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A summit of leaders of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States will be held on July 5-6 in the city of Shusha, Azerbaijan, which was liberated from the occupation of Armenia. The summit, with the theme "Building a sustainable future through transport links and combating climate change", is expected to serve as a platform for high-level discussions on the main issues and agenda of the organization.
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According to the new law signed by the President, the organization and holding of Umrah events in Uzbekistan is now defined as a separate type of licensed activity. Entrepreneurs who do not fulfill the requirements of this law will be fined in the amount of 200 times the BHM (currently - 68 million soums). Also, a state fee of 10 times BHM (3.4 million soums) for obtaining a license is paid to the Committee on Religious Affairs, which is designated as the competent body in this field.
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The 24th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan began in Astana. The main agenda of the summit held under the slogan "Strengthening multilateral dialogue: striving for sustainable peace and development" will be to strengthen the role of the SCO in solving current international and regional problems. Heads of state and government of 16 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations such as UN, IHTT, Islamic Organization for Food Safety, CIS, CSTO are participating in the SCO+ format summit. During the summit, Belaruv became the 10th full-fledged member of the SCO.
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Israel's Heritage Minister Amikai Eliyahu urged the public on social media to buy T-shirts with a map of Israel that includes the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the Sinai Peninsula. Eliyahu is a member of the Otsma Yehudit party, which is led by far-right politician - Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir. The map shows that Israel is also eyeing the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
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At least 4,000 Zionists with Turkish and Israeli passports went to Gaza after October 7 and participated in the killing of Palestinians in the ranks of the Israeli army. 65 of them were killed at the front, and 110 were wounded in various degrees. According to Turkiye newspaper, 20,000 dual citizens live in Turkey, and 250,000 Israelis live in Israel. The general in charge of Israel's "Iron Dome" system has also been found to have Turkish citizenship.
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The fatwa department of the Mufti of Dagestan issued a fatwa on the temporary ban on the niqab. According to him, the ban is due to threats to the security of the republic's population, and it will be in effect until these threats are eliminated and a "new fatwa" is issued. Earlier, the mufti of Dagestan announced that it could not find sufficient Islamic grounds to ban the niqab altogether, but allowed a "local ban" on the wearing of traditional clothing.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expressed readiness to send peacekeeping forces to Gaza together with Indonesia. UN authorization (mandate) is required for this.
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Israel announced the death of five soldiers in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of soldiers recognized as dead by the country's government to 674 and the number of soldiers wounded since October 7 approaching 9,000. Also, the total number of disabled soldiers in the Israeli army exceeded 70,000 for the first time last month, with 35 percent receiving treatment for mental health problems and 21 percent for physical injuries. Actual numbers may be many times higher than official statistics.