Quds Day at Makerere University, CEDAT conference Hall
International Quds Day at Makerere University
The function was opened by brother Kawooya Rakiib from Makerere University Muslim Students Association. This event was attended by the H.E Cherif Oulid,the Ambassador of Algeria in Uganda,H.E Mehdi Salehi, The Iranian Ambassador, and Iranian diplomats, government and cultural leaders.
Alhaj Abdollah Abbasi, the current Iranian Cultural Consular
On speaking, Alhaj Aziizi Sennogga Tamuzade from Ubuntu Nation Pan-African Initiative said that they decided to organise the event in partnership with Makerere University and the to show solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people to contribute to the call of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. He impressed the audience by showing readiness to continue highlighting the Palestine cause in their monthly bonfire nights.
He recognized the presence of the diplomats who shared their respective time on the international Quds Day at Makerere University.
Counsel Ibrahim Magala from Kampala University
While speaking, Counsel Ibrahim Magala from Kampala University delivered a paper on the Resisting Impunity, Apathy and injustice...keeping the Palestinian Question on the World Agenda.
He said that the Imam Khomeini declared the last Friday during the holy month of Ramadhan in 1979 to send prayers to the oppressed people around the world since people's intentions are spiritually strong to bring awareness and insight of the ongoing hegemony of Israel and its supporters. Quds has many names such as Bethelehem, Baitul-Muqadis, Gaza with many religious histories when prophet Muhammad (PBUH) decended from to go to heaven.
He invited Muslims and believers to proclaim the Palestine because which is practiced by Israel apartheid through wiping their ethnicity, expulsion from their own land and forcefully evicting them. The main reason of the declaration was unity of Muslims as the prophet of Islam emphasized to hold on the rope of almighty Allah.
The poem presentation on SILENT CAN BE LOUD about Palestinian Lives Matter by Sister Aleena Zahir from AFAAD
Silence can be loud
After all the sirens have gone off
And died out in darkened sky of dust
After all the bombs have dropped
Down from and the bombers on the horizon slopped
After all the shrieks of fear, the screams of anguish
Have ended in a quietus of murderous relish
Silence can be loud
When the barbed wire, is replaced with electronic fencing
Under the watchful eye of the snipers’ gun muzzles
Sacrificing humanity to buzzards and flies a-buzzing
As entire villages separated from food water sources
By High walls, mine fields and murderous forces
When the news is done, without a word on any of this
Silence can be loud
After the lockdown ends for life to resume
With new goals set and fresh dreams given free reign
Yet the walls remain, with a populace restrained
And the shrines defiled and homes invaded
Husbands and sons paraded before widows and orphans
A world looking the other way as if nothing is happening
Silence can be loud
Injustice anywhere is a threat to Humanity Palestinian Lives Matter
Ubuntu – I am because we are
Alhaj Abdollah Abbasi, the current Iranian Cultural Consular said that International Day of Quds is a memorial to Imam Khomeini which coincided with the resumption of the Zionist occupation regime's attacks on southern Lebanon, and noted that he (Imam Khomeini) issued a message in support of the Palestinian nation and cause, calling the last Friday of Ramadan the International Day of Quds.
He said that Al-Quds Day has been designated for Muslims to speak with one voice about the Holy Quds and the oppressed Palestine, and in these decades, it has played a role in this and will continue to do so.
"The usurpation of a country and the expulsion of people from their homes and ancestral lands forever, with the most heinous types of murders and crimes and the continuation of this historical oppression for decades, is truly a new record of the evil of human nature", he added
He wondered why the UN human rights organizations and some Western states, falsely claim to be defending human rights, remain silent and fall asleep in the face of this oppression of the oppressed people of Palestine. Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, and must be governed by their will.
The only way to end this great and historic oppression against the oppressed people of Palestine is to hold a referendum on all Palestinian religions and ethnicities.
Prof Adam Sebyala, the president of the Uganda Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim Community
While speaking, Prof Adam Sebyala, the president of the Uganda Shia Ithna Ashari Muslim Community and lecturer at Al-Mustafa Islamic College Kajjansi explained in details that the Palestine cause from the world perspective which is everyone's duty and obligation.
What should definitely go is the Zionist system, and Zionism itself is a heresy in Judaism and completely foreign to it.
Brother Uthman Ssemakula, from Al-Mustafa Islamic College made remarks on the atrocities of the zionists regime and called on Students to always participate in such conferences as they're current generation to Foster peace Initiatives at all levels.
Alhaj Aziizi Sennogga Tamuzade from Ubuntu Nation Pan-African Initiative
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