{"id":15651,"date":"2025-04-11T10:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15651"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:50:01","slug":"saudi-islamic-leader-sparks-outrage-for-urging-britons-to-talk-less-about-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/11\/saudi-islamic-leader-sparks-outrage-for-urging-britons-to-talk-less-about-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Islamic Leader Sparks Outrage for Urging Britons to \u201cTalk Less About Gaza\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a dramatic development reflecting the extent of Saudi Arabia\u2019s open alignment with the Israeli narrative, statements by the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, sparked widespread controversy in British political and media circles after he urged Britons to &#8220;talk less about Gaza,&#8221; claiming that discussions about the Israeli aggression on Palestinians are deepening divisions within British society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"784\">Al-Issa, who previously served as Saudi Arabia\u2019s Minister of Justice, made the remarks during a lecture in London titled \u201cPromoting Social Cohesion,\u201d delivering a speech considered shocking and unprecedented from a figure ostensibly representing Islamic values\u2014especially amid the ongoing Israeli crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"1085\">He stated that the British government should treat the issue of &#8220;community integration&#8221; as a matter of &#8220;national security,&#8221; arguing that focusing on the war in Gaza harms Britain&#8217;s internal unity. Observers view this as a deliberate attempt to dry up grassroots support for Palestinians in the West.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15653\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trumppp-1.jpg\" alt=\"Muslim World League head Mohammed Al-Issa stirred controversy in the UK after urging less discussion about Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trumppp-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trumppp-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trumppp-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trumppp-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al-Issa Remarks Highlight Saudi Shift Toward Israel Normalization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-26\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a5050ea9-0089-4850-9540-758ed5878391\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"84\">Al-Issa Remarks Highlight Saudi Shift Toward Israel Normalization<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1423\">Al-Issa\u2019s remarks did not come in a vacuum. They coincided with a Saudi diplomatic and media campaign aimed at calming Western public opinion over the crimes of the occupation, as part of a formal Saudi path toward normalizing relations with Israel\u2014even if it means silencing global voices of conscience in solidarity with Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1738\">Public opinion polls in the UK show that a majority of Britons support an arms embargo on Israel and demand an immediate ceasefire. Yet Al-Issa\u2019s statements run counter to public sentiment, reinforcing the impression that the Saudi regime is attempting to whitewash Israeli crimes in exchange for political gains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"2086\">What\u2019s particularly striking is that the Muslim World League, headquartered in Mecca, claims to be a non-governmental organization dedicated to \u201cserving Muslim causes.\u201d However, the statements of its Secretary-General contradict these principles entirely, exposing the organization\u2019s true stance when it comes to Palestine\u2014and Gaza in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2340\">This scandal adds to a long record of Saudi bias in favor of the occupier, at a time when global public support for the Palestinian resistance is rising, while some Arab regimes engage in open betrayal under the banner of so-called \u201cpolitical realism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In a dramatic development reflecting the extent of Saudi Arabia\u2019s open alignment with the Israeli narrative, statements by the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, sparked widespread controversy in British political and media circles after he urged Britons to &#8220;talk less about Gaza,&#8221; claiming that discussions about the Israeli aggression on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[167,903,4732,4733],"class_list":["post-15651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-israel","tag-israeli-war-on-gaza","tag-mohammed-al-issa","tag-muslim-world-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Islamic Leader Sparks Outrage for Urging Britons to \u201cTalk Less About Gaza\u201d - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Muslim World League head Mohammed Al-Issa stirred.. the UK after urging less discussion about Gaza.. 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