Turkey threatens to remove Israel from the world map — Turkey has said it will remove Israel from the map of the world if Israel attacks any Turkish interest or asset. Turkish officials warned that their response would be very harsh. This strong threat has shocked Israel and the United States. It shows how bad relations between Turkey and Israel have become. The situation in the Middle East is becoming more dangerous.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has emulated recent public statements made by his New York counterpart Zohran Mamdani by saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "not welcome" in the British capital for being responsible and “a perpetrator” of genocide.
"I do believe a genocide has been committed in Gaza," Khan said during an interview with Chanel 4 News.
"I think Netanyahu, who is responsible and is a perpetrator of genocide, I think he's broken the law, and I think justice needs to happen, and that means him brought to book."
he added: "The good news is, and this is very good news, is Netanyahu is not coming to London because if he did, he would feel the full weight of public opinion if he came. If there is any evidence of him coming to London, I'll be lobbying the Prime Minister to make sure the law's enforced, absolutely."
“People who commit genocide are not welcome in London," Khan concluded.
As pressure on Iran increases, will the balance of power in the Middle East continue to shift in Tehran's favor?
The Trump administration's second attempt to dominate the Strait of Hormuz, seize Iran's enriched uranium, and force Tehran into submission has once again failed.
The historic Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya) Mosque in Istanbul, one of the most visited buildings in the world, has marked six years since its reopening as a masjid today.
Originally a Byzantine church and then a mosque, from 1934 to 2020 Hagia Sophia was converted into a museum by the secular founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a decree in 2020 to reopen it as a place of worship, with the first Friday prayer taking place on July 24.
Since its reopening, Hagia Sophia has welcomed more than 30 million visitors.
The image shows a recent graduation ceremony for 253 memorisers of the Qur'an held at the Hagia Sophia.
Look at these Ottoman soldiers standing in perfect formation under the towering shadow of the Citadel of Jerusalem. They were the final Muslim guardians of Al-Quds. But to truly understand the weight of this photograph, we have to look back at the desperate, thirty-three-year struggle of one man who sacrificed everything to prevent this very day from coming: Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
For over three decades, Sultan Abdul Hamid II held the crumbling Caliphate together. He knew that the European powers and Zionist ambitions were circling Palestine like vultures. He understood that Al-Quds wasn't just a city-it was the spiritual heart and the political shield of the entire Muslim Ummah.
When Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, offered to pay off the entire Ottoman Empire's massive national debts in exchange for Palestine, the Sultan's response echoed through history: "Even if you give me as much gold as the entire world, I will not sell a single inch of Palestine. It does not belong to me, it belongs to the Ummah."
He chose to be slandered, betrayed, and eventually deposed in 1909 rather than be the Caliph who signed away Jerusalem. He protected Palestine with his throne.
And this photograph is the tragic epilogue to his struggle.
Taken in 1917, just before the British occupation, these soldiers in the courtyard of the Tower of David represent the last stand of Abdul Hamid's promise. When they were forced to withdraw to save the holy city from being bombarded into ruins, the shield of the Ummah was officially broken.
The Sultan once warned: "If the Caliphate falls, they will tear the Muslim world apart." Looking at this picture, and looking at the Middle East today, it's impossible not to realize how tragically right he was.
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