{"id":34813,"date":"2025-12-13T16:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=34813"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:13:42","slug":"al-qasimi-jerusalem-a-principled-cause-for-islamic-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=34813","title":{"rendered":"Al-Qasimi: Jerusalem a Principled Cause for Islamic Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Istanbul<\/strong> &#8211; Speaking from Istanbul, Sheikh Mohammed al-Ma&#8217;moun al-Qasimi al-Hassani, Dean of the Grand Mosque of Algiers, emphasized the unwavering commitment to the cause of Jerusalem. His remarks came during the 3rd International Conference of the &#8216;Trustees of Al-Aqsa for Preachers and Sharia Graduates,&#8217; held on December 13th and 14th, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, themed &#8216;From the Platforms of the Nation to Al-Aqsa Mosque\u2026 A Covenant and a Bond,&#8217; aimed to reaffirm the Palestinian cause as a central focus of Islamic discourse. It sought to connect the message of scholars and preachers with the responsibility of defending Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, viewed as a symbol of unity and core issues for the Islamic world.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh al-Qasimi stressed that Algerian scientific and religious institutions, particularly the Grand Mosque of Algiers, consider supporting the Palestinian cause a fundamental principle, unaffected by circumstances or calculations. He affirmed that Jerusalem is integral to Algeria&#8217;s scholarly and advocacy efforts, consistent with its historical principles and stances on issues of importance to the Islamic community.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean highlighted Algeria&#8217;s historical experience in resisting colonialism, emphasizing that the country places the issue of Jerusalem at the heart of its diplomatic approach. He reiterated that the Palestinian cause is not merely a political file subject to negotiation or compromise, but a matter of right, justice, and dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh al-Qasimi cautioned against ongoing attempts to erase identity and distort historical memory. He asserted that Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque serve as a true measure of the Islamic world&#8217;s sincerity and collective consciousness. He called for unified scholarly and advocacy efforts to intensify joint action to maintain the centrality of the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> will continue to follow developments regarding this important issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul &#8211; Speaking from Istanbul, Sheikh Mohammed al-Ma&#8217;moun al-Qasimi al-Hassani, Dean of the Grand Mosque of Algiers, emphasized the unwavering commitment to the cause of Jerusalem. His remarks came during the 3rd International Conference of the &#8216;Trustees of Al-Aqsa for Preach&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34815,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34813\/revisions\/34815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}