QFM Participates in 19th International Academic Conference on Islamic Jerusalem Studies in Ankara
Isnin, 30 Mac 2020 7:40:25 PG
Ankara – October 13th, 2019
Al-Quds Foundation Malaysia (QFM)
represented by its CEO, Dr Sharif Abu Shammala, has participated in the
19th International Academic Conference
on Islamic Jerusalem Studies: “ISLAMICJERUSALEM TODAY: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE.”
The conference was held in Ankara, Turkey on October 12th and 13th, 2019 and
organized by Islamicjerusalem Research Academy (ISRA), in cooperation with
Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBÜ).
Abu Shammala presented his paper “The Role
of the People in Defending al-Aqsa Mosque: Rabat as a Model” in the second
session of the conference which was headed by Prof Ali GUNES, the Vice
President of Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBÜ).
The paper has shed light on the Rabat
experience and documented it through a research study, to find out its
historical backgrounds and circumstances of its emergence, current shape, and
role as a peaceful resistance act in defending al-Aqsa Mosque, and to
consolidate its Islamism exclusively.
The research also dealt with the
occupation’s measures in combating the phenomenon of Rabat inside the blessed
al-Aqsa Mosque, as one of the expressive examples of the role of people forces
in the battle to defend al-Aqsa Mosque and the effectiveness of the people and
community role in standing as a bulwark against attempts to unilaterally
isolate al-Aqsa Mosque and leave it vulnerable to the frequent incursions of
settlers into its courtyards.
Abu Shammala concluded his research by
saying that Rabat needs a new life cycle that takes it to a third stage enabling
it to cope with the changes, and according to him, it is capable, by the rule
of thumb, to do so if there is an available Islamic incubator committed to the
issue of Jerusalem and the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque.
It is worth mentioning that the conference was attended by Sheikh Dr. Ikrima Sabri, Imam, and preacher of the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque and the head of the Higher Islamic Commission in Jerusalem, along with a large number of Arab, Malaysian, Indonesian and Turkish researchers and participants.
