The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will meet in Istanbul next week for talks on the crisis around The Temple Mount.
The 57-member pan-Islamic organization will hold a ministerial meeting on Tuesday in Turkey, which currently holds the OIC presidency, a statement says.
Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at entrances to the highly sensitive site, which includes the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of Rock, after Arab gunmen shot and killed two Israeli police officers in an attack launched from the compound.
An Israeli police officer guards at the Lion’s Gate at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, July 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“The issue of the Al-Aqsa mosque is a red line,” the Jeddah-based OIC said in a statement released after a meeting in the Saudi Red Sea city.
“Attacking the Al-Aqsa mosque in any way and under whatever pretext will have serious consequence and will lead to instability in the region,” it added.
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