A top advisor to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has told an audience that that if the new U.S. administration carries out Trump’s plan to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, it would be “a declaration of war against all Muslims.”
Friday’s sermon in Ramallah by Abbas’s advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash was attended by top PA officials, including Abbas, and was posted on the YouTube account of the PA’s Chief Islamic Justice office.
Al-Habbash, who serves as advisor to PA President Mahmoud Abbas on religious and Islamic affairs, called it “a level of political recklessness that is unheard of and said that the entire world would be in danger if America or anyone else takes this step, which would “open the gates of Hellfire upon everybody.”
He added, “Occupied Jerusalem is our eternal capital. It is the capital of our existence and our state. In politics, there may be compromise. Indeed, compromise is acceptable in politics. In politics, negotiations are acceptable, but religion, faiths and moral values, and history do not accept compromise. Therefore, Jerusalem must not be subject to any compromise or settlement.”
Ramallah Friday Sermon by Abbas’s Advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash: Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Will be a Declaration of War against All Muslims
In a January 6 Friday sermon, PA Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Habbash said that if the new U.S. administration carries out Trump’s plan to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, it would be “a declaration of war against all Muslims.” Al-Habbash, who serves as advisor to PA President Mahmoud Abbas on religious and Islamic affairs, called it “a level of political recklessness that is unheard of and said that the entire world would be in danger if America takes this step, which would “open the gates of Hellfire upon everybody.” The sermon, delivered in Ramallah, was attended by top PA officials, including Abbas, and was posted on the YouTube account of the PA’s Chief Islamic Justice office.
Posted by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on Wednesday, January 11, 2017
