COLOMBO: Around 500 trustees of Colombo Mosques who gathered at their annual trustees workshop in Duncan White Auditorium, Colombo-7, urged the United Nations to act immediately to safeguard the Palestinians against the barbaric acts of Israelis. Accordingly, a set of resolutions was also moved to be handed to the UN office in Colombo.
The workshop was organised by the Colombo District Masjids Federation headed by Senior Attorney Shiraz Noordeen. This event was meant to empower mosque trustees for the betterment of society.
As Shiekh Agar Mohammed, the rector of Jamiyya Naleemiya, Dr. Abdul Majeed of Wakf Tribunal, Sheikh Ala Mohamed of DMRCA and Senior Attorney Mass Usuf were amongst the guest speakers of the trustees workshop.
Additionally, a special session for the statehood of Palestine was held and the Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Civil society heads were present for this event.
Senior Journalist Ameen Izzadeen presented an informative lecture on the atocrities of Israel towards the people of Palestine.
Attorney At-Law Rusdhie Habib read out the demand to UN signed by all attendees.
The Palestinian Ambassador Dr. Zuhair Hamdallah Zaid garlanded a special Shawl to all dignitaries as a symbol of protection of all Palestinians and a special Dua was made for the people of Palestine.
The Colombo-based Mosque Trustees Demand to UN was ;
” As Sri Lankan Muslims, we strongly condemn the daily atrocities in Palestine, especially in Gaza, which is occupied by the Zionist terrorist state of Israel. Despite strong condemnation on this regard by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in his letter dated October 28, 2023, the United Nations has overlooked in its sight to protect the basic human rights of the people of Palestine.
And to this day, your establishment has failed to reconcile peace and security in this territory, remaining silent for a long time without any practical reason. In fact, with no internal subsidies, their lifestyles have been completely threatened, and the Gaza Strip has become a graveyard today.
No productive dialogue has been engaged to prevent these atrocities and to mitigate the sufferings of humanity and its basic needs; with an impartial peacekeeping operation to enforce the protection of children and the vulnerable lives in Palestine.
Therefore, we strongly urge you to act in accordance with the universal laws of human rights and act strongly against the evil forces of Israel, and declare them as universal perpetrators of evil to the humanity, and work towards for the benefit of the Palestinian nation and to operate with a faculty of strong force to stop this genocide in a way that will bring relief to the future generations of Palestine.”
