Muslim community in Ireland offers support for Irish citizen Khalid El-Astal
The Muslim community in Ireland has sounded an appeal to help a Belfast-born Palestinian man whose wife has reportedly been killed in Gaza.
Mr El-Astal, an Irish citizen, was working as an IT expert in Saudi Arabia and was hoping to return to visit his family in Gaza next month. He was born in Belfast and spent his early years attending primary school there while his father studied at Queen’s University.‘Horrific’ loss of life in Gaza and Israel has to be addressed, says Michael D Higgins
Neither of the children currently hold Irish passports. His wife, who was born in Germany, was not eligible for Irish citizenship. “It is a very difficult time for him right now and we are glad to say that we have secured somewhere for him to stay in Dublin for a week. He can then make the decision to either stay here or move up to Belfast where he spent most of his youth,” said Shaykh Dr Al-Qadri, who is based in Blanchardstown.“We are told that Ashwak died in an attack but she would have survived if she had access to medical aid. Where she was, there wasn’t even any drinking water.
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