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Article: Zaidi Scholar Al-Mahatwari to Yemen Times: - "We must enlighten the nation and strengthen our unity." (Report).
- Article from:
- Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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As Israeli attacks continue in Gaza, killing almost 900 people and wounding over 3,000 in what the International Committee of the Red Cross has described as a "full-blown" humanitarian crisis, preachers in the Arab world react to this ongoing offensive in many ways. Dr. Al-Mortada Bin Zaid Al-Mahatwary, founder and chairman of the Badr Centre for Islamic Studies, professor of law at Sana'a University and the preacher of the Badr Mosque, speaks to Ola Al-Shami of the Yemen Times on the recent assault on the Gaza Strip.
What are your roles as preachers with regard to this situation?
We have to urge the public to respond actively in facing this tyrannical ...