Al-Azhar, Arab Parliament Slam Israeli Occupiers’ Quran Sacrilege
Al-Azhar has condemned the Israeli occupation’s tearing and burning of copies of the Holy Quran in southern Nablus in Palestine last week. The religious institution also condemned the attack on innocent Palestinians in several Palestinian villages in the West Bank, stealing their property.
It said that the Israeli occupation’s continued crimes in plain sight of the international community is a crime against humanity and a blatant violation of international law.
Al-Azhar stressed that the time has come for a serious and unified Arab and Islamic stance towards the Israeli occupation, which has committed and continues to commit the most heinous crimes against the Palestinian people. The religious institution also called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem.
The Arab Parliament released a statement on Saturday condemning Israeli settlers’ burning of the Quran and vandalization of mosques in Nablus, a city in the West Bank, describing them as acts that “violate all values and encourage hatred.”
The statement released by the regional organization went on to detail some of the offenses in question, describing settlers’ “attacks on Palestinian civilians in several West Bank villages,” as well as their “theft and burning of belongings.”
“[The Arab Parliament] stresses that this is a condemned and rejected behavior that violates all values and spreads hatred,” the statement continues, describing the heinous acts as “crimes against humanity” and a “flagrant violation” of international law.
The statement appealed to the international community, calling on them to “put an end to their silence over such crimes, and an end to the occupation’s crimes towards the Palestinian people and their sacred belongings.”
The release concluded by warning that continued violations could result in a “big revolution of anger in the face of the occupation.”
Source: Agencies
