Al-Aqsa Mosque: Faith, Identity, and the
Ummah’s Duty
On the fourth day of the Global Scholarly Conference
“Gaza: An Islamic and Humanitarian Responsibility,” an extensive academic
session was held under the title: “The Status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Challenges
It Faces, and the Duties of Muslims Towards It.” The session brought together a
distinguished group of scholars and thinkers from various Islamic countries,
who presented more than forty research papers addressing the religious,
historical, political, and practical dimensions related to the Blessed Al-Aqsa
Mosque.
The session focused on three main
themes:
1. The Status of Al-Aqsa Mosque in
Islamic Creed and History
Scholars affirmed that Al-Aqsa is a fundamental pillar
of faith, without which belief is incomplete. It is the site of the Isra and
Mi’raj, blessed in the Quran, a “sister” to Mecca and Medina, and a symbol of
Islamic unity and the resilience of the Ummah. They emphasized that it is not
merely a political or geographical issue, but a matter of identity and
civilizational existence.
2. Challenges and Threats Facing Al-Aqsa
Mosque
The papers highlighted more than twenty threats,
including daily incursions, attempts at temporal and spatial division,
underground excavations, Zionist calls to build the “alleged Temple,”
Judaization of the Old City, weakening of Islamic authorities, official Arab
normalization, and international silence. Participants warned that the
occupation is steadily attempting to impose full Jewish sovereignty over the
mosque, amid the absence of serious Arab and Islamic stances.
3. Duties of Muslims Towards Al-Aqsa
Mosque
Speakers stressed that supporting Al-Aqsa is both a
religious obligation and a humanitarian and civilizational duty, with
responsibilities distributed among individuals, scholars, and governments.
Individuals are called upon to raise awareness, educate, and provide material
and moral support; scholars are tasked with issuing fatwas and renewing
religious discourse on the issue; while governments must engage politically,
diplomatically, and legally, and implement projects to support and strengthen
the resilience of Jerusalemites.
The session concluded by emphasizing that the Al-Aqsa
issue must remain a top priority for the Islamic Ummah, and that its liberation
and protection is a collective responsibility, renewed with each generation
until it is fully restored from the hands of the occupation.
(Source: Al-Ittihad)
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