The Popular Solidarity Forum (PSF) issued on Monday August 15 a statement expressing support for Sheikh Mohammad al-Moayad and his A number of prominent figures and NGOs attended the forum, which organized a vast gathering at the Studies and Research Center. It appealed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, being the head of the state, to intervene in the case, work for securing the release of the pair and demand their homecoming. The statement urged Arab and Muslim nations and human rights organizations to have loud voice to inform the U.S. of the condemnation and denunciation by around 1.5 billion Muslims, and express solidarity with both prisoners.
Those who attended the forum confirmed the weakness of the Arab governments and leaders is the motive, which encouraged the U.S. to torture Muslims, occupy their lands and plunder their wealth. The political parties who attended the festival strongly condemned the verdict and insisted on various organizations to claim the release of the two men. During the event, several speeches were delivered by sheikhs and religious scholars who had shown their concern over the oppression practiced against Sheikh al-Moayad and his companion. They described the ruling as a type of oppression and transgression practiced by the U.S. that confiscates rights of the Muslim nations, pointing out that that contradicts the international law and human rights principles and produces hatred among Muslims towards the U.S.