Leaders and organizations condemn Monday bomb blasts and call for solidarity and cooperation to fight terrorism. Messages of condemnation, grief and solidarity have poured in from the region and all parts of the world even as Saudi Arabia grappled with the aftermath of terror attacks that were carried out inside the country on Monday. The Saudi Press Agency said that King Salman received a telephone call from King Abdullah of Jordan. "During the call, King Abdallah expressed his condemnation of the terrorist operations that took place in the Kingdom," the SPA said. King Salman also recevied a cable of condolences from Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar following the terrorist acts in the Kingdom. Sheikh Tamim stressed Qatar's full solidarity and standing by Saudi Arabia and its support for all efforts and actions being taken to confront terrorism and extremism to protect its security and stability, which are the security and stability of Arab Gulf states. The King also received similar cables of condolences from Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Thani, vice emir of Qatar. Sheikh Abdullah stressed Qatar's full solidarity with Saudi Arabia. King Salman also received a similar cable of condolences from Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, prime minister and minister of interior of Qatar following the terrorist acts in the Kingdom. Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy prime minister and interior minister, received phone calls from King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and the Ministers of Interior of Bahrain and Kuwait. During the calls, they expressed condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks that took place in the Kingdom on Monday. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the terrorist attacks. In a statement released on its website, the OIC Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani, said that those who carried out, planned or supported these attacks were simply carrying out desperate acts to undermine the security and stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the mainstay of the security and stability of the region and the Islamic world. "Any person who takes out his or her life, kills and terrorizes innocent people; and commits such crimes in the holy month of Ramadan and in Madinah and close to the sacred mosque of the Prophet, negates being a Muslim and refutes every Islamic value," Madani said. He also praised the vigilant Saudi security agencies who foil and face up to these terrorist attacks. The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the despicable terrorist attacks and said that the country stands in full solidarity with the leaders and people of Saudi Arabia. It also said that the UAE fully backs measures to eliminate the danger of terrorism, which aims to undermine the security and stability of Saudi Arabia and which does not respect the sanctity of this month, the Prophet's Mosque and other places of worship that it targets. The UAE's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said: "We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in their fight against the crimes of terrorism whose goals are to spread fear, takfir (branding others as infidels) and incite strife." Sheikh Abdullah stressed that the stability of Saudi Arabia is the main pillar of the stability of the UAE and the whole of the Gulf Arab region." Egypt's Foreign Ministry said the attack during the month of Ramadan near one of Islam's most sacred places confirms that terrorism "knows no religion or belief or any meaning of humanity." According to the Saudi Press Agency, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Bahrain have also condemned the acts of terrorism. Iran and Hezbollah Meanwhile, Iran on Tuesday condemned three suicide bombings that rocked Saudi Arabia and said that there are no more red lines left for terrorists to cross. "Sunnis, Shiites will both remain victims unless we stand united as one," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter. The Lebanon-based group Hezbollah, which has itself been branded terrorist organization by several countries and the Arab League, also condemned the bombing in Madinah. — Al Arabiya English
