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ISESCO Condemns Israeli Decision to Destroy 700 Year-Old Mosque |
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Written by ISESCO
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Friday, 15 February 2008 |
ISESCO condemns Israel’s decision to demolish the Al-Omari Mosque near Al
Quds
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- strongly
condemned the decision taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to demolish
the Al-Omari Mosque, built more than 700 years ago in Umm Tuba, a small village
southeast of Al Quds city.
In a special communiqué, released today, ISESCO faulted the pretexts used by Al
Quds Municipality under Israeli jurisdiction to justify its decision to demolish
the Mosque as being manifestly unfounded.
It also called on the international community to bring pressure to bear on
Israel to reverse its decision to destroy the Al-Omari Mosque of Umm Tuba,
considering it an open offence against Islamic sanctities and a grave breach of
international law, especially the Geneva Convention and the decisions of UNESCO
World Heritage Committee.
The Organization also called on the OIC member states to immediately interfere
to stop this aggressive act and protect Islamic historical monuments in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
Moreover, ISESCO considered the decision by Israel to wipe out the Al-Omari
Mosque as a gross insult to the feelings of Muslims across the world, and warned
against the consequences of such a colonial decision which shocks the conscience
of the Islamic Ummah and the peace-loving people the world over.
ISESCO also appealed to UNESCO, with which it has a cooperation agreement, to
pressurize on Israel to refrain from implementing its decision. It also called
on the United Nations Human Rights Committee to denounce Israel’s violations of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which are manifest in the tight
restrictions it puts on Palestinian Muslims’ right to worship and the acts of
aggression it perpetrates against Muslim sanctities.
Source: ISESCO
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