Pak Sahafat – On the 53rd anniversary of the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Zionist regime, Palestinian personalities and experts emphasized that the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Quds will not be freed except through effort and jihad in the way of God.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, Today is the 53rd anniversary of the burning of al-Aqsa Mosque by a Zionist. An incident in which the eastern portico of this mosque was completely burnt and other damages were also caused to it.
With the passage of 74 years since the establishment of the Zionist regime (1948) in the land of Palestine and the continuous efforts of the Zionists and Jewish extremist groups to control the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the attempt to create an alleged temple in this holy mosque of Muslims and despite the silence and cooperation of some Arab countries with Zionist regime, but the flow of resistance and jihad for the liberation of the Palestinian land continues.
53 years ago on this day (August 21, 1969), the Zionist “Michael Rohan” set fire to the eastern portico and all the objects in this portico, including the historic pulpit of this mosque, were burned. This fire even reached the silver dome.
This crime of the Zionists caused an angry revolution throughout the Islamic world. A day after this incident, thousands of Palestinian Muslims held Friday prayers in the outer part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and a large-scale demonstration covered all of Jerusalem, and one of the consequences of this incident was the holding of the first meeting at the level of heads of Islamic countries in Rabat, the capital of the Maghreb.
“Ali Abu Ras”, an expert on Jerusalem affairs, says that 53 years have passed since the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque and its pulpit by the occupying Israeli regime in the continuation of the series of attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamic holy places that began in 1948.
He adds that the operation of Judaization and control over the holy places of Muslims in the occupied Jerusalem by the Zionist groups supported by the military, security and political institutions never stopped and the repeated attacks against the Holy Place and the holy places of the Muslims by the Zionists to put pressure on its original inhabitants and the expulsion of the Palestinians continues.
This Palestinian expert says that the Zionists still have ready plans to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Quds and to build an alleged temple on this place, and they are only looking for an opportunity to destroy and destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He further pointed to the betrayal of some Arab countries in cooperation with the Zionist regime and added: “The Palestinian people did not count on the countries that signed the Ibrahim Agreement to protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque, because these open agreements helped the Zionists to commit crimes.” commit more in Quds.
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Regarding the role of Arab-Islamic organizations and institutions and the Arab League in protecting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Abu Ras also said: the role of these organizations is not at the desired level and they must be in order to stop the crimes of the Zionist enemy and stop this regime from achieving its goals.
Sheikh “Ikrama Sabri”, the preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque, also emphasized: The fires of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Quds have not stopped yet, and Quds and its mosque are in a very difficult and important stage.
He added: The operation of attacking and confiscating the properties of the people of Jerusalem and the Judaization of that area by the Zionist regime, as well as the usurpation of Palestinian lands, and the subsequent imprisonment, deportation and discrimination of Palestinian citizens are continuing on an unprecedented basis by the occupation regime of Jerusalem.
At the same time, Sheikh Sabri pointed out: It is obligatory for every Muslim to defend Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque until their freedom.
He clarified: Al-Aqsa Mosque will not be freed and the usurped rights of the Palestinians will not be restored except through effort and jihad in the way of God.
Sheikh “Youssef Juma Salameh”, the former Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of Palestine, also warned about the Zionists’ attempt to dominate Al-Aqsa Mosque and divide it.
He emphasized that all Muslims in the world are responsible for defending and guarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Dawood Shahab, one of the leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, also warned against the old plan of the Zionists to divide the time and place of this holy place on the anniversary of the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and said that this situation requires more efforts to protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque and There is a large and constant presence of Palestinians in it.
He also called for the wider support of the Islamic world for the Palestinian citizens in the occupied Jerusalem to guard the Al-Aqsa Mosque and confront the occupation’s plots against this holy mosque.