European Muslim Brotherhood’s Gaza Appeal Urges Action and Solidarity

An appeal by the Euro­pean Coun­cil of Imams (ECI) addressed the human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis in Gaza and called for imme­di­ate action, urg­ing fol­low­ers to esca­late pub­lic, civ­il, media, and human rights move­ments to pres­sure deci­sion-mak­ers to urgent­ly take deter­rent mea­sures against Israel. On 20 July 2025, the coun­cil issued a pub­lic appeal, pub­lished via its offi­cial Face­book page, urg­ing Mus­lims and the wider pub­lic to respond to what it called a war of star­va­tion and geno­cide in Gaza. The post begins:

Urgent appeal from the Euro­pean Coun­cil of Imams regard­ing the esca­lat­ing war of star­va­tion and geno­cide in Gaza. The war of star­va­tion, geno­cide, and mass destruc­tion waged by the occu­pa­tion against the Pales­tin­ian peo­ple in Gaza has reached a hor­rif­ic lev­el of esca­lat­ing bru­tal­i­ty before the eyes of the entire world. There is no doubt that remain­ing silent about these hor­rif­ic hor­rors encour­ages war crim­i­nals to per­pe­trate them fur­ther. In light of the grav­i­ty of this sit­u­a­tion, which por­tends a greater wave of mass destruc­tion among starv­ing civil­ians, in addi­tion to the toll of killing, wound­ing, dis­plac­ing, and ter­ror­iz­ing civil­ians, and the declared plans for eth­nic cleans­ing, the Euro­pean Coun­cil of Imams issues this urgent appeal to Mus­lims and the gen­er­al pub­lic in Europe and the world to:

First: Esca­late pub­lic, civ­il, media and human rights move­ments to pres­sure deci­sion-mak­ers every­where to urgent­ly take seri­ous and deter­rent mea­sures that force the occu­pa­tion to stop this bru­tal crime it is com­mit­ting in the Gaza Strip, and write to gov­ern­ments, par­lia­ments and Euro­pean Union bod­ies to demand that they com­ply with their prin­ci­pled and moral respon­si­bil­i­ties in this regard and to quick­ly impose deter­rent sanc­tions on the Israeli occu­pa­tion, which has vio­lat­ed inter­na­tion­al law and inter­na­tion­al conventions.

Sec­ond: Next Thurs­day, July 24, will be a day of fast­ing in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Pales­tin­ian peo­ple in the Gaza Strip, reviv­ing the val­ues of broth­er­hood, con­so­la­tion, and sol­i­dar­i­ty. We will strive to orga­nize an aus­ter­i­ty iftar for those fast­ing in asso­ci­a­tions, mosques, Islam­ic cen­ters, and cul­tur­al and social facil­i­ties, with sup­pli­ca­tion dur­ing prayers, ask­ing God to lift the afflic­tion from the peo­ple of Gaza. [Trans­lat­ed from Ara­bic original.]

Read more: https://www.facebook.com/euimams/posts/pfbid02JpQBuLaoHWtvhg4RognDQyJ27zN8nbtTjDrMxd4d1Q7ej95d9UfuL1NxeR4pTuURl?__cft__=AZWYSCOazySSwGPYmPZpDggYz-KzScHWAT74RxdnGREkbRw5zhgZ-T7jmtNGTDfokh8xTBko5_Xw7TjaMBGhkEtdTeKdiAmwj2nzvL9e59POl246QiusuHUGXzJ139rvRscGGCcSYE6zcD7mxOolTJv0vDLGmwcIuW8Z4eRLJxHOOQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP‑R

Key Points

• The Euro­pean Coun­cil of Imams Gaza appeal urges urgent advo­ca­cy, fast­ing, and media doc­u­men­ta­tion in response to the Gaza crisis.

• The call includes a sol­i­dar­i­ty fast­ing day, coor­di­nat­ed fundrais­ing, and sup­port for human­i­tar­i­an con­voys to break the blockade.

• Fri­day ser­mons across Europe are rec­om­mend­ed to raise aware­ness and sup­port for Pales­tini­ans fac­ing vio­lence and starvation.

• The appeal encour­ages pub­lic pres­sure on gov­ern­ments and insti­tu­tions to impose sanc­tions and uphold inter­na­tion­al law.

In Novem­ber 2019, the Euro­pean Coun­cil of Imams (ECI) met for the first time in Paris, France. Accord­ing to its own account, the com­mit­tee has some 50 mem­bers from 20 Euro­pean coun­tries, includ­ing Ger­many. In 2021, the ECI was named by the Ger­man domes­tic intel­li­gence agency as a part of the Euro­pean Mus­lim Broth­er­hood. The aim of the orga­ni­za­tion is, among oth­er things, to coor­di­nate the activ­i­ties of var­i­ous Islam­ic orga­ni­za­tions, to act as a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of inter­ests, to pro­mote the Islam­ic pres­ence in the polit­i­cal and social sphere, and to con­sol­i­date the Islam­ic identity.

Muslim Brotherhood Gaza Advocacy Drives Europe’s Pro-Palestine Activism

Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-relat­ed groups across Europe have main­tained an influ­en­tial role in advo­ca­cy for Gaza and the Pales­tin­ian cause, as reflect­ed through ongo­ing media projects with ties to Hamas lead­er­ship and per­sis­tent cam­paigns press­ing Euro­pean gov­ern­ments for Pales­tin­ian state­hood recog­ni­tion. The Pales­tine Action ban and sub­se­quent civ­il lib­er­ties debate, togeth­er with ongo­ing scruti­ny of Gaza aid con­voys orga­nized by fig­ures like Zaher Birawi, exem­pli­fy how Broth­er­hood-linked orga­ni­za­tions oper­ate at the inter­sec­tion of polit­i­cal lob­by­ing, grass­roots activism, and human­i­tar­i­an relief. In Ire­land, inter­nal dis­putes over Gaza funds with­in the ICCI demon­strate both the con­test­ed nature of such advo­ca­cy and the transna­tion­al dimen­sion of Broth­er­hood net­works. These efforts coin­cide with grow­ing Euro­pean Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment, height­ened civ­il soci­ety mobi­liza­tion around Gaza, and inten­si­fy­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion between Islam­ic orga­ni­za­tions and pro­gres­sive activists, a pat­tern con­firmed by inde­pen­dent report­ing and offi­cial reviews. Exter­nal analy­ses fur­ther point to the role of Gulf state fund­ing, ongo­ing intra-Euro­pean debates about the lim­its of activism, and the ways in which advo­ca­cy for Gaza is increas­ing­ly inter­twined with ques­tions of nation­al secu­ri­ty, media reg­u­la­tion, and legal boundaries.

Exter­nal References:

• British Mus­lims press Starmer on Pales­tine state­hood amid con­cern over UK com­plic­i­ty in genocide

• Pales­tine Action’s co-founder asks UK court to over­turn ter­ror group ban

• Des­per­ate­ly Seek­ing Rel­e­vance: Hamas, Mus­lim Broth­er­hood, Qatar Alliance

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