Press Statement
An appeal for help in response to the calamity: Now ... Now ... O descendants of Sultan Muhmammad al-Faateh

With brutal and open hostility, the hateful Jewish forces carried out a bloody attack on relief ships bound for Gaza. They killed and wounded dozens of those who stood defiantly in the face of the Jewish soldiers, Jewish soldiers that stormed ships bound for Gaza, carrying civilians and pursuing humanitarian and media work, as if they were ships of a war fleet, carrying troops to tear down the fortifications of the Jews.

Even though these ships are far less than what is obliged upon the Ummah by the people of Gaza, a people who have persevered, endured and cried for help, with not one of the Muslims' rulers responding, and even though these ships can neither lift the blockade nor repulse the enemy, the hated Jewish entity's leadership felt safe in their customary aggression and brutality, committing crimes in utter disregard of the state that considers itself the heir to the great Uthmani Khulafa'a, in utter disregard of the friendly relations which it itself insisted on establishing with the Turkish rulers and in total disregard of all the Muslims' rulers.

Such a heinous crime rests upon the international community, the stance of the European states, the Security Council, Arab League and upon the diplomatic initiatives and legal statutes concerning regional and international waters. All of these amount to political absurdity and shirking of responsibility. The invalid Jewish entity is a rogue state, undertaking illegal operations, despicable acts trampling over international laws and norms with the complicity of the West, who instead of holding it to account for each violation, make feeble responses.

The Ummah today lacks the Uthmani Sultan Abdul Hamid, who, as recorded in history in letters of light, slapped the Jewish delegation that came to bargain for the lands of Palestine in the face. And the Ummah lacks the brave, pious man such as the ruler Muhammad al-Faateh who led armies and destroyed the Roman Empire.

So, will Turkey's rulers be angry as Sultan Abdul Hamid was angry? Will they match the valor and bravery of Sultan Muhammad al-Faatih? Will they rush in response, as Al-Mua'tsaim rushed, to teach this hated entity a lesson that will change the course of history? Or will they be content with media outrage and superficial political actions, to mislead and extinguish the feelings of enraged Muslims?!

Indeed, the betrayal of the rulers and their abandoning of Palestine and its people has rendered any hope in them futile fantasy. Nor is there any good to be expected from the Turkish government which has neglected both its citizens and those with them. These rulers willingly meet an enemy with a blood-stained history and a track record of massacres, without warships and a huge army. We therefore call upon the sincere commanders in the Turkish armed forces, and in all Islamic armies, to put an end to this farce ... now ... now ... an urgent action to install a sincere leader, who will take the armies out of their barracks and struggle with the heat of their blood, launching them to end the Jewish revelry and arrogance in the land. A sincere leader launching men who love martyrdom more than the Jewish soldiers love life, making the Jews forget the whispering of the Shaytaan and revealing their despised and cowardly nature, uprooting their entity from Palestine, uprooting a thorn from a blessed land.

[وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ]

"If they seek your help in Deen, it is upon you to help" [Surah al-Anfaal 8:72]