Al-Azhar grand imam denounces Israeli-imposed blackout on Gaza

Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt, put out a strong statement on Friday condemning Israel's cutting off of communications and the bombardment of Gaza. 

Tayeb described the blackout and "blocking of all sources of facts and information" as "blind terrorism and a clear violation of all legal and humanitarian conventions and norms". 

"The world must condemn it and take decisive measures to stop it immediately. History will not be kind to all those who failed to defend the innocent Palestinians, and all those who supported the continuation of this Zionist terrorism," he said. 

Al-Azhar is the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Islamic world. 

"It is the duty of the Arab and Islamic nation and all the free people of the world to come together to find an immediate solution to save this oppressed people, against whom a human massacre is being carried out, the likes of which human history has never known," Tayeb added.