Abbas’ advisor to foreign Muslim audience: Jerusalem is “Islamic by divine decree,” Israel “perpetrates a historical and cultural massacre against the Islamic culture and heritage”
Headline: "Al-Habbash in a lecture in Bosnia: There is a massacre of the Islamic heritage and culture in Jerusalem"
"Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash gave a lecture at the Islamic College in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia…
During the lecture Al-Habbash spoke about the religious and historical status of Jerusalem. He noted… that the Islamic identity of Jerusalem was established by divine decree and not by human decree, as is stated in [Prophet Muhammad’s] Night Journey [Quranic] Sura …
Al-Habbash said that Jerusalem is now in its most difficult period, in which an invasion of thought and heritage are being perpetrated, and the Islamic identity in it is being erased through an attack led by the occupation through the extremist settler NGOs and the attempt to undermine the awareness of global public opinion. [He added that this is being perpetrated] through a falsification of the facts and through false claims that have no basis in the past or present…
He noted that what is happening in Jerusalem is a historical and cultural massacre against the Islamic culture and heritage…
He also explained that the invitation to the Muslims who are able to do so to visit Jerusalem had the greatest impact on the spirits of the residents of Jerusalem, and that it constitutes a double message: [first] to the occupation, which is that Jerusalem will not be alone and is not easy prey, and [second] to the Palestinians, which is that they are not alone…
Al-Habbash said that visiting Jerusalem and praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque is normalization with the Palestinians, and not normalization with the occupation."
"Supreme Shari’ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas’] advisor on Religious and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash gave a lecture at the Islamic College in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia…
During the lecture Al-Habbash spoke about the religious and historical status of Jerusalem. He noted… that the Islamic identity of Jerusalem was established by divine decree and not by human decree, as is stated in [Prophet Muhammad’s] Night Journey [Quranic] Sura …
Al-Habbash said that Jerusalem is now in its most difficult period, in which an invasion of thought and heritage are being perpetrated, and the Islamic identity in it is being erased through an attack led by the occupation through the extremist settler NGOs and the attempt to undermine the awareness of global public opinion. [He added that this is being perpetrated] through a falsification of the facts and through false claims that have no basis in the past or present…
He noted that what is happening in Jerusalem is a historical and cultural massacre against the Islamic culture and heritage…
He also explained that the invitation to the Muslims who are able to do so to visit Jerusalem had the greatest impact on the spirits of the residents of Jerusalem, and that it constitutes a double message: [first] to the occupation, which is that Jerusalem will not be alone and is not easy prey, and [second] to the Palestinians, which is that they are not alone…
Al-Habbash said that visiting Jerusalem and praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque is normalization with the Palestinians, and not normalization with the occupation."