The United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA) registers its deep dismay and indignation at the brazen act of piracy committed by the Zionist regime in capturing the humanitarian Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza.
As we mark two years of genocide, we recall our responsibility to the people of Gaza, who have endured an all-out war on their lives for over 700 days.
The official tally of martyrs has passed 68,000, though all know this is a vast undercount. Entire families have been erased, tens of thousands remain under rubble, and over two million people are pushed to the edge of survival. With every month that this genocide drags on, the toll only grows more unbearable. Gaza now has the highest proportion of child amputees in the world. Even before the most recent escalation, nearly one in five children in Gaza City was malnourished.
“Islamic and Humanitarian Responsibility: Gaza” conference has been organised by the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) and the Foundation for Islamic Scholars in Türkiye. It has brought together more than 150 scholars from over 50 countries to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza and the wider Islamic world’s response.
The ceasefire in Gaza has effectively collapsed after the Israeli regime repeatedly violated the terms of the agreement and showed no interest in advancing to the other phases of the deal. There are almost 1000 infringements of the deal by the Israelis since the truce began.