No:1021-1/11/2020
Date: 1/11/2020
Statement of condemnation and denouncement
Islam is a religion of love, justice, mercy, guidance and peace for the world, hence Muslims carry these values and principles throughout their lives and relationships, which they learned from the Prophet Muhammad - the greatest human being, the highest in their feelings and hearts.
One billion and eight hundred million Muslims in the world were surprised by what the French officials, headed by the French President "Emmanuel Macron", issued against Islam and Muslims and their prophet Muhammad, regarding terrorist, hostile, extremist and racist speeches, and the contents that it contains urging hatred and exclusion of others on the basis of religion, which caused pain, grief and great anger for Muslims.
As respect for religions and their symbols and rituals is one of the highest human values and the most sublime in civilized societies. Moreover, this extremist address, which is sponsored by the official French institution, and fed by the media and society, is a real threat to social security and peace and peaceful coexistence among the population, and a flagrant violation of the values and principles of freedom of worship and belief and its symbols and rituals, which are guaranteed by international charters and laws.
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It would also be a pretext for terrorists to carry out criminal acts that are not approved by Islam, as happened in Nice with a crime that violates our religion, and we all condemn and denounce it.
We, in the Forum for Thought and Strategic Studies, condemn and denounce what was issued by French officials and some media towards the Prophet Muhammad (peace and prayers from Allah be upon him), Islam and Muslims, and accordingly we demand that the world's free people, international and civil institutions and societies do the following:
1 - To compel the French President to retract and apologize for these offensive and shameful statements, by all peaceful, judicial, and popular means.
2 - Putting an end to the provocations emanating from French officials and the French media towards Islam and Muslims and working with a high responsibility to raise awareness to realize the consequences of that on international peace and security.
3 - To stop the campaigns and calls for hate and hostility speech that have become the language adopted by the official state institutions in France towards Islam and Muslims, and which contradict what they adopt in their constitutional principles of respect for the rights of people to worship and belief, their rituals, symbols and places of worship.
4 - To prosecute any manifestations of abuse, incitement, distortion, or ridicule, especially the published caricature that touches the Islamic religion and the Prophet Muhammad.
5 - We appeal to all human rights organizations in France and the world that believe in the values of freedom of belief and worship and human rights to stand together before the official French discourse that violates the feelings and values of others, and to prosecute the perpetrator, and the subsequent violations of Islam and Muslims.
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6 - We demand the French political parties and currents to assume moral and ethical responsibility, and that Islam, Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad should not be involved in internal political conflicts, disputes, and election campaigns.
7 - We value the contents of the political speech that German Chancellor Mrs. "Angela Merkel" , Canadian Prime Minister "Justin Trudeau" and President of the European Council "Charles Michel" that came out with, which was characterized by rationality, opposing hate speech, racism, antagonizing others, respecting the Islamic religion and its symbols, and considering Muslims as a part mainly from western societies.
8- We call on the French Parliament to form an urgent parliamentary investigation committee in order to find out the ramifications of the official speeches and statements by French officials towards religious symbols, Islam and Muslims, and their ramifications for foreign relations with and feelings of Muslim peoples.
------The Signatories-----
1. Dr.Bassam El Abdulla Dweihi, President of the Forum of Thought and Strategic Studies. 2. Mr. Tareq Al-Hashemi, the former Iraqi Vice President 3. Mr.Assad Mustafa, former Minister, Syria. 4. Dr. Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Dado Al-Shanqeeti, president of the Center for Training Scholars, president of Abdullah Bin Yassin University and president of the Future Association for dawa , Culture and Education.. 5. Mr.Hamadi Jebali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia.
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6. Dr.Muhammad Hekmat Walid, General Observer of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. 7. Sheikh Mohammed Ghulam Sheikh, the former vice president of the Mauritanian parliament. 8. Dr.Kamaleen Shaeth, Acadimic researcher, the former president Islamic University in Gaza. 9. Dr. Ahmed Uysal, President, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) - Turkey. 10. Dr.Mohamed Mubarak Ahmed, Lawyer and University Professor - Mauritania. 11. Mr.Zuhair Salem, Director the Arab Orient Center for Civilization and Strategic Studies. 12. Eng.Muhammad Farouk Tayfour, General Secretary of the Syrian Center / Sezer and member of the Political Bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. 13. Prof. Yassin Aktay, Advisor of the President of the Justice and Development Party. 14. Dr.Mohamed Gamal Heshmat, University Professor, Egyptian MP. 15. Mr.Mehmet Hanefi Güler, businessman and Turkish politician. 16. Mr.Turan Kışlakçı - Gazeteci – Yazar. 17. Dr.Mohamed Makram Balawi, President of the Asia-Middle East Forum. 18. Dr.Najib Saeed Ghanem, a parliamentarian and former Yemeni minister. 19. Dr.Mohamed Fakih, PhD and General Secretary of the Association of Family and al sahaba, Tangier, Morocco.
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20. Eng.Omar Abdel Aziz Mashouh, member of the General Secretariat of the Syrian National Council. 21. Mr.Abdel Moneim al-Sunni, General Secretary of the World Popular Friendship Council - Sudan. 22. Dr.Amani Mohamed Hassan Ajimi, Director of Ashraqet Organization for Intellectual Production, Sudan. 23. Dr.Ahmed Matar, President of the Arab Center for Economic Studies - Turkey. 24. Dr.Lina Ali Al-Hassan, Ph.D. in Literature and Criticism, Syrian politician. 25. Dr.Nasser Fahad Al-Duwailah, Ph.D. in Law, Former MP, Kuwait. 26. Dr.Abdel Mawgoud Dardiri, Parliamentarian / Egypt (2012) and Professor. 27. Dr.Sabri Samira is a researcher, analyst and professor of politics, economic and public policy. He is one of the general leaderships in Jordan and America. 28. Dr.Basem Hatahet, expert on EU affairs. 29. Prof..Abdul Aziz Al-Haj Mustafa, Head of the Syrian Studies Unit at Umayya Center for Research and Strategic Studie. 30. Dr.Hamza Mansour, Jordanian politician and thinker, former General Secretary of the Islamic Action Front / Jordan. 31. Dr.Omar Iskandar, researcher and political analyst. 32. Eng.Abdullah Zizan, a Syrian political writer. 33. Dr.Ammar al-Masri, Syrian academician. 34. Dr.Abdullah Al-Tantawi, President of the al-Sham writer Association. 35. Dr.Ahmed Abdel Wahed Zindani, Professor of International Relations, Sana’a University.
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36. Mr.Faisal Fulaz – General Secretary of Bahrain Association for Human Rights Watch. 37. Dr.Aboul Kheir Brigch, member of the administration of Peace and Human Rights Forum in Trento, Italy. 38. Mr.Qutb al-Arabi, president of the Arab Observatory for Media Freedom. 39. Mr.Hani Al Amoush, Researcher and Political and Strategic Analyst / Jordan. 40. Eng.Mohammed Qutrib, a Syrian political activist. 41. Eng.Ghassan Shikaki, Syrian political activist. 42. Dr.Attia Adlan, Former MP, President of the Islah Party, Egypt. 43. Dr.Fadi Shamia, Researcher and Political Analyst / Lebanon. 44. Dr.Nabeel Al-Atoum Head of the Iranian Studies Unit / Umayya Center for Research and Strategic Studies. 45. Dr.Mohammed Al-Husseini, Consultant of psychological health 46. Dr.Ismail Khalafallah, Lawyer and President of the Algerian-French Association for Rights and Freedoms / Paris. 47. Ahmed Ali Okasha, Syrian politician, member of the Houran Association. 48. Mr.Ateq Jarallah, Center of Strategic Thought for Studies. 49. Dr.Wasfi Ashour Abu Zeid, Professor of the purposes of Islamic Sharia. 50. Dr.Mohamed Amich, a Libyan diplomat 51. Counselor Khaled Shabib, director of the Higher Institute of Syrian judiciary 52. Mohammad Sadiq Deeb, President of the Syrian Center for International Relations
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53. Dr.Ahmed Amer, President of Tower Bridge institutions for Consultancy and International Relations. 54. Mr.Sherif Ahmed Mansour, media field – Egypt. 55. Dr.Mohamed Talabi, Islamic thinker / Morocco. 56. Dr.Raslan Mohammed al- Masri, Academician – Assistant Secretary-General – Association of Syrian Scholars. 57. Dr.Hassan al-Daghim Abu Bakr, Syrian researcher. 58. Dr.Suhaib Ghanim Hammoudat, Iraqi political activist. 59. Mr.Jassim Al-Shammari, Iraqi researcher and media field . 60. Mr.Ali Mohammed Ahmed al-Wafi , Economic expert – Yemen. 61. Mr.Yasin Al Nahari, Media field – Yemen. 62. Dr.Mohammed Sarhan al-Temer, the former Dean of the College of Sharia at Ottoman University. 63. Dr.Sherif Abu Shamala, President of the Quds Foundation / Malaysia. 64. Dr.Badr Hassan Shafei, academician, media and political researcher. 65. Amid Hussein Hammoud, Lebanese social activist. 66. Dr.Abdel-Nasser al-Mahdawi, a former parliamentarian and researcher - Iraq. 67. Dr.Mohamed al-Mokhtar, Director of the Center for the Training of scholars - Mauritania. 68. Mohamed Ahed Barazi, researcher and activist in the Syrian case. 69. Abdulqader Zahran , Islamic preacher and thinker - Syria. 70. Eng.Munir Rashid, Islamic Action Front – Jordan. 71. Dr.Abdul Aziz Kayed – diplomat – Yemen.
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72. Eng.Mohammed Faqih – writer and Syrian politician. 73. Mr.Dandal Jabr – Researcher – Association of Syrian Scholars. 74. Eng.Hassan Sweid, a member of the Association of Syrian Scholars. 75. Dr.Abdul Salam Al-Bitar is a founding member of al-Wiam Party and the Syrian National Council and vice-president of the General Political Commission for Homs. 76. Mr.Abdel Salam Al-Naqib, Businessman, Islamic Action Front-Jordan. 77. Mr.Nizar Al-Haraki, Syrian Ambassador in Qatar. 78. Prof.Fouad Al-Banna, President of Islamic Thought Forum, Professor of Political Science -Taiz University. 79. Dr.Memdouh El-Munir, Researcher, Media and Political Analyst, Egypt. 80. Dr.Mohamed Abdel Latif El-Barq, researcher and expert on the affairs of communities and immigrants -Italy. 81. Dr.Ashour Hamid Karbouli, Iraqi politician. 82. Dr.Ahmed Al-Omrani, President of the Association of Alal and al’ashab - Morocco. 83. Dr.Ghazi al-Tawbah, president of the Syrian Scholars Association. 84. Dr.Ibrahim Al-Deeb, General Director of the Arab Malaysian Group for Science and Development / Hwiati Malaysia. 85. Dr.Akram Kassab, Researcher in Shariah Policy, Member of the World Union of Muslim Scholars. 86. Dr.Nadia Mahmoud Mohamed - PhD - Comparative Religions - Challenges facing women in the world- US.
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87. Mr.Hamdu Abdel Karim Bakrawi, businessman, Syria. 88. Dr.Salah El-Din Selim Arqa Dan, President of the Lebanese Association for Science and Researches. 89. Dr.Ahmed Ajaj, Association for Syrian Expatriates, Sima. 90. Mr.Shaaban Abdel Rahman - journalist - Egypt. 91. Mr.Ammar Haroun, human rights activist. 92. Sheikh Bilal Yahya Malaz Baroudi, Sheikh al-quraa in Tripoli - Lebanon. 93. Dr.Muslim bin Salim Al-Wahaibi, academician, researcher at doctrine and philosophy - Oman. 94. Dr.Mohammed Mustafa, University Professor and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Sunna Islamic Association - Ottawa - Canada. 95. Mr.Fathi Abdelkader, Director of Pioneers International. 96. Mr.Yassin Khattab - Libyan journalist and writer. 97. Dr.Saad el-Bashir, PhD in International Law and Board Member of the International Federation of Jurists - Jordan. 98. Dr.Hussein Ibrahim, a former parliamentarian and Egyptian university professor. 99. Mr.Mohamed Ibrahim, Member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Parliament, Human Rights Committee. 100. Eng.Mohammed Zuhair Al-Khatib, member of the Syrian National Council, chairman of the Syrian Waad Party. 101. Mr.Wissam Al-Kubaisi, Iraqi Researcher and Political Analyst - Istanbul. 102. Dr.Mohamed Said, Islamic researcher and member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
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103. Prof .Dr. Jaber Mahmoud Al-Fedilat, former dean of Sharia College 104. Mr.Mohamed Farouk El-Imam, writer and political historian. 105. Mr.Ahmed Bakoura, The Center of the Strategic Studies - Ankara. 106. Dr.Adel Al-Abdullah, researcher and academician. 107. Dr.Hamza Hussein Al-Naimi, academician and member of the Association of Syrian Scholars. 108. Dr.Mohammad Mustafa Masfaka, Professor and member of the International Union of Muslim Scholar. 109. Mr.Yasser Abdel Aziz, writer, political researcher and director of the Center for Decision Support in the former Egyptian al-wasat Party. 110. Dr. Khaled Shaheen, Consultant, Strategic Planning and Total Quality. 111. Mr.Ahmad Al-Ayoubi, media field, general secretary of the Islamic Civil Alliance/ Lebanon. 112. Mr. Asaad Suleiman, Director of the Baghdad Center for Studies, Consultations and Media. 113. Mr. Mohamed El-Shabrawy, journalist, media field, and lawyer. 114. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tamimi, a lecturer at Mu'tah University. 115. Dr. Ahmed Hawa, Secretary General of the Association of Syrian Scholars. 116. Dr. Mohamed Nour Dachan, Honorary President of the Union of Islamic Communities - Italy. 117. Mr.Mustafa Toumi, the Association of the World Citizens - Italy. 118. Dr.Izzeddin Elzir, Imam of Florence ; Former President of UCOII - Union of Islamic Community in Italy.
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119. Mr.Kheit Abdelhafid, president Of the Islamic Community of Sicily. 120. Mr. Omar Ajam, the Islamic Cultural Center in Brescia, Italy. 121. Dr. Mohammed Hassan Qezan, deputy of Ministry of the Yemeni Information. Prof. Mohammed al ِ -fandi, member of alshora council and Yemeni former .122 minister. 123. Dr. Mohamed Taher Khelifi, professor and expert with Islamic banks. 124. Dr. Nawwaf Takrouri, Chairman of the Association of Palestine Scholars Abroad, member of the Board of Trustees of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. 125. Mr. Muhammad Khair Musa, member of the Executive Bureau of the Association of Palestine Scholars abroad. 126. Dr. Hafez Al-Karmi, media officer of the Association of Palestinian Scholars abroad, Britain. 127. Dr. Muhammed Hammam Melhem, president of Meraj Center for Research and Studies, Turkey. 128. Mr. Mukhlis Barzak, researcher in al-Qudus and Al-Aqsa Mosque s’ affairs, Turkey. 129. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Saeed,head of the Department of Hadith at Qatar University. 130. Dr. Mufeed Abu Amsha ,vice president of the Association of Palestinian Scholars abroad – Jordan. 131. Elham Alhidabi, specialist in political development and conflict in ME. 132. Mr.Shawki Alqadhi, Member of Yemeni Parliament.
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133. Dr. Abdullah Altameemi, Media and Communication Expert. 134. Dr.Nabilah Saeed Ghaleb, Journalist. 135. Mr. Ahmed Al-Hawas, Syrian writer and journalist – Editor – in - chief of Resala Post. 136. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qadir al-Shawaf, a Syrian journalist and activist. 137. Attorney, Muhammad Ahmad Al-Shawaf, Syria. 138. Dr.Muhammad Haytham Ayyash is a journalist for European and German politics, and works at the German International Institute for Human Rights, Department of the Middle East, North Africa and Islamic World Issues.
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