Children of Idlib

Gas Attack in Idlib!

Wifaqul Ulama Public Affairs (Department)

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gra­cious, the Most Merciful.

As-salā­mu ‘alaykum wa-rah­mat­ul­lāhi wa-barakā­tuh (Peace, Bless­ings & Mer­cy of Allah be upon You).

This state­ment is being issued on the 04th of April 2017 and super­sedes all pre­vi­ous state­ments on the sub­ject.  We would like for all of Mus­lims to also read our pre­vi­ous state­ment “Alep­po Burn­ing”.

Children Gased in Idlib:

Appalled is a word often used in press state­ments. But today Wifaqul Ula­ma would like to say that we are numb and have no words to express at the sight of Chil­dren who have been gassed by the Syr­i­an regime. The non­re­ac­tive pupils of these chil­dren are star­ing at us through galling dig­i­tal images. The silent eyes of these chil­dren are ques­tion­ing, demand­ing answers from us.  Where is our con­cern for human­i­ty? Where is our con­cern for fel­low Muslims?

At this time we ask the Mus­lim’s of Britain, to make sin­cere and heart­felt Dua for the affect­ed peo­ple and their fam­i­lies, as well as those affect­ed by con­flict across the world.  We advise you to make dona­tions of what­ev­er you can rea­son­ably afford to estab­lished char­i­ties, sup­port­ing peo­ple in these war torn coun­tries. The British Gov­ern­ment needs to address these issues using all pos­si­ble chan­nels and we would like for you to con­tact your local MP and ask them to address this issue on your behalf as a mem­ber of their constituency.

Qunut Nazilah for Syria:

This mat­ter was dis­cussed amongst the Ula­ma and it was sug­gest­ed that Imams, Schol­ars and com­mu­ni­ties should be strong­ly urged to recite Qunut Nazi­lah for Mus­lims of Syr­ia. We urgent­ly and strong­ly rec­om­mend for all Mus­lims to con­tact their local Masajid (Mosques) and ensure that this is put into practice.

Unequivocal support for Syrians:

We sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, we unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop. We reflect the sen­ti­ments of Andrew Mitchell, a Con­ser­v­a­tive MP who co-chairs the par­lia­men­tary Friends of Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

As Mus­lims we should decry the atroc­i­ties com­mit­ted against civil­ians in Syr­ia. As cit­i­zens of Great Britain we are ALL enti­tled to rep­re­sen­ta­tion by our MPs. This short arti­cle will, Insha’Allah, walk you through the process of engag­ing with your local MP urg­ing him/her to express your wish­es in Parliament.

We advise our fel­low cit­i­zens in Unit­ed King­dom to con­sid­er the fol­low­ing plan:

Spiritual Action Plan for Muslims in Britain:

We are Mus­lims, there­fore our first reac­tion in any sit­u­a­tion should be to reflect upon our actions and to turn to Allah Ta’ala in seek­ing for­give­ness and to beseech Him for his assis­tance and help. We urge all Mus­lims in Britain to repent and make sin­cere Dua to Allah Ta’ala to help the peo­ple in Syria.

Encour­age your fam­i­ly, friends and com­mu­ni­ty to per­form indi­vid­ual prayers and organ­ise Qunut Nazi­lah in your communities.

Spend your mon­ey and give Sadaqah in addi­tion to your Duas to invite the Mer­cy of Allah Ta’ala.

Change your life for the bet­ter and do your best to come clos­er to Allah Ta’ala by ful­fill­ing His com­mand­ments and fol­low­ing the Sun­nah of Prophet Muham­mad (Peace be upon Him).

Political Action Plan for Muslims in Britain:

This short arti­cle will, Insha’Allah, walk you through the process of engag­ing with polit­i­cal and oth­er organ­i­sa­tions, and your MP urg­ing them to express your wish­es in Parliament.
 

Engage your MP:

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I am writ­ing to you because I am deeply con­cerned by reports about vio­lent attacks and block­ade on civil­ians in Syr­ia. These deplorable acts of vio­lence are unac­cept­able and must be con­demned in the strongest terms by the British government.

I have seen images of Syr­i­an chil­dren with non­re­spon­sive pupils who have been gassed in Khan Sheikhun (Idlib) and these images are unbearable.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop.

I reflect the sen­ti­ments of Andrew Mitchell, a Con­ser­v­a­tive MP who co-chairs the par­lia­men­tary Friends of Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

I urge you to con­tin­ue to press for this issue in Par­lia­ment. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Boris John­son MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly

Your Name

Engage Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP

Dear Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP,

I am writ­ing to you because I com­mend your efforts in rais­ing aware­ness about the plight of Syr­i­ans and call­ing your fel­low MPs to action.

I am deeply con­cerned by reports about vio­lent attacks and block­ade on civil­ians in Syr­ia. These deplorable acts of vio­lence are unac­cept­able and must be con­demned in the strongest terms by the British government.

I have seen images of Syr­i­an chil­dren with non­re­spon­sive pupils who have been gassed in Khan Sheikhun (Idlib) and these images are unbearable.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop.

I reflect your words on Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

I urge you to con­tin­ue to press for this issue in Par­lia­ment. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Boris John­son MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly,

Your Name

Engage Alison McGovern MP

Dear Ali­son McGov­ern MP,

I am writ­ing to you because I com­mend your efforts in rais­ing aware­ness about the plight of Syr­i­ans and call­ing your fel­low MPs to action.

I am deeply con­cerned by reports about vio­lent attacks and block­ade on civil­ians in Syr­ia. These deplorable acts of vio­lence are unac­cept­able and must be con­demned in the strongest terms by the British government.

I have seen images of Syr­i­an chil­dren with non­re­spon­sive pupils who have been gassed in Khan Sheikhun (Idlib) and these images are unbearable.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop.

I reflect the sen­ti­ments of Andrew Mitchell, your col­league on the par­lia­men­tary Friends of Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

I urge you to con­tin­ue to press for this issue in Par­lia­ment. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to the For­eign Sec­re­tary, the Rt. Hon Boris John­son MP and to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly,

Your Name

Engage Rt. Hons. Boris Johnson MP

Dear  Rt. Hons. Boris Johnson,

I am writ­ing to you because I am deeply con­cerned by reports about vio­lent attacks and block­ade on civil­ians in Syr­ia. These deplorable acts of vio­lence are unac­cept­able and must be con­demned in the strongest terms by the British government.

I have seen images of Syr­i­an chil­dren with non­re­spon­sive pupils who have been gassed in Khan Sheikhun (Idlib) and these images are unbearable.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop.

I reflect the sen­ti­ments of Andrew Mitchell, a Con­ser­v­a­tive MP who co-chairs the par­lia­men­tary Friends of Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

I urge you to con­tin­ue to press for this issue in Par­lia­ment. t. Also, I express my wish for you to con­vey my posi­tion to ALL mem­bers of Par­lia­ment. Fur­ther­more, I wish that you con­vey my posi­tion to our Hon­ourable Prime Min­is­ter There­sa May.

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours sin­cere­ly,

Your Name

Engage Amnesty International

Dear Amnesty International,

I am writ­ing to you because I am deeply con­cerned by reports about vio­lent attacks and block­ade on civil­ians in Syr­ia. These deplorable acts of vio­lence are unac­cept­able and must be con­demned in the strongest terms by the British government.

I have seen images of Syr­i­an chil­dren with non­re­spon­sive pupils who have been gassed in Khan Sheikhun (Idlib) and these images are unbearable.

Also, I want you to know that I sub­scribe to plu­ral­ism and peace­ful coex­is­tence and acknowl­edge the free­dom and rights of every indi­vid­ual or com­mu­ni­ty or race to believe as they choose to believe with­out coer­cion, fear and intim­i­da­tion. There­fore, I unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demn the bru­tal killings of civil­ians in Syr­ia. The harm to them is unbear­able and must stop.

I reflect the sen­ti­ments of Andrew Mitchell, a Con­ser­v­a­tive MP who co-chairs the par­lia­men­tary Friends of Syr­ia, “The house should urgent­ly dis­cuss not ‘some­thing must be done’, but ‘what in the name of human­i­ty we, the inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, will do to save those who today are in such dread­ful jeopardy.”

Doubt­less you are aware about the plight of the Syr­i­an civil­ians, which has been wide­ly report­ed in the Press. I am con­cerned about your actions in con­demn­ing this geno­cide. I believe that Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al should take a stronger stance against this geno­cide and con­demn it unequivocally.

I would also like to know as to how I can be of assis­tance and help to Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al in rais­ing aware­ness and ensur­ing that that the ter­ri­ble atroc­i­ties are halt­ed immediately?

Your help and coop­er­a­tion in this mat­ter will be great­ly appre­ci­at­ed. If you have any fur­ther ques­tions please feel free to con­tact me.

Thank You,

Yours faith­ful­ly,

Your Name

Also include Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al in your Tweets and Face­book posts.

Engage on Social Media

  1. Ensure that on Twit­ter you use Hash­tags such as #Idlib, #Syr­i­aCri­sis & #Syr­ia geno­cide and con­tin­ue to Tweet to ensure that the issue receives cov­er­age and trending.
  2. Join Face­book groups which are work­ing on rais­ing aware­ness and con­tin­ue to post about the issue to ensure that the issue receives cov­er­age and trending.
  3. Join groups and sign peti­tions call­ing for Unit­ed Nations to inves­ti­gate the Syr­i­an Regime for war crimes.
  4. Post Videos and pho­tos of the suf­fer­ing of Syr­i­ans on Insta­gram and oth­er Social Media out­lets and con­tin­ue to raise awareness.