{"id":26657,"date":"2016-07-06T02:43:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T02:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/medina-attack-muslim-world-reacts-after-deadly\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T02:42:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T02:42:38","slug":"medina-attack-muslim-world-reacts-after-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/medina-attack-muslim-world-reacts-after-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Medina attack: Muslim world reacts after deadly blast"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Muslim leaders worldwide denounce deadly attack near Prophet Muhammad’s tomb in Saudi Arabia’s Medina.}<\/p>\n

The Muslim world has united to condemn a deadly attack at one of Islam’s holiest sites – the Prophet’s Mosque in the Saudi city of Medina.<\/p>\n

Setting aside differences, world leaders, politicians, groups and activists expressed their outrage on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bomber killed at least four guards within striking distance of the Prophet Muhammad’s tomb.<\/p>\n

The blast followed two more attacks, in Jeddah and Qatif, also on Monday.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry described the triple bombings as “despicable acts that did not respect the sanctity of place, time and innocent people”.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the reactions from around the world following the suicide attacks.<\/p>\n

Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, condemned the bombing in Medina and called for Muslim unity. <\/p>\n

Pakistan’s foreign ministry condemned the attacks, while its army chief telephoned Saudi Defence Minister Prince Muhammad bin Salman to express his support. <\/p>\n

“We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Saudi brothers in fighting the menace of terrorism,” General Raheel said.<\/p>\n

Melvut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, sent his condolences.<\/p>\n

Cairo-based Al-Azhar, the highest authority in Sunni Islam, condemned the attacks and stressed “the sanctity of the houses of God, especially the Prophet’s Mosque”.<\/p>\n

Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani, the foreign minister of Qatar, condemned the triple attacks and expressed Doha’s support to neighbouring Saudi Arabia following the explosions.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia’s supreme council of clerics said the blasts “prove that those renegades … have violated everything that is sacred”.<\/p>\n

Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah also denounced the Medina attack as “a new sign of the terrorists’ contempt for all that Muslims consider sacred”.<\/p>\n

The governments of Jordan and Lebanon joined in the condemnation, while Iraq said the attacks amounted to “heinous crimes”.<\/p>\n

Indian singer Adnan Sami expressed his sadness over the attack in one of the Muslim world’s most important sites.<\/p>\n

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