Moscow,
May 6 (IslamOnline) - The Russian Muslim League has decided to
implement a complete boycott of Israeli and American goods found in
Russian markets, protesting against the massacres carried out by the
Israeli occupation army in Palestine.
This
decision was announced in the closing ceremony of a conference on
“Russian Muslims and Contemporary Issues”, held in Benza in
eastern Russia from May 2-4, 2002.
The
head of the religious administration of the Russian Muslim League,
Sheikh Nafiullah Ashirov, told the website www.islam.ru
that “Russian Muslims must boycott Israeli goods because the money
that the Israeli companies get is used to support Israel in its plan
to exterminate the Palestinian people.”
Ashirov
added that this boycott represented the “smaller jihad” against
Israel until the opportunity to travel to Palestine to perform the
“larger jihad”. He also accused the United States and the west of
supporting the war on Islamic countries in its continued backing of
Israel.
The
Mufti of the Republic of Tataristan, Othman Isaacov stated that “our
hearts are in Palestine, and our souls are in Afghanistan; in
solidarity with the Islamic peoples in their fight for self-defense.
This is why we have to help them by boycotting all American and
Israeli goods.”
The
Islamic Russian newspaper, Al-Fikr, published names of American
and Israeli companies Saturday, May 4. These companies include
Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Heinz, New Alex, Rodina, California Gardens,
among others.
