The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has issued a statement to mark the 54th anniversary of Israeli arson attack against holy al-Aqsa Mosque calling the holy al-Quds city as an integral part of the Palestinian territory that must not be subject to any demographic or geopolitical change.

OIC condemned the occupying Israeli regime over escalation of violations against al-Quds and recurring incursions into the holy al-Aqsa Mosque by extremist Israeli settlers, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).
 
It also slammed the repeated incursions of the Israeli settlers into the al-Aqsa courtyards under the protection of the Tel Aviv regime forces, its desecration, the closing of its gates, the barbaric attacks on crowds of worshipers, and the restriction of the worshipers’ freedom of access to it, in flagrant violation of the sanctity of holy places and freedom of worship.
 
Part of the statement by the major Islamic body runs,” On this painful anniversary, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reaffirms the eternal bond of Muslims with the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
 
It reiterated the need to preserve the legal and historical status of the Islamic and Christian holy places in the occupied city of Al-Quds, particularly the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its entire capacity, as a place of worship purely for Muslims only.
 
Still another part of the statement read,” The OIC also affirms that the city of Al-Quds, the capital of the State of Palestine, an integral part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967 and rejects any measures or decisions aimed at changing its geographical or demographic character.
Any attempts to impose alleged Israeli sovereignty over this city and its sanctities, as Illegal and illegitimate actions under international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
The OIC called on the international community to put an end to the Israeli colonial occupation and assist the Palestinians to regain their legitimate rights, including their right to return and establishment of their independent state withing the 1967 borders with East al-Quds as its capital.
 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation hailed the Palestinian nation over their steadfastness in defending the sanctities and stressed its unwavering support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian nation.