- Target:
- Secretary general UNO - High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Region:
- GLOBAL
Preamble:
During the first quarter of 20th century, the British authorities made the leader of nomadic tribe, Abudl Aziz ibn Saud the king and altered Arabia to Saudi Arabia. Since that time the country is autocratically ruled under the nomadic ways and Wahhabi ideas.
By nature nomads do not settle at any location in the desert, so the graves are merely inconsequential disposing points for their dead.
In absolute contrast to such nomadic norms, Muslims unreservedly respect all graves regardless. Above all, the Holy grave of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is held in extreme honour and immense spiritual reverence. The graves of immediate family members of Prophet Mohammed, his relations, companions and other prominent personalities of Islam, buried in Jannat-ul-Al-Baqi in Madina and Jannat-ul-Maaula, in Makkah are as well duly revered by all followers of Islamic faith.
On 27 April 1925 the regime of Saudi Arabia conducted certain sacrilegious acts, in that, hundreds of Muslim inhabitants of Medina, for not being Wahhabi, were punished and killed, many revered historical shrines of Islamic heritage were demolished, the extraordinarily sacred graveyards of Al-Baqi and Al-Maulla were desecrated and levelled to ground. Serious attempts were also made to demolish the Green Dom of Masjid-al-Nabawi. Whereas practical attempts to demolish the grave of Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the graves of his two companions, was somehow stopped by the personal intervention of King Abul Aziz ibn Saud.
These sacrilegious acts of desecrations attest unreasonable and unacceptable imposition of Wahhabi ideology upon Muslims. These violations have inflicted serious emotional, cultural and historical damages upon a vast majority of Islamic community and its upsetting affects have not diminished in the least; these were than strenuously detested by the Muslims all over the world and as at present are equally despised
These Holy Graveyards are Islamic heritage of immeasurable historical and spiritual importance and symbols of respect and homage to the family of Holy Prophet (PBUH) as well as other prominently revered personalities of Islam like the Daughter of the Holy Prophet Fatima Zahra (S.A.). Being sacrosanct to all Muslims of the world, it has become imperative that these Holy Graveyards should forthwith, fully and dignifiedly restored by virtues of the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 – Declaration on Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion and Belief – General Assembly Resolution 35/55 of 25 November 1981 and other Human Rights Conventions.
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P e t i t i o n
We, the undersigned, call upon; the Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation at New York, USA and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, at Geneva, Switzerland, to cause the Government of Saudi Arabia to facilitate our groups of Managers,
Engineers and work-teams, for the entire duration of this Restoration Project.
We demand that the Saudi Government should incur the expenditures to accomplish and perfect the said Restorations, whereas, these amount should be deposited with our nominated International Bankers in favour of ‘ Holy Graves Restoration Trust Fund’, for the purpose of Restorations by our 'International Management Committee of Trustees'.
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The Holy Graves Restoration in Saudi Arabia petition to Secretary general UNO - High Commissioner for Human Rights was written by Ali Masoud Abbasi and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.