SUMMARY PRESS REPORTS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE OIC
IRAQ
INITIATIVE
25 October 2006
Press Release by
Lebanese Sunnah and Shi‘a in Support of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah
Document
The
Secretary General of the Islamic Spiritual Council in Lebanon Mr.
Mohammad Sammak issued a press release about Makkah Al-Mukarramah
Document which called for putting an end to the blood-spilling
conflict in Iraq. The press release has been approved by the Lebanese
Prime Minister H. E. Mr. Fouad Siniora, the Mufti of the Republic of
Lebanon Shaikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani and the Deputy President of the
High Shi‘a Islamic Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Qablan.
The
core of the press release reads as follows:
“Mr.
Mohammad Sammak and Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani in consultation
with the Speaker of Lebanese Parliament H. E. Mr. Nabih Berri and H.
E. Mr. Fouad Siniora have held a special meeting at Dar al-Fatwa in
which they issued a collective call for Iraqi religious and national
leaders to meet in Beirut to agree on a document that puts an end to
the bloody conflict and consolidates the Iraqi society in general and
Muslims in Iraq in particular. However, the war against Lebanon
prevented holding such a meeting which was supposed to take place
during the same day during which the aggression on Lebanon started.
Therefore, our concentration in Lebanon was on how to confront the
aggression and alleviate its devastating impact. The bloody and
horrible events in Iraq have made us feel sad over the days and made
us also worry about the future and destiny of Iraq until the meeting
which was held in Makkah under the high patronage and by the blessing
of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
and the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The Makkah Al-Mukarramah
Document was, therefore, the result of that meeting. We pray to
Almighty God that this Document would be a good opener for a new phase
of fraternity, solidarity and collective action for a better future
for Iraq and its brotherly people.
We,
in extending our sincere appreciation to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
for his encouragement, patronage and blessing for the Makkah Meeting,
And
in supporting the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference for his concrete efforts towards the success of this
meeting,
Call
upon Muslims in general, and Muslims, Sunnah and Shi‘a, in Iraq in
particular to religiously, nationally and ethically adhere to the
content of the Document in order to prevent more killing of Muslims,
preserving their unity and enhancing this stand in facing up the great
challenges facing the Muslim World in the Twenty First Century.
We
record our support and blessing for the ten items stated in the Makkah
Al-Mukarramah Document and we adhere to them”.
Ayatollah
Mohamad Hussein Fadlallah blesses and supports Makkah Al-Mukarramah
Document
Ayatollah Mohamad Hussein Fadlallah declared his support and blessing
for Makkah Al-Mukarramah Document during Eid Al-Fitr speech. In the
speech, he said: “we support and bless the Organization of the Islamic
Conference’s initiative of the Reconciliation Conference held in
Makkah which aimed for making an end to the killing of innocents in
Iraq, although we believe that practicing responsibility does not only
mean signing a document that denounces the conflict and incriminates
the killers who kill the innocents Muslims. Those who signed the
Document, instead should do their best to have a practical mechanism
which compels all factions in Iraq to corner the criminals and the
groups that describe Muslims as infidels, a character which tarnish
the struggle of descent freedom fighters who direct their guns towards
the occupation”.
He
earlier said: “the action of preserving Muslim unity and putting an
end to the conflict in any Muslim location is the best of sacrifices
one could offer for the sake of Almighty God. Such deed is of no less
importance than to face up the arrogants and to fight against
occupation. We are with any sincere effort that aims for bringing
viewpoints of Sunni and Shi‘a Muslims together and preserve their
unity and protect them. We would like to offer all possibilities in
order to make the whole Muslim Ummah follows a one unified direction.
We would like Islamic movements, political parties and distinguished
Muslim scholars to feel responsible in protecting this direction and
they should come out of their own frameworks, objectives and self
interests and raise to the interest of the whole Muslim Ummah”.
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