Al Azhar center of Fatwa creates department for issuing decisions in Hebrew language

CAIRO – 28 October 2023: Al-Azhar International Center for Electronic Fatwa (Islamic decisions) launched a special section for issuing fatwas in the Hebrew language, to disseminate awareness of the Palestinian cause and exposing the Zionism claims throughout history.

The department will provide correct religious and historical awareness about the Palestinian issue, in support of the Palestinian people. It will stand against the Zionist lies spread by the global media outlets regarding the Palestinian cause.

The center also aims to strengthen the role of fatwas in confronting the dangers of Zionism, investigate its claims and those related to religious affairs, expose the lies and claims of Zionism throughout history.

It will present these fatwas in the form of specialized studies, to enhance awareness of the dangers of Zionism. In addition to translating the fatwas and statements issued by the Center related to this matter into the Hebrew language.

Al Azhar Sheikh Grand Imam, Ahmed Al Tayeb, called for taking a decisive action against Israeli non-stop aggression and strikes on the Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 7,700 people were killed, including more than 3,500 children, since Oct. 7.

“What is being perpetrated by the vicious Zionist occupation in Gaza, in the form of intense bombing, killing, cutting off electricity and internet, destroying all aspects of life, and blocking information about the scale of massacres and war crimes taking place, constitutes blind terrorism and a blatant violation of legal and humanitarian conventions and norms,” said Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb on his official Facebook page.

“The world must condemn and take decisive action to stop this at once. History will never forgive those who failed to defend innocent Palestinians or supported this continued Zionist terrorism,” he added.

“It is the duty of the Arab and Islamic nations, along with all free people of the world, to unite and find an immediate solution and rescue the oppressed Palestinian people, who are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” he added.

On Friday, Gaza saw the heaviest bombardment since the start of the Israeli war on the strip on 7 October, accordint to Palestinian reports, with the Israeli army saying that its "ground forces are expanding" their operations in the Gaza Strip.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed last week the importance of working to prevent an Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, saying it would “claim scores of civilian lives.”

Egypt has called for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian truce in Gaza as more than 7,700 people (including more than 3,500 children) were killed, thousands more were injured and around 1.4 million were displaced.