More than 150 Muslim scholars, imams, community leaders, and institutions in the United States and several other nations have now endorsed a joint statement expressing their view that governments of Arab Muslim nations should immediately cut any ties with the Israeli government, including the so-called Abraham Accords.
The statement also says that Arab Muslim nations should ban the use of their airspace to support the Israeli government, announce consideration of an embargo on any oil or gas sales that benefit the Israeli government, facilitate the travel of humanitarian convoys and flotillas attempting to break the siege on Gaza, and send a diplomatic aid mission to demand entry to Gaza.
The joint statement–which was originally released in August with 85 signatories–reads, in part:
“Business as usual in international affairs is simply not working. We believe that the governments of the Muslim-majority nations of the world should not wait for the ‘international community’ to grow a conscience. This is especially true of Arab Muslim nations surrounding Palestine.
“We believe that these governments have the unique opportunity, legal authority, and moral basis to take greater, immediate and concrete action to pressure the Israeli occupation to end this carnage.
“Although a genocide should matter to every single human being regardless of their faith, this genocide against a predominantly Muslim population carried out by an openly racist, anti-Muslim government should especially matter to the ummah of Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him. So should the fate of Palestine, including Masjid Al Aqsa.”
Click here to read the full open letter signed by over 150 scholars, imams, organizational leaders and institutions.
CURRENT SIGNATORIES
Individuals
- Ruqia Abdi, Author and Educator
- Imam Sedin Agic
- Aftab Alam, President, The March 15th Forum
- Atiya Aftab, Esq.
- Imam Khalid Alkhalili, Fullerton Muslim Community Center
- Ajir Bilal Mahmud, Executive Director, OPOW
- Imam Mohamed Abdel Salam, Puyallup Islamic Community Center (PICC)
- Dr. Ismahan Abdullahi
- Professor Hamid Algar
- Shaykh Abdullah Al-Mahmudi
- Emad Al-Turk, Chairman- Mississippi for a Just World
- Imam Osama Alrefai
- Shaykh Hashim Ahmad, Senior Lecturer, DarulUloom Ashrafia San Francisco
- Shaykh Ibrahim Ali
- Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi
- Hafiz Ikhlas Ansari
- Atiya Aftab, Esq. / Kenneth Rasheed, Esq., Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University
- Sheikh Abdullah Ateeque
- Nihad Awad, National Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Shoaeb Basha, Executive Director, American Muslim Health Professionals
- Dr. Hatem Bazian, President of Northern California Islamic Council
- Dr. Zahid Bukhari
- Imam Saffet Catovic
- Imam Chris Caras, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
- Noorgul Dada, Chairman, Noor Islamic Cultural Center
- Imam Mohamed Dahir
- Dr. Abdelhafid Djemil
- Dr AbdAlAziz Eddebbarh, Imam Ibn Asheer Institute
- Imam John Ederer
- Imam Mohammed Ebrahim, ISSA – Islamic Society of the Seacoast Area
- Imam Mustapha Elturk
- Dr. Asif Hirani
- Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini
- Imam Khalid Griggs, Executive Director, ICNA Council for Social Justice
- Dr. Ayman Hammous, Executive Director, Muslim American Society
- Dr. Suleiman Hani
- Dr. Altaf Husain
- Oussama Jammal, USCMO Secretary General
- Dr. Quraysha Ismail Sooliman
- Imam Is’Haaq Jasat
- Imam Ahmadullah Kamal, IQRA Cultural Center
- Maria Kari, Executive Director of Project TAHA
- Muhi Khwaja, American Muslim Community Foundation
- Shaikh Ahmad Kutty
- Sa’ad Quadri, Muslim Educational Center
- Yasser Louati, Comité Justice & Libertés (Committee for Justice and Liberties)
- Maulana Muhammad Faisal
- Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Deputy Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Shaykh Suhail Mulla
- Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy, Roots Community
- Shaykh Rami Nsour
- Imam Saeed Purcell
- Dr. Yasir Qadhi
- Dr. Mufti Muhammed Omer Rafique
- Okolo Rashid, Co-founder, International Museum of Muslim Cultures
- Emad Sabbah, President and Co-Founder, Ethaar
- Imam Mohamed Mukhtar Sayid
- Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi
- Imam Ali Siddiqui, Former Chairman, Peace with Justice Center, LaVerne, CA
- Chaplain Ahmed Shedeed, President, Islamic Center of Jersey City
- Dr. Omar Suleiman
- Dr. Hebatullah Taha, President of the Board, CAIR Los Angeles
- Shaykh M Ihsaan Taliep
- Shaykh Dr. Salman Younas
- Imam Suhaib Webb
- Hena Zuberi, Editor-in-Chief, MuslimMatters
- Sheikh Abdullah Zaheed
Organizations
- Ahlulbayt Islamic Center of Columbus
- American Center for Justice
- American Islamic Cultural Center
- American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP)
- American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
- Arizona Muslim Alliance
- Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (AMAN)
- Center for Education and Research Nahla
- Center for Religious Tolerance (Masjid Usman) San Diego
- Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University
- Comité Justice & Libertés (Committee for Justice and Liberties) (France)
- Council of Sacramento Valley Islamic Organizations (COSVIO)
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- Dallas Peace and Justice Center
- Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center
- Ethaar
- FEMYSO (Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations)
- Greenview Madani Center
- Hamzah Islamic Center
- Hershey Islamic Center
- Husaynia Islamic Society of Seattle
- ICNA Council for Social Justice
- Imam Council of Metropolitan St. Louis
- INSAN – Institutet för Samhällsanalys
- International Museum of Muslim Cultures
- IQRA Cultural Center
- Islamic Association of North America (IANA)
- Islamic Center of Boston Wayland
- Islamic Center Masjid Al-Sabereen
- Islamic Center of Irving
- Islamic Center of Maryland (ICM)
- Islamic Center of Morgantown
- Islamic Center of Passaic County
- Islamic Center of Pennsylvania
- Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
- Islamic Center of San Diego
- Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
- Islamic Community Center of Atlanta
- Islamic Council of Victoria
- Islamic Organization of North America (IONA)
- Islamic Society of Central Jersey
- Islamic Society of Chester County
- Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
- Islamic Society of Orange County
- Islamophobia Studies Center
- ISSA – Islamic Society of the Seacoast Area
- Kitaab Academy
- Kurdish Community Islamic Center
- MAS Sacramento Region
- Mississippi for a Just World
- Mosque Foundation
- Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA)
- Muslim American Society (MAS)
- Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC)
- Muslim Community of Folsom
- Muslim Community of Nassau County
- Muslim Educational Center
- Muslim Girl
- Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)
- Muslim Peace Fellowship
- Muslim Rights Watch Belgium
- Muslim Students Association (MSA National)
- North American Imams Federation (NAIF)
- Noor Islamic Cultural Center
- Partei Für Muslime Plus (Germany)
- Peace Tree Mental Health
- Prince George’s County Muslim Council
- Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims (SALAM)
- Salam Scouts
- San Ramon Valley Islamic Center
- Shia Muslim Council of Southern California
- Silicon Valley Islamic Center
- Tayba Foundation
- The Islamic Society of Central Delaware
- The March 15th Forum
- Tri-City Islamic Center
- UBM Advisory Services
- Ubudiyyah Life Centre
- US Council of Muslim Organizations
- We Love Our Neighbors
- Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance
- World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations
- Worry Free Community
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