Doha Conference Calls for Protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Source: Al-Manar TV, 14-10-2008
The sixth Annual International Conference on Al-Quds held in Doha, the capital of Qatar held by the International Forum for Al-Quds concluded Monday its work stressing that defending occupied Al-Quds is the duty of the whole Islamic nation in addition to the free people in the world, warning that the nation is witnessing a decisive phase of the history of Al-Quds struggle.
In its concluding statement, read by Sheikh Faisal Molawy, the secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot in Lebanon, the participants called for mobilizing the efforts to "maintain a high level of awareness and watchfulness in order to stand up to the threats posed before the holy Islamic and Christian sites, especially Al-Aqsa mosque."
They also stressed the necessity of "standing up to plans to seize parts of the mosque, intervene directly in its activity, or restrict access to it."
The conference was attended by a number of religious leaders, politicians, businessmen and scholars from around the world, as well as Palestinian representatives.
The statement called on the Arab and Islamic Parliaments to form committees and activate them to do what is suitable with the threats surrounding Al-Quds and Palestine. It also called on the Palestinian Authority to face what is going on and stop all the meetings with the "Israeli" occupation officials. "What takes place now and during the next few years will determine the fate of the Al-Aqsa mosque," the statement continued. "Therefore the public and the Arab and Islamic governments are called upon to act in order to defend occupied Jerusalem."
Moreover, it stressed that facing the Zionist occupation is a consensus point among all Arabs and Muslims, concluding that the political, religious and sectarian disputes must be a secondary issue facing the occupation and its arrogance. It called on Arab and Islamic governments to grant the issue the attention it deserves, and to refrain from treating it as an issue of "Palestinian internal affairs."
"The relevant international organizations have a duty to protect our spiritual and cultural heritage, as well as human rights regarding this matter," the statement concluded.
The statement stressed the need for honoring the rights of the Palestinian people and the importance of challenging fear and breaking the unjust siege against Gaza Strip. At the end, the statement hailed the Palestinian people and its courageous resistance against the "Israeli" occupation as it also hailed the detainees in the "Israeli" jails.