Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said regarding the Turkish Armed Forces' Operation Olive Branch: "This operation has a lesson to give, not only to the terror organisations but to the whole world. This lesson is to demonstrate that this operation is conducted also for democracy."

Living in the West, Muslims face different challenges in their attempt to hold on to their Islamic identity. They live in an environment where the hostility towards Islam and Muslims is an everyday battle.

On the 6th of January, the New York Times published an article entitled, “Tapes Reveal Egyptian Leaders’ Tacit Acceptance of Jerusalem Move”. It stated that while the Egyptian government was publicly criticising President Trump’s announcement last month that the U.S. would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of ‘Israel’, an Egyptian intelligence officer was asking several influential TV hosts in the country to persuade Egyptians to accept the decision

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said on Sunday that his government has removed the restriction on Muslim women from performing Haj alone, following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage, Times of India reported.