A religious cooperation agreement has been signed between Turkey and Iran in Ankara. Minister of Religious Affairs Ali Erbas and Minister of Islamic Culture and Communication of Islamic Republic of Iran Ebuzer Ibrahimi Turkmen convened and signed the collaboration in Ankara. (News Agencies)

On January 2, 2020, two important events happened; the first one is related to Northern Africa and the second one is related to the Middle East. First, President Erdoğan requested the mandate from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) for sending troops to Libya upon the “invitation” of Libya's Government of National Accord. It passed the parliament with 325 affirmative votes against 184 rejection votes.

More than 5,000 supporters of a far-right extremist group have joined the Conservative party in recent weeks, attracted by what they describe as Boris Johnson’s negative attitude towards Islam. About two-thirds of the 7,500 signed-up members of the openly anti-Islam Britain First have joined the Tories since the general election, the group says. The organisation, whose leaders were jailed last year for hate crimes against Muslims, said the prime minister’s…

The sweeping reforms undertaken by Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have completely changed the complexion of Saudi society. The country, which has once been a bastion of conservative Wahhabi values, has given way to secular liberal values.