The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host OIC meeting today

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RIYADH, 16 May 2021, (TON): Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations, Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) to attend a meeting here on Sunday. The meeting aims to discuss Israeli acts of aggression against Palestinians and the Israeli security forces’s use of brute force against protesters at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the virtual summit, gathering ministers of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation “to discuss the Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territory,” particularly acts of violence in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces. 

The sanctity of Al-Aqsa mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, is a sensitive and emotive issue for Muslims around the world. The OIC was formed half a century ago in response to a Jewish extremist arson attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem.     

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