By IRNA,
London : This year’s annual al-Qods (Jerusalem) Day march in central London is planned to take place on September 28 with organizers believing it could be the biggest yet.
The rally, organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHR), has gained wider recognition after receiving support not only from diverse Muslim groups but others sympathetic to the injustices suffered by the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
The march on Sunday is again being supported by such orthodox Jewish groups as Neturei Karta as well as uniting more Muslim organizations. Others adding their name include Stop the War Coalition and anti-war Respect Party.
IHRC chair Massoud Shadjareh said that the event was being publicized across the media, including on local Ramadan radio stations.
People were coming from all over the UK, including from such cities as Manchester, Birmingham and Bradford, Shadjareh told IRNA.
He said it was estimated that the rally will be attended by up to 5,000 Muslims and non-Muslims.
The march, to express solidarity with the dispossessed Palestinians, has been held annually around the world since the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini, designated the last Friday in the holy fasting month of Ramadan as Qods Day in 1981.
“The Muslims of the world should view Qods Day not only as a day for all the Muslims of the world, but one for all the deprived, and from that sensitive point, they should stand against the oppressors and the world-plunderers,” the imam said.
People, he said at the time, should ‘not rest until the oppressed have been set free from the oppression of the power-wielders’.
The march is starting at Marble Arch before moving on to Trafalgar Square for a rally, where for the first time huge screens are being erected to show example footage of Israeli atrocities.