Jeddah, Muharram 6, 1436, Oct 30, 2014, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Amin Madani, has condemned the closure by the Israeli occupation authorities of Al-Aqsa Mosque and considered this move a serious precedent and blunt provocation of the sentiments of the Islamic Ummah as well as an encroachment on its religious rights in the blessed Aqsa Mosque. He added that this is a breach of all international covenants, the Geneva conventions and the principles of international law. The OIC Secretary General has held Israel fully responsible for the repercussions of such rejected and condemned acts and he cautioned that the escalation of such racist practices would ignite the situation in the region. Iyad Madani demanded the UN Security Council to act immediately to deter the repeated Israeli aggressions against the Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied Al-Quds and to stop Israel's racist violations and crimes against the Palestinian people and their sanctities. --SPA 18:21 LOCAL TIME 15:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w