ROTTERDAM,
January 31 (IslamOnline.net) - After the banning of their trusted
Al-Aqsa Charity by the Dutch government, Muslims in the Netherlands
are seeking assistance to distribute their charity during this
year’s Eid Al-Adha.
In
tandem with other charities, Al-Aqsa used to raise funds and give them
to the needy in several Muslim countries, including occupied
Palestine.
In
April, the Dutch interior minister decided to freeze Al-Aqsa bank
accounts, forcing Muslims to seek other organizations to fill the
vacuum.
The
authorities have failed to day to substantiate the ban, claiming they
have classified evidence linking the charity to “terrorist
organizations”.
The
charity supervisors categorically denied the accusations and
challenged the authority to make public any evidence in their
possession.
Al-Aqsa
used to supervise a large number of charity projects in the
Palestinian territories, catering for thousands of poor families.
One
of its many projects, Eid Gifts, supplies the poor and needy with
sacrificed meat in Eid Al-Adha.
Several
charities in the Netherlands and Belgium urged every two Muslims to
share the meat of one sacrificed animal and give the money allocated
for the second to the poor.
A
sacrificial animal sells at between 300 and 400 euros this year.
Muslims
are also keen on performing Eid prayers in mosques before spending the
vacation with their families.