Yemeni scholars condemn Saudi Arabia’s normalization efforts with Israel

A group of Yemen's religious scholars have strongly condemned a recent visit by senior Saudi cleric and former Justice Minister, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Karim bin Abdulaziz al-Issa, to the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, in Poland along with a Jewish group, and all the Riyadh regime’s efforts to normalize relations with the Israeli regime after years of clandestine contacts.

According to Press TV, Yemen Scholars Association said in a statement released on Sunday “The suspicious visit took place under the permission and encouragement of the Saudi regime, and was aimed at normalization with the occupying Zionist regime. It was led by former Saudi Justice Minister and Secretary General of the so-called Muslim World League (MWL), Muhammed al-Issa, and included some crooked scholars.”

The statement added, “Issa and his companions took a brazen step by praying at the site of alleged Holocaust in utter disregard to Islamic teachings," describing it as an unprecedented step on the path of normalization.

The association then categorically rejected any effort aimed at rapprochement, reconciliation and normalization of ties with the Tel Aviv regime, which occupies Palestinian territories and defiles Muslim sanctities.

It also called for a religious decree, which would end Saudi Arabia's jurisdiction over the mosques of Masjid al-Haram in the holy city of Mecca and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in the holy city of Medina.

The association finally demanded an emergency conference at the level of Arab and Muslim scholars, where thinkers would discuss matters of paramount importance, especially the issues of occupied al-Quds and Palestine.

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