In a joint statement, the 45 organizations, scholars and activists defended the Palestinian right to self-defense and resistance against Israel’s illegal occupation and brutal violence.
The statement calls for an end to the occupation in all its forms, the dismantling of the settler colonial state of Israel, the rejection of the term “terrorism” when describing acts of Palestinian resistance, and an end to the criminalization of acts of solidarity with Palestine by the UK government.
Here is the statement in full:
Glory be to the One Who carried His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to Masjid Al Aqsa whose surroundings We have blessed so that We might show him some of Our signs. Indeed He alone is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. [Holy Quran, 17:1]
All Palestinian prisoners must be immediately released.
The apartheid state must be completely dismantled.
Palestinian refugees and their descendants must be permitted to return home if they wish to.
The UK must cease its military, financial and moral support for Israel.
The Undersigned:
Dr Azzam Tamimi (Institute of Islamic Political Thought)
Dr Anas Altikriti (The Cordoba Foundation)
Dr Haitham Al-Haddad
Sheikh Suliman Gani
Moazzam Begg (CAGE)
Lowkey (Musician and Journalist)
Dr Osman Latiff (Sapience Institute)
Massoud Shadjareh (Islamic Human Rights Commission)
Imam Asif Uddin (Muslim Research & Development Foundation – MRDF)
Amir Shabir (Federation of Student Islamic Societies – FOSIS)
Azhar Qayum (Muslim Engagement and Development – MEND)
Sheikh Shaqur Rehman (Muslim Research & Development Foundation – MRDF)
Imam Omar Hajaj (Yaseen Youth Development)
Ahmed Hammuda (Writer)
Ahammed Hussain (Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK – MPACUK)
Dr Asim Qureshi (CAGE
Mawlana Mohammed Ahmed (Al-Nujum Institute)
Syed Saqub Ahmed (Darlington Islamic Academy)
Ali Akhtar (Al-Hira Educational Centre)
Abid Akkaparambil (Strive UK)
Imam Jabir Ali
Zen Sharif Ali (Ebrahim College)
Mawlana Ayaaz Chikhalia (Islamic Centre Upton Park)
Muhammad Badat (Al-Falah Trust)
Hafiza Bandeilahi (As-Salaam Centre, Manchester)
Shaykha Fatima Barkatulla
Mufti Amir Isap
Abu Hussain (Ikhwa)
Shehab Ismail (Federation of Student Islamic Societies, FOSIS)
Hafez Farook Kazi (The Suffah Institute, Preston)
Imam Asim Khan (Redbridge Islamic Centre)
Juned Khan (Muslim Youth Network)
Imam Abdullah Kola (Madina Masjid, Newcastle upon Tyne)
Imam Ajmal Masroor
Fatima Miah (Nakheel Women’s Group)
Hafiz Askir Miah, London Islamic School
Akif Naqash (Musallah Edinburgh)
Mohammed Nur (Ikhwa)
Maulana Azhar Patel (Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre, Glasgow)
Mohamed Anas Shaikh (As-Salaam Centre, Manchester)
Imam Mohammed Hafizur Rahman (Al Khayriyyah Institute)
Imran Sayed (Majlis e Dawatul Haq, Leicester)
Aliyah Umm Raiyaan (Writer)
Rayhan Uddin (LSE Islamic Society)
Khalid Umer (Markaz Ud Dawat Wal Irshad)
Source: cage.ngo