More than 90 Muslim scholars, imams, community leaders and institutions in the United States have issued a joint statement calling on Muslim-majority countries to take “immediate and concrete action” to end what they described as an escalating genocide in Gaza by Israeli forces.

The signatories called on Muslim nations — particularly Arab states — to leverage their political and economic influence, including through measures such as severing ties with Israel, imposing oil and gas embargoes and opening border crossings for humanitarian aid.

“Business as usual in international affairs is simply not working,” the statement read. “We believe that the governments of the Muslim-majority nations of the world should not wait for the ‘international community’ to grow a conscience.”

Among the

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