Qaradawi: Muslim Ummah is duty-bound to defend Gaza http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/DataFiles/Cache/TempImgs/2009/1/images_Ne ws_2009_01_02_Karadawi_300_0.jpg
DOHA, (PIC)-- Prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi has affirmed Friday that the Muslim Ummah from Morocco to Indonesia was duty-bound to defend the Gaza Strip, and to protect Muslim lands from the enemies. "Supporting the Palestinian people in Gaza is a religious duty on every Muslim individual according to his capabilities, and no one is exempted from that duty" asserted Qaradawi in a speech he delivered before massive rally in support to Gaza in the Qatari capital, Doha. He also hailed the Muslim peoples "who demonstrated in the streets and expressed sympathy and support for Gaza", saying that the Muslim Ummah is alive and ready to sacrifice every thing precious for helping their brethren. At the same time, he lashed at the Arab official regimes underlining that those regimes lost the courage to take decisive decisions in order to lift the oppression on Gaza. He also praised the exemplary heroism demonstrated by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and Hamas's leadership in homeland and in exile, urging them not to give up at any cost. "We are behind you to the last breathe, and rest assured that you won't be abandoned or betrayed as long as you remain holding to your legal rights", asserted Qaradawi as he addressed his speech to Hamas's leaders, underscoring that the tyrant Zionist rulers won't achieve victory over Muslims. Moreover, Qaradawi called on every individual Muslim to pray for his brothers in Gaza, and to donate whatever he could to them in order "not to let the Gaza people feel they were left alone in this battle against the criminal Israeli occupation army". _____ al-Qaradhawi: Ummah berkewajiban mempertahankan Gaza Doha - Ulama terkemuka, Syaykh Yusuf al-Qaradhawi, telah menegaskan pada hari Jumaat baru-baru ini bahawa umat Islam dari Maghribi ke Indonesia berkewajiban untuk mempertahankan Jalur Gaza, dan mempertahankan tahanair umat Islam daripada musuh-musuhnya. "Menyokong rakyat Palestin di Gaza merupakan kewajiban agama ke atas setiap orang Islam mengikut keupayaannya, dan tiada sesiapapun dikecualikan daripada kewajiban tersebut," tegas al-Qaradhawi dalam suatu ceramah yang disampaikannya di hadapan suatu perhimpunan besar bagi menyokong Gaza di Doha, ibukota Qatar. Beliau juga memuji umat Islam "yang berdemonstrasi di jalanraya dan menyatakan simpati dan sokongan mereka terhadap Gaza," menyatakan bahawa umat Islam tetap hidup dan bersedia untuk mengorbankan apa sahaja yang bernilai untuk membantu sausdara mereka. Pada masa yang sama, beliau membidas regim-regim Arab, menyebut bahawa regim-regim ini hilang keberanian untuk mengambil keputusan yang tegas bagi menghilangkan penindasan ke atas Gaza. Beliau juga memuji kepahlawanan yang ditunjukkan oleh rakyat Palestin di Jalur Gaza dan kepemimpinan Hamas di tanahair dan dalam buangan, dan menyeru mereka supaya jangan berputus asa walau apapun. "Kami berdiri di belakangmu sehingga ke hembusan nafas terakhir kami, dan yakinlah bahawa kamu tidak akan kami mengkhianatimu selagimana kamu berpegang dengan hak-hak kamu," tegas al-Qaradhawi sambil beliau tujukan ucapan beliau kepada pemimpin Hamas, menggariskan bahawa pemerintah Zionis yang zalim tidak akan menang ke atas orang Islam. Juga, al-Qaradhawi menyeru setiap orang Islam untuk berdoa bagi saudara-saudara mereka di Gaza, dan menyumbang apa yang mereka boleh agar "penduduk Gaza tidak merasakan mereka ditinggalkan sendirian dalam pertempuran menentang tentera penjenayah penjajahan Israel."
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