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A mass-rally bearing the title “No Way to Divide al-Aqsa” was organized Friday in Berlin by the Palestinian Assembly in Germany, along with a handful of feminist and youth organizations.

The rally-goers firmly denounced the Israeli attacks on al-Aqsa and voiced their heartfelt solidarity with Jerusalem’s Muslim congregation.

Another vigil kicked off Saturday afternoon in Germany’s western city of Recklinghausen, where protesters spoke out against Israel’s preplanned terrorism against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Occupied Jerusalem.
 
Other anti-Israel rallies and forums are expected to kick off on October 3 across Stuttgart in solidarity with al-Aqsa Mosque.

A statement by the Palestinian Assembly in Germany slammed the mounting Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa.

The group’s head Dr. Suhail Abu Shamala said such pro-Palestine campaigns come in response to the dangerous escalation in Occupied Jerusalem and attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque.

He called for pressuring the Israeli occupation to cease its violations and terrorism in Occupied Jerusalem.

He vowed that Germany-based activists will continue to step up pressure on the European stakeholders so as to pursue steps that would seriously deter the Israeli occupation.

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Waving Palestinian flags, the demonstrators rallied towards the city center on Saturday and chanted anti-Israeli slogans such as “Netanyahu, terrorist empire” and “Against imperialism and its violence, resistance now and forever.”

The angry protesters called Israel’s participation in the Expo Milano 2015 “unacceptable.”

“We decided to organize this protest to criticize the expo and especially Israel’s presence at this event, which we believe is unacceptable,” said Francesco Giordano, a member of a local Palestinian advocacy group.

Demanding justice for Palestinians, the demonstrators also urged an end to Israel’s violence against the people there.

“We want free children. We’ve had enough of cemeteries, prisons. We want freedom and a normal life,” said Sara, a Palestinian woman living in Italy.

Over 750,000 Palestinians — now estimated to number nearly five million with their descendants — were driven out of their homes by Israeli forces on May 15, 1948.

Since then, the Israeli regime has denied Palestinian refugees the right to return despite United Nations’ resolutions and international law that uphold people’s right to return to their homelands.

The Israeli regime currently holds over 7,000 Palestinians captive, many of them without charge or trial.

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The ISIS-affiliated Sharia Court has issued a decision to close all internet cafés in al-Bukamal city and other areas of Deir ez-Zor province.

“The Sharia Court hasn’t explained the reasons for banning internet in the province,” an activist said on the condition of anonymity. “It’s not clear whether the ban is temporary or permanent.”

Local sources in al-Bukamal reported that the terrorist group has banned the use of satellite internet devices “completely”.

“We are not allowed to use the internet anymore, not even in our houses,” a local activist said on the phone.

The ISIS-led Sharia Court has vowed that anyone violates the decision “will be mercilessly punished”.

Media activist Sarai al-Din said: “People of al-Bukamal city and in the villages of El-Bu Omar, Mouhasan, Mireiyah, Biwel, Sallou and Zibari are disconnected from the outside world after ISIS militants closed all internet cafés and confiscated all private internet devises on Saturday”

“This ban is mainly meant to prevent media workers and human rights activists from reporting on the ongoing atrocities by the terrorist group against civilians in Deir ez-Zor and its countryside,” al-Din said.

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Speaking at his first jurisprudence class of the new academic term, Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani stated the duty of religious scholars is to deal with deviations and innovations in religion and added that most Muslim countries only carry the name of Islam.

“They build mosques, but there is no guidance in them,” he said.

His Eminence criticized Saudi rulers’ allegiance and loyalty to the arrogant superpowers and to Israel, and said that as a result of their misinterpretations and deviant thinking, Saudi rulers are the source of corruption and sedition in the Muslim world and rule with tyranny.

The renowned source of emulation also referred to the 1987 incident in Makkah where pilgrims to the House of God were massacred by Saudi Arabian security forces during the Hajj period and honoured the martyrs of this incident.

Referring to Imam Ruhollah Khomeini’s historical message on this occasion, Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani noted several points and stressed on the importance of the Hajj pilgrimage, saying that the Hajj is a divine duty which has political, social and cultural dimensions.

He added that the late Imam emphasized that the political dimension of Hajj is the most neglected of all dimensions.

His Eminence explained that Hajj is a symbol of unity and solidarity of the Islamic ummah and said that Muslims should unite to solve the problems they face and thwart the enemies’ plots.

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani added that the House of Saud have attacked Yemen and have killed innocent men, women and children over the past five months.

He added that this brutal bombardment shows their true and evil nature and has proved that they have deviated far from Islamic religious teachings.

He added that all Muslims should stand with the people of Yemen as our religion orders us to help any oppressed people against the enemies.

“We condemn the attack on Yemen and stand with the oppressed people of this country,” he said.

The professor in the Islamic Seminary of Qom explained that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, has stressed that there is no difference between the last summers’ Israel attack on the Gaza Strip and Saudi Arabia’s current bombardment of Yemen.

“Just as we supported the people of Gaza, we support the Yemeni people,” he added.

He also condemned the recent Israeli aggression on Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, saying: “We condemn this incident and are surprised at the silence of the Muslim world and Islamic scholars.”

Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani said we are surprised that some Muslim scholars and rulers of Muslim countries are silent in the face of this brutal crime. “al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to all Muslims and we should be united and harmonious in order to save it from the clutches of the Zionists,” he said.

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