Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed while addressing a conference to condemn Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel here yesterday asked the US president to take back his decision.
The founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba said that declaring Jerusalem as Israel’s capital means declaration of a crusade war. “It is an open war against Muslims,” he said, claiming that the next target of the Jewish lobby would be Muslim holy places – Mecca and Madina in Saudi Arabia.
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“We do not have to look upon the government but to awake the people of Pakistan to raise this issue. Today, the Muslim world needs a leader like Salahuddin Ayubi as no ruler can dare to wage Jihad to liberate Jerusalem,” he said, referring to a 12th century military commander who led the Muslim campaign against the Crusader states.
Early this month, Trump announced his decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital, marking a major departure from decades of American diplomacy on the Palestinian issue.
Saaed also reiterated that Kashmiris will continue their struggle for freedom and India can no more suppress it.
Soon after Saeed’s release last month, the White House had asked Pakistan to immediately re-arrest and prosecute the Mumbai attack mastermind.
The White House had also warned Pakistan that it will have an impact on bilateral relationship.