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I wonder if the western media will report this or doesn't it fit into their Middle East narrative? Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Saudi Arabia's photo. The Kingdom of ‪#‎ Saudi Arabia‬ does not intend to speak about its efforts to support ‪#‎ Syrian‬ brothers and sisters, during their distress, as it has, since the beginning of the problem, dealt with the situation from a religious and humane perspective, and did not wish to boast about its efforts or attempt to gain media coverage, an official source of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, adding that media reports have contained erroneous and misleading information, and the Kingdom now considers it important to discuss its efforts with appropriate facts and figures. The official source explained that the following actions have been taken by the Kingdom: 1. Kingdom has received around 2.5 million Syrians since the beginning of the conflict. In order to ensure their dignity and safety, the Kingdom adopted a policy that do...

It may be symbolic but it's a start. Earlier this week, 1,050 Islamic clerics in India issued a fatwa against the Islamic State (ISIS). Now a fatwa is not a command but a religious "ruling" - a legal opinion that is obligatory for the faithful but not binding on them. When Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie on February 14, 1989, following the publication of The Satanic Verses, it was widely interpreted as a death sentence. And several attempts to kill Rushdie were indeed made. Since fatwas have come to acquire a life of their own, the one issued by a collection of Indian Islamic clerics against the ISIS is welcome. It points to a singular truth: reform in Islam can come only when Muslims - clerics and their flock - embrace it from within. Islamic clerics in India are not known for their progressive views. But the brutality of the ISIS has pricked the conscience of right-thinking Islamic scholars worldwide. The clerics in I...