OIC Participates in the Conference on Historical Situation of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque – Press Release (Non-UN Document)

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The Supreme Committee of Al-Quds, in the State of Palestine, in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held the Conference on Property Documentation and the Historical Status of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the patronage of His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine, in Ramallah, on 08 June 2022.

H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas said “this conference is in the context of our defense of our religious and historical narrative against the defunct and false narrative of the occupation, which has no basis, neither in the history, nor in reality, nor in international law”. He also stressed that all evidence and historical documents confirm the identity of Al-Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and all the Islamic and Christian holy sites in our holy capital.

Ambassador Samir Bakr Diab, OIC Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, delivered the speech of the OIC stressing that the conference is taking place at a time when the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif is going through a very delicate and dangerous phase due to the persistence of Israel, the occupying power, in pursuing the policies of Judaization that threaten the Islamic and Arab identity of this city and its religious position.

Ambassador Diab explained that the OIC, in its recent meetings, has discussed the dangerous situation in Al-Quds and the incursions occurred at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing that the defense of Al-Quds Al-Sharif is at the heart of the OIC’s work. He emphasized support for efforts and initiatives towards preserving the historic, cultural and civilizational identity and memory of the city of Al-Quds, and the preservation of its Islamic and Christian sanctities, especially the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. He further affirmed support for the rights of the Palestinian people to embody the sovereignty of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders.