On March 28th, 2024, dozens of former and current elected officials, alongside Christian and Muslim faith leaders in Prince George County, held a press conference to demand the introduction and passage of a county resolution calling for an end to the war on Palestine.
Prior to the press conference, these officials – consisting of state legislators, mayors, city council members, and school board members – sent a letter to the Prince George County Council & Executive, announcing their support of a permanent ceasefire in Palestine, and expressing the atrocities that have led them to do so:
“Over the last six months, we’ve seen abhorrent and tragic use of our tax dollars supporting mass displacement, bombardment, imprisonment, starvation and murder of Palestinian people. People across the country and the world are protesting this unbelievable violence on Palestine’s two million civilians, many of whom are women and children, directly calling out the actions of the Israeli government as apartheid, occupation and genocide, and asking elected representatives – on all levels – to take a stand.”
As members of the Muslim community we have an obligation to “enjoin the good and forbid the evil”. We must take whatever morals steps we can to support our global Muslim family.
