Aqsa preacher Salah will continue to defend Aqsa Mosque after his release

[ 12/12/2010 - 09:54 AM ]

UMM AL-FAHM, (PIC)-- Arab leaders are fully geared to warmly welcome Aqsa Mosque preacher Ra'ed Salah upon his scheduled release Sunday morning following a five-month bid in Israeli custody, the Islamic Movement vice-president Kamal Al-Khatib told the Palestinian Information Center.

“Delegations from the Islamic Movement and Arab leaders in the '48-occupied territories will gather near the Ramle prison, where Sheikh Salah is detained, and from there they will proceed toward the city of Umm al-Fahm, where there will be a reception party suitable for the freed Sheikh.”

Khatib said the message Israel wanted to deliver by holding Salah was a failure. “No detention or intimidation can stop our movement and efforts to defend the Aqsa Mosque.”

Salah will not step out of prison for “recovery”, the Islamic Movement VP said, but he will go straight to the work field to defend Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque with the backing of the entire Islamic Movement and Palestinian people in the '48-occupied territories.

We will serve our people and our cause and what we cherish and believe in, even at the expense of our time and personal comfort, he added.

Speaking on warnings by Israeli officials of possible collapsing in the Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem, Khatib said it is an “indicator of the volume of the present risks.”

“The warning does not absolve Israel of its liability, but only reflects that it is informed. They are part of excavations posed against the Aqsa Mosque, along with knowing of threats or intent to harm the Aqsa Mosque by extremist groups, and therefore they are subject to liability.”

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