CAIRO (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the largest Islamic institution in Egypt, has mourned the martyrs of the heroic Palestinian resistance, rejecting their portrayal as terrorists, and emphasizing that resistance is an honor like no other.
This came in a statement published by Al-Azhar on its verified social media accounts on Friday, in which it mourned the martyrs of the heroic Palestinian resistance who fell victim to a criminal Zionist hand.
The Al-Azhar statement continued saying that “this Zionist hand has wreaked havoc and corruption in our Arab land, killing and destroying, occupying and seizing, and committing genocide in front of the sight and hearing of paralyzed states devoid of will, ability, and thought, and a silent international community like the silence of the dead in graves, with international law that holds no value greater than the price of the ink it was written with.”
It emphasized that “the martyrs of the Palestinian resistance were true fighters who instilled fear and terror in their enemy, and they were not terrorists as the enemy tries to falsely and deceitfully portray them, but they were steadfast fighters clinging to their homeland, until Allah granted them martyrdom while repelling the enemy’s plots and aggression, defending their land and their cause, which is our cause; the cause of Arabs and Muslims across the world.”
The statement continued, “While Al-Azhar mourns the martyrs of the Palestinian resistance, it stresses the importance of exposing the lies of the Zionist media machine and its distortions, and its attempts to tarnish the symbols of the Palestinian resistance in the minds of our youth and children, generalizing their description as terrorists.”
Al-Azhar reiterated that “resistance and defending the homeland, land, and cause, and dying for it, is an honor that cannot be rivaled.”
Since October 7,2023, the Israeli occupation forces have been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, resulting in nearly 140,000 martyrs and injured, thousands missing, in addition to the displacement of two million people and widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure affecting nearly 80% of buildings, along with a tightened siege and a severe humanitarian crisis and unprecedented famine, especially in Gaza City and its northern regions.
