Stop the holocaust!

Dear Colleagues at:

·        The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue – The Vatican.

·        Middle East Council of Churches – Cairo

·        World Council of Religious Leadership

·        World Council of Churches – Geneva

·        Canterbury Church –London

·        American National Council of the Churches of Christ – New York

·        World Buddhist Council- Thailand

·        World Council of Hinduism – New Delhi

·        Russian glory Cultural Center – Moscow

·        The   world Forum for Dialogue among Civilizations – Greece.

Dear Colleagues!

·        On behalf of the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue, which as you know represent more than one hundred Islamic organizations around the world;

·        In the name of the progress of the dialogue we began together;

·      In the name of the values of human ideals we have together implanted;

·        In the name of the values of justice and peace;

·         In the name of the sanctity of human life and dignity;

·        In the name of the human rights we are so vociferous about;

·        In the name of the environment, we call for its protection;

·        In the name of women whose cause we have adopted as a contemporary hymn;

·        In the name of the children, the symbols of love and compassion among us;

·        In the name of the old, male and female;

·        In the name of the tree and the rock;

·        In the name of the cow, the sheep, the goat, the poultry and all creatures;

·        In the name of all the foregoing;

·        In the name of the people who are being annihilated in Gaza;

I am appealing to you Gentlemen, to let us act instantly, to put an end to the most heinous and most atrocious holocaust in modern human history.

Certainly, the ongoing bestial holocaust against innocent and peaceful inhabitants of Gaza and its plants, animals, houses, hospitals, schools, water, air is indeed a destructive carnage, a crushing massacre and a stunning crime.

Let's act to stop it Gentlemen, in order to bring credibility and seriousness to our commitment to the culture of dialogue, the message of dialogue and the objectives of dialogue. Otherwise, this will be a vicious defeat at the hands of the advocates and harbingers of the death industry. Otherwise, it will be a destructive defeat at the hands of the spokespersons of the methodology of the clash of civilizations and setting the fires of war, horror and terror between societies ablaze.

Professor Dr. Hamid bin Ahmed Al-Rifaie

President, International Islamic Forum for Dialogue