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As if the Middle East did not have enough tension, a new one has been added with the new year: An Iran-Saudi clash, which has already deep roots, that further escalated with Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shiite cleric and activist Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr. In return, angry crowds in Tehran stormed the Saudi embassy, while Saudi Arabia officially cut all ties with Iran.

A round table that sought to raise awareness of traditional Islam vs. religious extremism in Kosovo saw harsh accusations made at the expense of the Islamic Community of Kosovo, the BIK.

Saudi Arabia is about to behead a 21-year-old man and then crucify him to display his body in public. This same country was just chosen to head a U.N. Human Rights Council panel. If it weren’t so serious this would be funny!

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chair Mehmet Ali ?ahin has claimed that Turkey could do a better job than Saudi Arabia at organizing the Hajj pilgrimage, calling for Turkey to be entrusted with its management, hours before President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an condemned "aggressive attitude" toward Saudi Arabia.

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chair Mehmet Ali ?ahin has claimed that Turkey could do a better job than Saudi Arabia at organizing the Hajj pilgrimage, calling for Turkey to be entrusted with its management. 

The stampede near the holy city of Mecca has left more than 700 people dead during Muslim hajj. Muslims around the world have expressed anger with the Saudi Arabian government’s handling of the Muslim feast bearing in mind that it was just the latest in a number of crowd-control disasters that have left hundreds of thousands of victims dead.

 Saudi Arabia's new leadership will push forward efforts to diversify the growing but oil-dependent economy, while easing procedures for investors, senior officials said on Jan. 26.