Trump played “double standards” on Jerusalem recgonition

The Council of Imams and Ulama, Kaduna state chapter has said the announcement by Donalt Trump of the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel did not come as a surprise, saying the US and its allies have been playing double-standards in mediating the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. President Trump had recently […]

The Council of Imams and Ulama, Kaduna state chapter has said the announcement by Donalt Trump of the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel did not come as a surprise, saying the US and its allies have been playing double-standards in mediating the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

President Trump had recently announced that the US will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that he will move the American embassy there once a location is secured.

The president argued that since 1995, when Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, his predecessors had delayed implementing the act because of fears that it would harm efforts to achieve a peace agreement in the Middle East.

However, the council in a press release signed by its Chairman and Secretary General, Usman Babantine and Yusuf Arrigasiyyu respectively and issued in Kaduna condemned the action and assured that sooner or later the occupation of Palestinians lands will become history.

They cautioned the United States particularly Donald Trump of the disastrous consequences that might follow the recognition of Qudus as the capital city of Israel.

They called on the generality of Muslims worldwide to continue to pray fervently for Allah’s intervention and to unite against the injustice with a view to salvage Palestinians against the ‘devilish act of the Zionist’.

They urged the Nigerian government to join other world nations in condemning the ferocious declaration of Trump.