OIC calls on UN to stop Israeli settlers’ attacks

A Palestinian woman gestures as Israeli police accompany a group of Jewish visitors past the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 5, 2022. (AFP)
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Updated 06 May 2022
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OIC calls on UN to stop Israeli settlers’ attacks

JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the actions of extremist Israeli settlers under the Israeli occupation forces’ protection in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque, performing Talmudic prayers in its courtyards and raising the Israeli flag inside it, considering this a flagrant violation of international law and an infringement on the sanctity of the mosque.

The organization stated that it holds Israel responsible for the continuation of these violations, which constitute a blatant attack on Muslims and fuel the violence and tension that threaten international security and stability.

The OIC called on the international community, namely the UN Security Council, to assume its responsibilities in obligating Israel, the occupying force, to stop its aggression against the Palestinian people and their Islamic and Christian lands and holy sites.

Recently in the organization’s Eid Al-Fitr message, OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha also expressed solidarity with the Rohingya refugees and other Muslims in various parts of the world undergoing crises, including Lake Chad Basin, Jammu and Kashmir, whose Eid celebrations have been dampened by their difficult conditions.


Iranian hardline clerics seek swift naming of new supreme leader

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Iranian hardline clerics seek swift naming of new supreme leader

  • Calls by the clerics suggest that at least some in the clerical establishment are uncomfortable with leaving a three-man council in charge
DUBAI: Two influential and ‌hardline Iranian clerics have called for the swift selection of a new supreme leader to help guide the nation amid a new wave of US and Israeli strikes, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
The calls by the clerics suggest that at least some in the clerical establishment are uncomfortable with leaving a three-man council in charge, even temporarily under constitutional rules, after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ‌Khamenei.
US President ‌Donald Trump has said the ‌US ⁠should have a role ⁠in choosing the new leader, a demand Iran has rejected.
Naser Makarem Shirazi, a grand ayatollah, which means he commands a broad following for his religious rulings, said an appointment was needed swiftly to “help better organize the country’s affairs,” state media reported.
Last ⁠week, two senior Shi’ite religious authorities ‌also issued fatwas, or religious ‌decrees, calling on Muslims around the world to avenge ‌the killing of Khamenei. Makarem Shirazi said it was ‌a religious duty for Muslims “until the evil of these criminals is eradicated from the world.”
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani also urged members of the Assembly of Experts, ‌a clerical body charged with choosing the new leader, to accelerate the process ⁠of ⁠picking Khamenei’s successor, state media reported.
Following rules laid out in Iran’s constitution, a three-man council comprising the president, a senior cleric and the head of the judiciary, has taken on the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts decides.
The constitution states a supreme leader should be chosen within three months, although with war raging, it is not immediately clear how quickly the 88-member Assembly of Experts can convene. Sources have said some clerics have held some consultations online.