{"id":36996,"date":"2025-10-07T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=36996"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:03:25","slug":"abwa-vice-chair-denounces-israeli-attack-on-sumud-flotilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/abwa-vice-chair-denounces-israeli-attack-on-sumud-flotilla\/","title":{"rendered":"ABWA Vice-Chair Denounces Israeli Attack on \u201cSumud\u201d Flotilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\"><strong>According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal:<\/strong>\u00a0Ayatollah Dorri-Najafabadi, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly (ABWA) issued a forceful condemnation of the Israeli navy\u2019s assault on the \u201cSumud\u201d flotilla in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Describing the raid as \u201ca disgrace for human-rights defenders,\u201d Ayatollah Dorri said the attack was not only a clear violation of humanitarian relief efforts but also illustrative of the continuing pattern of brutal and inhumane conduct toward the defenseless people of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He called the plight of Gaza \u201ca global issue\u201d that requires the unity and solidarity of Muslims and all freedom-seekers, and urged Arab and Islamic states, particularly Gaza\u2019s neighbors, whom he called on to play a leading role, to react immediately to the aggression.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">\u201cNow is the time to stand together and uphold human values and human rights,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cShame on the Zionist regime and on human-rights defenders who remain silent in the face of these crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Ayatollah Dorri also praised the efforts of the Sumud flotilla and those who supported it, expressing gratitude to its members and to international activists who backed the humanitarian initiative.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He said their courage and sacrifice should serve as a model for freedom-loving people everywhere and thanked Western activists who aided relief efforts for the people of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He prayed for the liberation of the people of Gaza from Zionist oppression and stressed that defending Gaza\u2019s rights requires unity to prevent the aggressors\u2019 schemes from succeeding. \u201cWith solidarity we must defend justice and truth, and we are certain this victory will come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Concluding his statement, Ayatollah Dorri urged strengthening Muslim unity and continued support for the besieged people of Gaza, calling such solidarity both a guarantor of regional peace and security and a sign of the faithful determination of Muslims against oppression.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He closed with a rallying cry: \u201cShame on the Israeli regime! We will never bow to injustice, and we will rise until the people of Gaza are fully free.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayatollah Dorri-Najafabadi, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly (ABWA) issued a forceful condemnation of the Israeli navy\u2019s assault on the \u201cSumud\u201d flotilla in a written statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[186,857,858,209,859],"class_list":["post-36996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ahlulbayt-a-s-world-assembly","tag-ayatollah-dorri-najafabadi","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-sumud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37000,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36996\/revisions\/37000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}