Anti-Israel rally marks World Qods Day in New Delhi

Despite heavy downpour, hundreds of Indian Muslims on the occasion of World Qods Day on Friday staged a rally against Israel’s illegal occupation of Al-Aqsa Mosque, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Expressing solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine, Indian Muslims, on Friday sent a clear message of condemnation of Zionist Regime and its allies for the atrocities they have committed against the Palestinians and illegal occupation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Demonstrators, under the banner of National Council of Ulema along with other organizations, raised the slogans for the liberation of holy Al-Quds, Down with Israel, Down with US and Long Live Islam.

Chanting slogans in favour of Palestine they burnt the US flag and demanded an end to the Zionists’ illegal occupation of the Arab lands.

Earlier, addressing the gathering, Maulana Syed Mohsin Taqavi, Friday Prayer Leader of Mosque, Kashmiri Gate at Old Delhi called for unified resistance against the Zionists and US designs.

He called on the Muslims of the world as well as on all Islamic governments to join forces to cut down this usurper and its supporters.

‘World Qods Day was initiated by the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the late Imam Khomeini (R.A.) to rally all Muslims to defend the rights of Palestinians and to liberate Bait-ul-Moqaddas’, added Taqavi .

Criticizing Arab countries’ role, T A Rahmani, President, Muslim Political Front said: “How painful and distressing it is that in the proximity of the Muslims and the so-called Islamic governments, the usurper Israel can so outrageously and presumptuously attack the innocent people of Palestine, and rather than rising up in their defence, which is a divine ordinance and a human duty, the governments of the Islamic countries display meekness and instead rise up to act for the vile aims of America and Israel by training their sights on Islamic Iran and Islam in Iran rather than the oppressor Israel.

Later-on a memorandum was submitted to the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.

The memorandum while demanding evacuation of Palestinian territory form Israeli aggressors, asked government of India to revert back to its original foreign policy of panchsheel and non-alignment so as to accept the right of self-determination, sovereignty and independence of all nations in the world.