MPs must act: A moral and legal plea from the Luton community on Gaza

Dear Ms Sarah Owen MP & Ms Rachel Hopkins,

As representatives of Luton’s Mosques, we write to you with profound moral urgency and deep distress at the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. As has now been publicly stated by leading legal and genocide scholars, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Professor Francesca Albanese, Gaza is experiencing what amounts to a textbook case of genocide.

In her March 2024 report to the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese concluded that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met.” This analysis is supported by dozens of international law experts, including signatories to an open letter published in The Guardian and The Lancet, calling Israel’s campaign an intentional act of destruction against a population.

Today, the people of Gaza are not only being killed by bombs and sniper fire but are being intentionally starved. According to the latest IPC data (May to September 2025), every single person in Gaza is now living under severe or life-threatening food insecurity. Twenty-two percent of the population, or 470,000 people, are currently experiencing Phase 5 (Catastrophic) levels of starvation. Children are dying of hunger and dehydration in real time. This is not a humanitarian failure, it is a policy choice. The deliberate denial of aid by Israel constitutes a war crime under Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which explicitly prohibits the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, under Article 8(2)(b)(xxv), also defines this as a prosecutable war crime.

Reports from UNRWA, WFP, and Human Rights Watch confirm that food, water, fuel, and medical supplies are being systematically blocked at border crossings. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, supported by multiple news outlets and eyewitness reports, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid, including children while fetching water. This is not collateral damage. It is part of a coherent, state-led policy of collective punishment and destruction, as recognised by UN experts, international jurists, and human rights organisations. The United Kingdom, under its obligations to international law, must not remain silent or complicit.

In light of this, we ask you as our elected Member of Parliament to match the gravity of this crisis with bold and principled action. Specifically, we urge you to:

1.⁠ ⁠Demand Immediate Humanitarian Access The UK must call for the unconditional opening of aid corridors into Gaza. This includes the full reinstatement of UNRWA operations and unrestricted entry of food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.

2.⁠ ⁠Call for a Ceasefire Now There can be no humanitarian solution without an end to the siege. We urge you to publicly and unequivocally press the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary to demand a permanent ceasefire.

3.⁠ ⁠Suspend UK Arms Sales to Israel There is credible evidence that UK-supplied weapons may be used in violations of international law. Continuing these sales risks making the UK complicit. We ask you to support a full and immediate suspension of arms exports to Israel.

4.⁠ ⁠Uphold Legal and International Accountability We call on the UK to fully support investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and to uphold their rulings as binding obligations under international law.

5.⁠ ⁠Provide Transparent Public Accountability As constituents, we ask you directly: •⁠ ⁠Have you written to the Prime Minister or Foreign Secretary regarding this crisis? •⁠ ⁠What concrete actions are you taking to represent our community’s voice in Parliament? •⁠ ⁠Have you voted in support of motions calling for an arms embargo and full humanitarian access?

The people of Gaza are not numbers. They are mothers, fathers, and children. They are being killed not only from airstrikes, but from hunger and thirst and they are doing so under blockade conditions enabled by international inaction.

As their suffering reaches its most critical point, we urge you to speak and act with the moral clarity this moment demands.

We are united in calling for an end to this violence and the preservation of human life. As faith leaders and concerned constituents, we stand ready to support every effort you make toward these urgent goals.

We look forward to your response and to learning the actions you will now take.

We invite mosques, community organisations, and concerned individuals in Luton to stand with us in calling for an end to the suffering in Gaza.

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We thank the following individuals and organisations from Luton who have added their names in solidarity with the people of Gaza:

🔹 Organisations & Mosques

1. Luton Council of Masaajid
2. UKIM Madinah Masjid
3. Zuhri Academy
4. Masjid e Noor
5. Al-Jalal masjid
6. Bury Park Mosque
7. Kokni Masjid
8. Hockwell Ring Masjid
9. Inspire FM
10. Masjid Bilal
11. Jamia Islamic Ghousia Trust
12. Central Mosque
13. Leagrave Hall Masjid
14. Dunstable mosque
15. Al hira Masjid
16. Luton Community Action
17. Hart lane Musalla
18. Jalalabad Jame Masjid
19. Lantern Womens Group
20. Suffa tul Islam
21. Baytus Salaam
22. Hanfia Ghousia Masjid
23. St Andrew’s Church Luton
24. Rochdale Council of Mosques
25. Gulshan E Baghdad
26. Luton Turkish Education and Culture Trust
27. Masjid Zakariya
28. Masjid e Ali
29. Islam Travels
30. Bedford Mosque
31. Bedfordshire Sports
32.  Ibad-Ar Rahman Welfare Trust
33. Subtitles Academy
34. Al Furqan Mosque
35. Kingsway Mosque
36. Ar Rahma
37. Ki Motors
38. Aegis Support Services
39. The Akhirah Project
40. Luton Quakers

🔹 Community Members

1. Sujel Miah
2. Mohammed Asif Iqbal
3. Jutsna Khan
4. Asrin Afzal
5. Nasrin Hussain
6. Syed hussnain
7. Mohammed Ali
8. Fiaz Shah
9. Malik Uddin
10. Saqib Akhtar
11. Faisal Nabi
12. sabina Kausar
13. Rameen Kashif
14. Anonymous
15. Ulrike Hunt
16. Thalif Abhuthakger
17. Tony Thompson
18. Jonathan Adams
19. Mohammed Rafiq Hussain Siddiqui
20. Bushra Qureshi
21. Ishret Maqbool
22. Elizabeth Stringer
23. Jillur Rahman
24. fozia hussain
25. Shazia Hussain
26. Saeed Malik
27. A Yasmin
28. Fozia Sharif
29. Sultana jahan
30. Lisa Barkell
31. Gulzarina Yousaf
32. Abu Safiyyah
33. Asif Ali
34. Ahmed Wahiduzzaman
35. Nadia Kirran
36. Sharon Norris
37. Bilal Dar
38. Razia
39. Helen Oliver
40. Iram
41. Uzma Imran
42. Mansoor Ali
43. sadiqul ambia
44. Sadiqul Ambia
45. Mohammed Walayat
46. Hasna Raman
47. Zenab Shafait
48. M Asif
49. M Zureen
50. Dr Zafran Suleman
51. Rohan Asif
52. Zafran khan
53. Kmajed khan
54. Hassan Khalid
55. Izhar ahmd
56. Murtaza Ali
57. Raza karim
58. Hussnaain Rasheed
59. Qasim Abbasi
60. Muzer Iqbal
61. Amna Ashraf
62. Ajir Ghalib
63. Raja kiani
64. Yasin Ahmed
65. Zain sultan
66. Nazima ismail
67. Mohammed shahzad nawaz
68. Bashir Hussain
69. Zahra Khan
70. Mohammad khan
71. Nasima
72. Safia Kousar
73. Seema Qudrat
74. Farah Hussain
75. Nasima Khatun
76. Nazmin Zahra
77. Mohammed Rashid
78. Mr Outis
79. Faizah Choudhury
80. Jillur Rahman
81. Azad Ahmed
82. Sazad Miah
83. Shelim Ahmed
84. Aneesa Khatoon
85. Kabir Ahmed
86. Beauty Kal
87. Majid Hussain
88. Munira Akhtar Kazi
89. Saad Butt
90. MD AKTAR MIAH
91. Shabnum Bi
92. Shahida.khan
93. Mohammad Akhtar
94. Sabir Alom
95. Avais Shaukat
96. Nashir Uddin
97. Kharshid Ahmed
98. Asam Ahmed
99. Mehtab Rahim
100. Zoheb M
101. The Akhirah Project
102. Iqrar Ahmed
103. Rev. Fr Allan R. Jones
104. Raja Khan
105. Adeel Iqbal
106. Ahsan Saghir
107. Shakeel Ahmed
108. Syed Ali
109. Adil Khan
110. Mr Yogeshkumar Mistry
111. Mariam
112. Gulielma Butcher
113. Zafar Khan
114. Assad Khan
115. Mohammad Younis
116. Nassar Khan
117. Anonymous
118. Jenny Barrow
119. Ryad Khodabocus
120. Salma Ishaq
121. Nazia Ahmed
122. David Jonathan
123. Sohbia Walayat
124. Zara Jubar
125. Muhammad Sarfraz
126. Shifa Siddiqui
127. Muhammad Sajid
128. Thakor Morarji
129. Nisba Ali
130. Misba Ali
131. Shamaila Hussain
132. Rubia Walayat
133. Asma Baig
134. Aabid Khan
135. Asif Akhtar
136. Umar Faruk
137. Mujtabah Rathor
138. Oliur Rahman
139. Zara Jubar
140. Ghazal Nazir
141. Mohammed Yasim Hussain
142. Saqib Ishaq
143. Ifza Ali
144. Sakhawat Shah
145. Sham Hussain
146. Iram Ishaq
147. Tara Shafait
148. Nadeem Hussain
149. Rasoul Dauhoo
150. Keram
151. Gill Becket
152. Memona Shafait
153. Umera Fatima
154. Khaqan Rana
155. Imran Rafique
156. Zaheena Qureshi
157. Waseem
158. Zain Qureshi
159. Salma Arshad
160. Nosheen Ghalib
161. Mohammad Ryad
162. Assan Shaukat
163. MRS H ZAFAR
164. Sameena Khan
165. Muhammad Tahir
166. Safina Khan
167. mohammed usman
168. Rabeya Sultana
169. Shakil Zaman
170. Ala Uddin
171. A Wahid
172. Sobia Hanif
173. Majid Ali
174. A saghir
175. Tutu Miah
176. Alia Begum
177. Muhammad Luqmaan
178. Niaz Ali
179. FAISAL AHMED
180. Faysal Ahmed
181. Shamim Miah
182. shafran omer
183. Saiqah Rehmat
184. Ayra Choudhury
185. Shanara Khanom
186. Mohammed jubair hossain
187. Faruque Ahmed
188. Faizah Choudhury
189. Jillur Rahman
190. Azad Ahmed
191. Sazad Miah
192. Shelim Ahmed
193. Aneesa Khatoon
194. Kabir Ahmed
195. Beauty Kal
196. Majid Hussain
197. Munira Akhtar Kazi
198. Saad Butt
199. MD AKTAR MIAH
200. Shabnum Bi
201. Shahida.khan
202. Mohammad Akhtar
203. Sabir Alom
204. Avais Shaukat
205. Nashir Uddin
206. Kharshid Ahmed
207. Nashir uddin
208. Asam Ahmed
209. Tanver H Munir
210. Tusnim Uddin
211. Sajid Dar
212. Abu Mehdi
213. Saqib Mahmood
214. Sunnyath Ali
215. Amir
216. Hisham Parkar
217. Tahira Begum
218. Zufiqar Afsar
219. Shazia Kosar
220. Rayhaan Quazi
221. Tara Bibi
222. Haroon Kiani
223. Samina Rehmat
224. Zahir Shaffi
225. Rafia Kiani
226. Hanif Tambe
227. Fariquain Shah
228. Asjad Mahmood
229. Md Ullah
230. Shakila Akhtar
231. M Gazi
232. Dewan M.A.Chowdhury
233. Rumaysah Miah
234. Faiyaz A Sayed
235. Imran
236. Liaqat Ali Khan
237. Phyl Rainey
238. Ergena Spata
239. Munira Kazi
240. Mohammad Rahman
241. Tayyebah Elahi
242. Ali Asghar
243. Nadeem Butt
244. Mohammad A Miah
245. Tahera Shaffi
246. Mohammed Abdul Hakeem
247. Saqib Mahmood
248. Awais Raja
249. Sohail Imtiaz
250. Zahra Arshad
251. Umme Choudhury
252. Minhaj Ahmed
253. Khuram Chaudry
254. Fatihah Rahman
255. Nayeema Rahman
256. Gazi Misba
257. Rushana Ahmed
258. Hazera Khanam
259. Ayaz Munawar
260. Hasnaat A Munir
261. Amna Khan
262. Sajjad Ahmed
263. Synthia Ahmed
264. Tariq Mahmood
265. Maria Karim
266. Paul Hammond
267. Omar Rafiq
268. Mifaz Miftha
269. Shehzad Naeem
270. Kiran Akhmad
271. Shana Iqbal
272. Babur Paracha
273. Muhammad Yaaseen HOSSEN BACCUS
274. Abul Latif
275. Abdul Chowdhury
276. Fahmida Basith
277. Shum R
278. Shahida Ijaz
279. Imani Ijaz
280. Mohammed Hoque
281. Hafizul IslamChoudhury
282. Hafizul Islam Choudhury
283. Ghulam Abbas
284. Gias Uddin
285. Mitha Khatun
286. Muhammad Zulfiqar
287. Adil Ahmed
288. Bilal Thompson
289. Halina Sabur
290. Saiful Islam
291. Haroon Azad
292. Shaukat Khan
293. Minhaj Haque
294. M. Hussain
295. Yasin Hussain
296. Zehra Hakeem
297. Aminul Khan
298. Muhammed Mueeb Ahmed
299. Mohamed Razick
300. Sumera Khan
301. Mumith Ahmed
302. Lili Chowdhury
303. Asma
304. Irfan Qazi
305. Anika Begum
306. Khalid Abdullah
307. Fateha Begum
308. Changaiz Khan
309. Malik Khan
310. Salma Begum
311. Hasan Hussain
312. Javeria Toseef
313. Hamza Ali Khalid
314. Malik M S Khan
315. Md Enamul Hoque Farhan
316. Shuyel Bari
317. Taz Choudhary
318. Sumair Rana
319. Bina Asghar
320. Selina Yeasmin
321. Imran Khan
322. Samina Shafait
323. Naveed Parvez
324. Nacbul Hussain
325. Faiz Ahmed
326. Jehan Ishaq
327. Tahir Choudhry
328. A Ahmed
329. Muhammad Bilal Khan
330. Vesaim Ali
331. Munawar Mannan
332. Fatima Khalid
333. Dr. Mohammad Raza Alam
334. Arif
335. Kamran Chumber
336. Shamriz Khan
337. Anique Hussain
338. Arif Raja
339. Muhammad Basith
340. Mohammed Abed Shad
341. Monis Faraz
342. Shamaila Hussain
343. Matthew Byrd
344. Mumtaz Ahmed
345. Md Humayon Kabir
346. Mohammed Saghir Majid
347. Ahseah Ansar
348. Imran Khan
349. Saadia Halima
350. Abdul Rashid
351. Ifet Hussain
352. Humayra
353. Rana Irfan Akhtar
354. Ayman Wingate
355. Imran Khan
356. Mansoor Ali
357. Farhan Chowdhury
358. Zakaria Ashraf
359. Mohammed Saqib Ali
360. Farhan Chowdhury
361. Najaid Ali
362. Mr Naheed Khan
363. Mr A R Parkar
364. Javeed Akhtar
365. Gohar Rahman
366. Omar Raza
367. Nahim Khan
368. Bilal Ahmad
369. Nahim Khan
370. Leonie Jassat
371. Lateef Adebayo
372. M Asif
373. Azath Kamil Mohamed Lafir
374. Asma Jabeen
375. Nazia Hussain
376. Haidar Rakhman
377. Rami
378. Nazish Mirza
379. Mohammed Kawsar Ahmed
380. Rahma A
381. Shamsul Islam
382. Waahab Akhtsr
383. Mahmood Khan
384. Waahab Akhtar
385. Hazel Adams
386. Marjem Begum
387. Hazel Adams
388. Muhammad Ali
389. Ben Mortimer
390. Noor Khan
391. Amaani Saddique
392. Amaani Saddique
393. Jugnu Miah
394. Ataulkibria Chishti
395. Khuram Afzal
396. Pappu Miah
397. Mohammed Rahamn
398. Naznin Sheikh
399. Zatoon Khan
400. Mumzy Shah
401. Shaj Choudhury
402. Ruhed Ahmed
403. Husna Chowdhury
404. Wajida Latif
405. Ash Zaman
406. Mohammmed Kamruzzaman
407. Sohail Afzal
408. Abul Kalam
409. Aldrin Sunny Vincent
410. Shazia Kosar
411. Tariq Hussain
412. M Aziz
413. Mohammed Asid
414. Mohammed Abdullah
415. Abdul Zureen
416. Marium Tanha
417. Burhan Uddin
418. Tariq Hussain
419. Gabriela Markiewicz
420. Naeem Akhtar
421. Habib Arshad
422. Wajid Ali
423. Toaqeer Munir
424. Saima Kauser
425. Bashrat Hussain
426. Shah Kazmi
427. Mohammed Ali
428. Asif Munir
429. Qadeer Qureshi
430. Jangir Shabir
431. Mohammed Ismail
432. Sidhra Choudhury
433. Furzana Munir
434. Mohammed shakeel Iqbal
435. Mohammed Omersha Zahirsha
436. Mohammad Kuderbux
437. Zeeshan Younis
438. Hashim Munir
439. Ishtiaq Shahid
440. Sajjad Rizvi
441. Zaheen Kausar
442. Mudassar Hussain
443. Zahier Nazar
444. Sayeda Bano
445. Rashid Nazar
446. N Uppal
447. Isa Haseeb Ahmed
448. Kadir Rob
449. Sajid Ali
450. Tahir Mahmood
451. Rizwana Hussain
452. Sammia Kausar
453. Khudael Ashraf
454. Jacqueline Jenkins
455. Shamim Miah
456. Rubab Hussain
457. Anna Kayani
458. Rizwan Ahmed
459. Mahbub Ahmed
460. Farhat Hussain
461. Omar Miah
462. Shamsa Ahmed
463. Ali Murtazza
464. Darren Austin
465. Junaed Wahid
466. Sana Malik
467. Shahid Hussain
468. Shareen Akhtar
469. Fahmida Sultana
470. Fasil Rehman
471. Shail Shayista
472. Maryam Rashid
473. Umer Ahmed
474. Muhammad Yasar Arfat
475. Jhakir Ahmed
476. Murshida Begum
477. Anne Awla
478. Imran Khalil
479. Anma Ghafour
480. Zaki Akhtar
481. Bilal Dar
482. Misbah Dar
483. Maqsood Ahmed
484. Dr Monjour Ahmed
485. Abdul Malick
486. Shazia Mahmood
487. Moyjul Islam
488. Tahir Khan
489. Elvis Mujkanovic
490. Kamran Shah
491. Mahbub Ahmed
492. Aamar Mahmood
493. Toseef Sharif
494. Fr Luke Larner
495. Neelam Arshad
496. Sumayyah Ahmed
497. Aniqah younis
498. Ishtiaq Shahid
499. Sajjad Rizvi
500. Shahen Ali
501. Malik Furqan
502. Mohammed Abdul Salam
503. Farwaq Chaudhari
504. Farhan Ahmed
505. Khaled Rahman
506. Wasef Ali
507. Mr A Khan
508. Hassan Khan
509. Jameel Ahmed
510. Syed Shah
511. Yasmeen Akhtar
512. Qudsia Oppal
513. Rehana Faisal
514. M Vacaahs
515. Mohammad Azizus Samad-Chowdhury
516. Mohammed Riyas Mohammed
517. Muhammad Naeem Bashir
518. Ali Foyaz
519. Nasir Munir
520. Zahid Karim
521. Gbenga Ademola
522. Abdul Mothalab
523. Abdul Ghafoor
524. Sufian Sadiq
525. Rahila Khan
526. Munayam Choudhury
527. Jawzy Lebbe
528. Mohammed Mushtaq khan
529. Khuram Liaquat
530. Tariq Mir
531. Eva
532. Shezad ahmed
533. Abu Bokor
534. Imran Beg
535. Masood Akhtar
536. Neehaz Halim
537. Muhibur Rayhan
538. Salma Malik
539. Tanveer Fazil
540. Mohammed Tariq
541. Rashida Begum
542. Faisal Khan
543. Zaffar Iqbal
544. Abdul Kahir
545. Shamsul Alom
546. Maryam Khalil
547. Umme Mirza
548. Kaisar Iqbal
549. Dhil Murrad
550. Mohammed Yasir
551. Mahmoodur Imran
552. Tayeb Chowdhury
553. Shafqat Abbas Nabi
554. Nurul Pashq
555. Kasim Hussain
556. Shimlan Choudhury
557. Maheraz Islam
558. Mohammed Jahangir
559. Sira Iqbal
560. Shaiq Yousaf
561. Afsar Alam
562. Mohammed Nowshard
563. Maqsood Khan
564. Imran Mustafa
565. Saled Ahmed
566. Abrar Khan
567. Mortuza Ali
568. Usman Uppal
569. Maqsood Anwar
570. Aatif Hussain
571. Usman Ali
572. Aimee Clarke
573. Muhammad Yoonus Miah
574. Tufayl
575. Shahid Nawaz
576. Tariq Khalil
577. Irfan Iqbal
578. Rehan Tariq
579. Abu Junayd
580. Fatima Hussain
581. Farzana Parveen
582. Mohammed Aziz
583. Farkhanda Mehmood