shoora expressed gratitude that the conspiracy to make Palestinians fight against one another was finally frustrated despite US and Israeli supply of arms to the Fatah group. The Shoora urged the Muslim rulers to rise up to their basic and religious responsibility of saving Al-Aqsa Mosque by taking practical measures, reminding them that such a response in 1969 resulted in creating OIC to protect Al-Aqsa. It demanded of Muslim governments to abort the US plan of forcing Muslim countries to recognize Israel, and to make it clear to Washington that if it continued to patronize "Zionist terrorism" against Palestinians then the Muslim world would be forced to revoke all agreements with Washington. The Shoora warned that present digging under Al-Aqsa to demolish the historical Muslim site and construct the alleged Temple in its place is but part of the numerous Zionist conspiracies against Islam. Shoora cited the statement of the first Israeli prime Minister Ben Gurion which said that "Israel is meaningless without Al Quds and Al Quds is meaningless without the Temple." It warned that during the past year Israel had secretly constructed seven large structures under the Aqsa mosque and Israeli clergy has prophesized that year 2007 was most suitable for constructing the Temple. Shoora expressed sorrow that the Israeli lobby controlling the affairs of Washington administration was imposing Zionist policies upon the whole world particularly in the Middle East, and it was the responsibility of every justice-loving citizen of the world to play his role in blocking the Zionist conspiracies against the Palestinians and the Muslim world at large.