ANKARA, Turkey – Almost 82% of Arab youth consider Turkey an ally, only 12% see it as an adversary, and less than 1% as an enemy country. According to the results of the 15th annual survey of Arab youth, 80% of Arab youth also consider China an ally. While 72% of respondents see the U.S. […]
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt’s president on Monday welcomed the Palestinian and Jordanian leaders, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s spokesman said, with a source adding they discussed speculations over Saudi Arabia moving to normalise ties with Israel. Sisi met with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the n...
MADINA, Saudi Arabia — More than 7.5 million pilgrims visited the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina in Saudi Arabia after the conclusion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. According to Saudi authorities, pilgrims were offered a variety of services, including guidance, translation, assistance for wheelchair users, and distribution of Zamzam wa...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has voiced outright “disappointment” with the response by Sweden and Denmark to acts of desecration of the Holy Quran. Secretary-general Hissein Brahim Taha called on both countries to prevent the desecration of the Quran and “expressed his disappointme...
ANKARA – The incident of burning Muslim holy book Quran outside a mosque in Sweden threatens to escalate into a trade war. Many influential Muslim groups in the Middle East and North Africa have called for a boycott of Swedish products. Last week, the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, the oldest Sunni institution in the Muslim […]
ROME (AA): Political instability and climate change are the biggest causes of hunger and malnutrition in Muslim countries, said Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) head Yerlan A. Baidaulet. Quoting a UN report, Baidaulet said that it is very tragic that half the countries facing hunger and malnutrition are members of the Organization...
ANKARA (AA): Muslims worldwide have unanimously condemned the desecration of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden, asserting that these attacks cannot be justified in the name of “freedom of expression.” In response to the rising offensive and Islamophobic actions perpetrated by radicals in Western countries, Muslims from all over the w...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Far-right Jewish settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday in occupied East Jerusalem. According to an official from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, more than 340 fanatical Jews entered the Haram al-Sharif area under Israeli police protection. After the noon prayer, 86 Jewish settlers raided Masjid al-Aqsa. They perfo...
ANKARA, Türkiye – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday arranged a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. The meeting took place behind closed doors in Ankara. Experts believe that Türkiye’s hosting of the two Palestinian factions is crucial to advancing the reconcilia...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The 57-member Islamic countries grouping on Sunday suspended the special envoy status for Sweden. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said the move followed repeated incidents of burning the holy book of the Quran in the European country. The extraordinary meeting of OIC members on July 2 authorized Secretary-Genera...
