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The day also aims to expose Israeli schemes to judaize
Al-Quds.
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By
Mohamad Gamal Arafa, IOL Staff
CAIRO,
October 20, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Activists launched on Ramadan
17th the third Al-Quds
International Day on the internet to remind millions of Web visitors
about the history and importance of the holy city for Muslims
worldwide as well as the need to stand firmly against Israeli
Judaization schemes.
"We
want to acquaint Web visitors with the historic, political, economic
and religious facts about Al-Quds," Mohamed Al-Sayyed of Hamasna
Web site, co-organizer of the Day, told IslamOnline.net Thursday,
October 20.
"We
seek to exposed the [Israeli] occupier's schemes against Al-Aqsa
Mosque, Islam's third holiest place, and how to best challenge
them."
A
cohort of leading Muslim figures and activists from Malaysia, Egypt,
Palestine, Algeria and Morocco will contribute to the international
day, which will continue for a week on the Internet.
They
will draw the line between legitimate resistance of occupation and the
terror labels attached by western media to Palestinian resistance
groups.
Million
Message
Organizers
maintain that Al-Quds Day is an effort to pave the way for achieving
renaissance in the Islamic world.
"We
are trying to protect the nation against foreign cultural
invasion," Mosherif said.
He
said that about a million message and e-mail have been sent to
newspapers and mass media around the world in an effort to highlight
the campaign.
Al-Quds
international day will culminate with a statement outlining a set of
recommendations form Muslims on defending the holy city and donating
for its Palestinian people.
It
will be translated into three English, French and Spanish, and will be
circulated on the Web through thousands of e-groups in Europe, the
United States and the Arab world.
Al-Haram
Al-Sharif, which includes Al-Aqsa Mosque, represents the heart of the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jews
claim that their alleged Haykal (Temple of Solomon) exists underneath
Al-Aqsa, the first qiblah (direction Muslims take during prayers).
Israel
captured and occupied Al-Quds in the six-day 1967 war, then declared
its annexation in a move not recognized by the world community or UN
resolutions.
