(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Pinhas Inbari - On January 5, 2014, Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and declared the launching of "Islamic Tourism Year" for the Holy City. Madani is a citizen of Saudi Arabia. The call for Islamic tourism in Jerusalem constitutes a challenge to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, which call for boycotting tourism to Israel because it implies "normalization" with the Jewish state. Qatar's Al Jazeera TV denounced the visit and highlighted Hamas' opposition to it.
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