Preacher hails UAE support for Palestinian shrines

Abu Dhabi: Dr Yousuf Salama, the preacher of Al Aqsa Mosque, commended the important role the UAE is playing in caring for both Islamic and Christian shrines in Palestine.

"Solidarity of the UAE under the leadership of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan with the Palestinian people has enforced the resistance of our people in the confronting Israel's attempts of expulsion, dispersion and uprooting,'' Salama, a former minister of Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, said at a lecture organised by the UAE General Women's Union (GWU) yesterday in coordination with Dubai International Holy Quran Award.

In his lecture ‘Mother making a nation', Salama praised Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the GWU, for her care and support for the Palestinian family by establishing hospitals and schools in towns and villages in Palestine.

He said the spectacular progress women in theUAE have achieved demonstrates commitment of the UAE leadership to engage women in moulding the future and giving her the place she deserves in society.

"The stewardship of Shaikha Fatima of the women's movement in the UAE over 35 years has culminated in the emergence of prominent women leaders at the Arab and international levels. In the UAE today, women have become ministers, MPs, judges, doctors, engineers and assumed roles that serve the government plan for community development,'' he added.

Salama said the UAE and its government had established health, educational, housing, religious and humanitarian projects in support of the Palestinian people.