Knowledge cornerstone of Islamic history: Saudi King

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September 11, 2017

Astana, Sept 11: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated Sunday in the OIC Summit on Science and Technology being held in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

During the opening session, a speech of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman was delivered by Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques stressed that the OIC Summit on Science and Technology held in Astana emanates from the values of Islam and the principles of the OIC Charter which emphasize the importance of science and knowledge as a fundamental element for the achievement of sustainable social and economic development.

King Salman said the Islamic world today needs a revival of knowledge at a time when competition is raging and becoming the cornerstone of economic success.

The King stressed that Islamic history is rich with wisdom that moved the world from the ages of darkness to the golden ages of science and technology.

The Kingdom sees that achieving advancement in the fields of knowledge, applied science and technology is based on four main pillars – first is developing education from the initial stages to higher education such that it is based on encouraging creativity so as to discover talents and develop them; second is to encourage scientific research and technology, develop innovated technology; third, to develop an integrated system which will encourage creative people and their ideas, guarantee converting the results of scientific research into practical applications that have economic returns; and fourth, to extend the bridges of cooperation and integration through international organizations, such as OIC.

The Monarch said the Kingdom allocates the highest budget for developing and training the youth and honing their skills, supporting research, establishing research universities and modern technology cities.

King Salman said the most valuable resource of our Ummah are our sons and daughters in whom we see a bright future.

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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