All praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Prophet of Allah, and upon his family, companions and those who follow them.

The horrendous crimes perpetrated by the Zionist occupiers against our brothers in Gaza and in Palestine – crimes such as continuous air raids, sanguinary massacres, demolishing of homes, imposing a lethal siege, causing famine, paralyzing the infrastructure, causing utter destruction – ought to ignite any honourable Muslim, nay human being, in the veins of whom flows blood enriched with honour and chivalry to have an active stance in support of those oppressed in Gaza and against the Zionist oppression, against the international conspiracy, against the global silence and moreover against the disregard of some Arabs.

Meanwhile the people of Gaza live in pitch darkness since the electricity had switched off – a result of the fuel having became exhausted – and food has became scarce, and bakeries had to close, and hospitals stopped functioning, and a humanitarian crisis has struck these people during this long-lasting siege. Seventy two were left to die during the last three months of the siege, due to the depletion of medications and patients being barred from treatment abroad. In the midst of this lethal siege imposed on a million and a half of Gaza’s residents, it is predicted that the humanitarian crisis is set to grow worse.

It's a ghastly attempt to annihilate the people of Gaza and moreover the people of Palestine, while the Arab world and the international community responselessly watches the events unfold. This entails on each one of us the responsibility of reacting, thus I address my fellow Arabs and Muslims, saying, “Are our feelings that dormant? The people of Gaza appeal for help, but none of us helps, and cry out loud, but none of us responds.”

The Arab and Muslim nations must have a brave stance, a stance which pleases our Lord (i.e. Allah) and relieves our brothers and puts and end to the oppressors' aggression. That cannot be achieved by words only, instead they must be converted into actions. Some suggestions:

1. Each one of us must actually feel the responsibility towards our brothers and sisters of Palestine, knowing that Allah will ask us about them [on the Day of Judgement].
2. We must present the situation of our Palestinian brothers and sisters to all people who are uninformed about the reality of the situation and unaware of the magnitude of their suffering.
3. Support the Palestinians financially and with food supplies.
4. Emphasise to the whole world that the Palestinians have the right to resist the occupier and to defend their land, their honour and the holy sites.
5. We must boycott all Zionist products and the products of countries which support Zionism.
6. Emphasise the right of all nations to protest and unite in support of our fellow Palestinians.
7. We must request from the political and influential individuals to pressurise the governments to aid the people of Palestine.
8. The Muslim scholars and Muslim preachers ought to fulfil their duties towards their Palestinian brothers and sisters.
9. We must know this for sure: should we disregard coming to the aid of our Palestinian brothers and sisters, in addition to being accountable before Allah, Most High, we will be vulnerable to Zionist plans of expansion, which will not stop within the borders of Palestine, but will spread to other places.

Verily, victory from Allah is imminent. Invoke Allah a lot, beseeching Him to relieve our brothers and sisters in Gaza.

This article is a summarized translation of the Arabic version, which can be found in the Arabic section of the website.