Palestinian Aid Muslim Duty: Scholars
By
Farahat Al Abbar, IOL Correspondent
DOHA,May 12, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – Muslim scholars wrapped up a 
two-day conference in Doha on Thursday, May 11, saying it is a duty on all Muslims to help the Palestinians, hard hit by aid freeze by the West since the Hamas-led government came to power.
two-day conference in Doha on Thursday, May 11, saying it is a duty on all Muslims to help the Palestinians, hard hit by aid freeze by the West since the Hamas-led government came to power."Muslimpeoples everywhere must help the Palestinians by all means," according to the final communiqué of the Doha conference held in support of the Palestinian people.
"Muslims must offer all means of financial assistance to their fellow ones in Palestine to help them overcome their financial crunch and render plans to mitigate their sufferings a success."
The Palestinians have been facing serious shortages of food and medicine since the US and the EU suspended direct aid to the Hamas-led government.
Israel has further stopped transferring customs duties worth around $50 million a month and previously collected for the Palestinian Authority.
The two-day conference opened in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday, May 10, at an initiative from prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars
(IUMS).
(IUMS).It was attended by a cohort of Muslim scholars including renowned Saudi scholar Sheikh Salman Al-Odah and Harith al-Dari, chairman of Iraq's
Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS).
Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS).
A number of Palestinian leaders also attended including Hamas's Khaled
Meshaal.
Meshaal.
source: http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-05/12/article05.shtml
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