Int’l Quds Day: ‘Death to Israel’ Reverberates in US City
In a solemn gathering at the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, community members united in observance of International Quds Day. The assembly was a peaceful demonstration against the ongoing conflict and hardships faced by Palestinians. Several scholars and activists were among the speakers who addressed the crowd.
The event commenced with a poignant recitation from the holy Quran by Sayed Ali Jomaa. The narrative then shifted to the harsh realities of life in Gaza as shared by Dr. Mohammad Ali Hussein and Dr. Adam Fahs, both medical volunteers and eyewitnesses to the region's strife. They spoke about the daily uncertainties faced by Gazans, from basic hygiene to the fear of the next moment being their last due to the Israeli conflict.
Addressing the protest, Tarek Bazzi, a Michigan-based activist, condemned the US support for the Israeli regime. "Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America," he said.
"It’s the United States government that provides the funds for all of the atrocities," he added.
"It’s not just Genocide Joe that has to go," Bazzi said, referring to President Biden. "It is the entire system that has to go. Any system that would allow such atrocities and such devilry to happen and would support it – such a system does not deserve to exist on God’s Earth."
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Elsewhere, he said that “death to Israel” is the “most logical chant shouted across the world today.” The remarks were followed by chants of "Death to Israel" from protesters in the crowd.
The program also featured a poem by Fatima Abbas, which was followed by insights from Scholars Shaykh Usama Abdulghani and Shaykh Ahmad Cherri. They drew parallels between the core tenets of divine religions and their intersection with sociopolitical issues, emphasizing solidarity with those oppressed.
Every year on the last Friday of Ramadan, worldwide rallies are held to support the Palestinian people’s resistance against the Israeli regime and the struggle to liberate their territories, which have been occupied by the regime for decades.
International Quds Day is among the legacies of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, who is revered as a spiritual leader by Muslims across the world. Back in 1979, shortly after leading an Islamic Revolution which toppled the US-backed Shah of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini named the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan the Quds Day.
This year's International Quds Day is being marked as the Israeli regime has been striking the besieged Gaza Strip in the past six months, killing more than 33,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in what many international rights groups have described as genocide.
Source: Agencies
