Muslim Ummah to side with the oppressed everywhere:ISC Makkah declaration

Lahore: The three day Islamic Solidarity Conference concluding at Makkah on Tuesday, has impressed upon the Muslim Ummah to side with the oppressed everywhere and try its best to prevent the oppressor from tyranny.

According to reports received from the JI delegation attending the moot, the conference discussed in detail the problems besetting the Ummah and the scholars and the Ulema highlighted different aspects of the issue under discussion.

The delegation from Pakistan included Ameer, JI, Pakistan,  Syed Munawar Hasan, Mufti Rafi Usmani, Prof. Sajid Meer, Abdur Rashid Turabi, Abdul Ghaffar Azis and others.

Expressing deep concern over the bloodshed going on in Syria for the last three years, the conference noted that the world powers had only paid lip service to the issue and had been watching the killings in cold blood.

It noted that Iran was still supporting tyrant Bashar al Asad although more than one lakh people had been killed in Syria and millions had left the country.

The leaders attending the moot expressed grave concern over the victimization and executions of the opposition leaders in Bangladesh on false charges.

Discussing the Kashmir issue, a member of the Saudui Majlis e Shoora Dr Sadqah Fazil, and others noted that there were several resolutions on the Kashmir issue at the international bodies but these had been shelved as had been the case of Palestine.

JI Director Foreign wing, Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, spoke on the issue of Kashmir, Syria, and Bangladesh besides Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who had been jailed on false charges.

The conference condemned the bloodshed of the Muslims going on in Burma, Central Africa, Yemen, and Lebanon.