Announced to the Public
By occupying the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli occupation forces and fanatic Jews have not only deprived Palestinians of their right to worship and live, but are also exposing before the eyes of the world a state-sanctioned terrorism in Jerusalem, the common ground of all three Abrahamic religions. Any blood shed in the name of protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque is a sin on the entire Islamic world. Being a bystander to this deliberate incitement and violence, perpetrated during the holy month of Ramadan and just days before Eid al-Fitr, makes every Muslim and every person a party to this oppression. The duty of Muslims at this juncture, in accordance with the commandment of the Holy Quran, is to resist and combat this oppression. The Republic of Turkey, through contacts at the highest levels and in a manner befitting its maturity, continues to take serious diplomatic and political steps to end these heinous incidents. As the business community, we must, of course, demonstrate our justified reaction to this situation, acting economically and in a manner befitting us.
As a Capital Platform active in 225 locations in Turkey and around the world, and as a civil society organization that has always stood by its nation and the Ummah, and has always upheld and will continue to uphold its own independent values with this motto, we condemn these attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the religious values it represents. We call on the entire Islamic world, all civil society organizations that prioritize humanity, human rights defenders, and states that support these rights, not to remain silent in the face of these attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, but to take all necessary steps.