On the evening of September 3, Russia Today, a leading global TV channel, broadcast an interview with the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Shaikh Ikrima Sabri, who highlighted the following points:
-It is not true that Israel is allowing religious freedom;
-Excavation work to literally undermine Al-Aqsa mosque;
-Likud Party gave radical Jewish groups real power;
-Mass media being used as a tool to crush Muslim opposition to Israel; and
-Israel wants to reduce Arabic population of Jerusalem.
The Mufti opined that Muslims must unite efforts to revive economy and science. This implies proper and efficient management of all natural and human resources for the welfare of humanity by all the positive minded people. The Mufti meant that the Muslims should act as catalysts and be proactive as they had been during the golden period of Islam.
Muhammad Sirajuddin
Faridabad – NCR-Delhi