W we were listening to the iranian president um by mistake i actually uh said that we were going uh live to the mustafa prize and isfan, that was my error, i do apologize, this is this is the 37th International Islamic unity conference uh which will run through october 3rd, we hear from the hezball deputy chief also sheikhm along with the great mufty of yemen and also the representative from china of the Islamic Association of that country. Of ibrahim rc spoke at length about how unity. Is uh the core principle and the purpose uh of not only behind this conference, but what will hold muslims together in order to thort the enemy plots uh against muslims um and gave different examples of how that would work, unity is means solidarity to preserve the values of the Islamic Community, and other examplesmonic powers know that the ball work against them uh are muslims who believe in god and of course the unity uh to uh withstand that the enemy wants to destroy unity and solidarity uh just. Some of the statements and themes revolved and centered around the whole notion of unity. Um, im of hoping to uh speak now to our correspondent gisumi shah ahmadi who is there at the venue who joins now to tell us more about what is happened there. Well gisu we heard that president ab us some of the highlights from him and any other things that you deem important . Uh, well actually this conference started with online panels on september 28, as you know, this is annual conference, the Islamic Community conference is annual conference, which brings together muslim scholars from all over the world, and this time around it has brought together more than 200 muslim scholars from Different Countries from across the globe, but its quite an interesting uh gathering to see so many people sharing the same beliefs, coming together emphasize on the unity of muslims across the world, the unity of what they call the muslim ummah, and of course, most of the guests that have taken part in this islamic unity conference or actually emphasizing in their speeches, in their addresses, in the Panel Discussions that they take part in, on two very important issues, first is the importance of unity among muslims and the secret in this how uh division can harm the muslim ummah all together, so uh, i had the opportunity to talk to number of these guests, i talked to guests from russia, from china, i talked to guess from african countries, it was quite interesting to see that all of them share the same view, that it is important for all muslims from across the world to be united, because they pray to the same god, believe in the same prophet, they answer to the same call to prayers, and this is all the basis that is necessary for them to walk down the same path, which brings us to the highlights of president Ibrahim Raisis speech today, where he highlighted the importance of unity among muslims in form of resistance against the enemy. The fact that the palestinian issue is top on the agenda for muslims. Worldwide and that unity in this scale is actually necessary for the palestinian cause, the fact that the enemy, the zionist regime is trying to normalize ties with certain countries in order to discourage palestinians from their resistance, from uh demanding the right to go back to their and to free their land. These are the important issues that president ibrahim raisi talked about. He also pointed to the fact that the enemies are also using other strategies such as uh desecration of the holy quran. This is something that we have been witnessing over the past couple of months happening several times in European Countries covid. This is also something that definitely needs a strong reaction by muslims worldwide and this requires muslim unity so basically the islamic unity conference which is held annually on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammads birthday is an occasion to bring muslims from a cross globe together. Thank you very much for that there uh live at the venue of this conference is. Unity conference, im sure well be bringing you highlights of this conference um as it progresses uh were going to begin our news now israely warplanes have reportedly attacked targets in the syrian capital damascus. Explosions were heard in the capital as media released images of israely warplanes flying overhead with Syrian Air Defense operating to counter the attacks. Details are sketchy at this point as there have been no official comments yet from syrian authorities. This comes as the Israeli Regime has on numerous. Struck targets in syria as telaviv pushes ahead with this acts of aggression. Tens of thousands of israelis are back on the streets for the 39th consecutive week to protest against controversial judicial curves by Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus extreme for right cabinet. Protesters say that they will continue the rallies until they are able to reveal the legislation. Mass protest against the judicial overhaul have been ongoing since it was proposed by in january, the Israeli Supreme Court began hearing the first in a series of appeals linked to the plan in august. It set up an unprecedented domestic crisis, resulting in public unrest, labor strikes and mututy by some members of the military. Critics say the curbs remove vital checks on the farright cabinets powers. Palestinian residents factions have organized rally in the blockaded gaza strip, marking the 23rd anniversary of the alasat. Intofather, also known as the second interfather, it was spark by the desacration the islamic holy shrine by the then israeli Prime Minister arial sharon. Press to be correspondent ash shanan has more. Palestinians in gaza ried on saturday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the second palestinian popular uprising, which is also known as the alaksa antifada. The alaksa antifada was parked by the dissecration of the alaxa mask company. In the occupied alquds in september 2000 by then israeli Prime Minister rael sharon and his bodyguards. Palestinians have been holding protests in the eastern part of the gaza strip for the last three weeks, aiming to drawing International Attention to the continued israeli Human Rights Violations in alquds. Hamas movement has warned the Israeli Regime against violations at ala mask. 23 years have passed since the beginning of the. And we continue to fight for our holy places. The israeli enemy must not provoke the palestinian people. The equation has not changed and palestine remains an islamic land. Today we heard that we will fight for our rights and we will use all the forms of resistance including armed resistance to liberate alds and all of our land. Protesters held placers denouncing the israeli regins the secretion of the mask compound. They also denounced the international and silence on the unabated israeli crimes means that there is determination forestinian to face the Israeli Aggression and colonialization and settlement and achieve the Senior Rights for selfdetermination and right of return. In recent weeks the Israeli Forces have increased their presence near the mass compound taking advantage of jewish holidays, intofada continues because of the ongoing Israeli Aggression against alkuds and the alaksa mosk, we call on the International Community to exert real pressure occupying israel regime to stop its violations against the palestinian people. Uh say the israel regime and its regional and International Back are responsible for the escalation of violence in alkuds. 23 years on palestinians say they are determined to free alquds and mask, no matter what sacrifices are required. Fired, press tv gaza. The pro russia party wins general elections in nato member state slovakia, with almost all the votes accounted. Left is Smer Sd Party led by former premier robert fico, obtained over 23 the votes. That left the partys main rival, the centrist progressive slovakia in second place on 17 of the votes. Robert frikos party now needs to enter a coalition to former governments. Fico seeks to end military aid to ukraine, wants better relations with russia, and is critical of the European Union and nato. He is pledged not to send a single round of ammunition to ukraine. From slovakia, which has been one of europes biggest donors to kiev, as a share of his gdp. And to france where the government there continues to enforce controversial budget cuts Via Executive decree, and even as the west economic worws continue to rage. People took to the streets around the country, demanding action a long wining housing crisis, which has reached new proportions, amid record inflation. Reports from paris, in the past few president ial elections, the number one voter demand has been to address housing issues, which are suffered by one out of every four people in france. Many consider the european refugee crisis to be in its eighth year, adding to the National Housing policy failure. The failure of western sanctions on russia has helped rent to explode, for the last year by over 7 , or an entire monthly payment. Major demonstrations were held across the country to demand the government finally take action for adequate and stable shelter. Ne donne pas vraiment reellement de solution. The government isnt proposing any solutions for these people with housing problems or who are completely homeless. These are people who work who pay their taxes and get still find themselves on the streets. Its a big big problem, but we dont expect anything. From this government, given how they responded to the fair requests the yellow vests. Demonstrators demanded rent freezes and reductions, the taxing of real estate corporations and multiple home owners and the requisitioning of a record 3. 2 million empty lodgings. However, historically there have been few signs that the administration of Emmanuel Macron is interested in dialogue. The 2024 budget has just been released, but dont expect to see debated in parliament. President macron has just used his usual executive decreee to force through yet another austerity budget with billions and cuts to Government Services despite the record economic hardship. 493, macron uses the 49. 3 executive decree, so the people remain silent, people are scared, and thats now our biggest problem. This fear has led to inaction and political apathy, and thats even though i hear everyone around me, relating how bad things are going for them and for society. I dont understand their inaction, but i do understand their fear of getting involved, given the massive repression and lack of democracy here. Many say that housing is actually issue which any committed government can fix in just few years, by making laws which favor tenants and not rich landlords, by putting more taxes into Building Public housing, and by creating more shelters for those with. They see their concerns turkey uh there has been a blast that has been reported in ankara and the location is near a Parliament Building the turkish media is reporting that so a blast reported in ankara that has occurred near the Parliament Building this is the developing story we will make sure that we give you details once we get it. Moving on, the Us Government has avoided a federal shut down after congress agreed a last minute temporary funding deal, the 45 day resolution would keep the government funded until mid november. The deal is, or the deal still leaves out to ukraine requested by president joe biden. The white house officials says the president is set to sign the measure into law, but expects republicans to allow a quick separate vote on ukraine aid. In recent weeks numerous to pass spending bills in the republican controlled. Passed the measure with the help of democratic votes and even saw a rebellion from fellow republicans during votes to reach deal. First of east Colin Cambell joined us earlier from washington dc, he says the main Sticking Point in passing a permanent spending bill is the issue. Over ukraine aid, well one of the major Sticking Points is ukraine, although republicans, especially the more extremist republicans are very upset over the amount of spending in general, but it seems to be only spending when it comes to house, us households, not when it comes to corporate welfare or military spending, it seems to be those who collect government benefits for food or for housing or for medicine, some of those basic care packages that the Us Government gives to those who are living below the threshold of poverty or who are in serious uh economic uh constraints, so could we be back in 45 days discussing all of this . Thats a very likely possibility, but i know that congress is, or at least many members of congress would rather avoid that situation. So aside from an explosion, you can see that theres additional piece of news there, and thats gunfire, thats reported near the Parliament Building where this explosion has taken place in uh ankara. So we have to wait and see what is causing uh, not what caused the explosion, but what is causing the ensuing gunfire. We go on china has slammed the us as a true empire of lies, following a state Department Report that accused beijing of information manipulation. The Chinese ForeignMinistry Said the report has disregarded facts. It added the agencies of the Us State Department that produced the report with the source of false information and the command post of cognitive warfare. On thursday, the. State department accused beijing of manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets. It claimed that china has hit major setbacks when targeting democratic countries due to local media and Civil Society pushback. The report comes as beijing accused western media of trying to portray negative image of china. As india general. In 2024 draws a closer, antimuslim retoric is flaring up across the country with series of incidents reported in recent months. Battered with hate and history of communal clashes, the countrys Muslim Population has always been a soft target. Our new delhi correspondent monavar zaman has more. As india gears up to hold the Worlds Largest electoral exercise du in february 2024, violence against muslims and other. Minorities has flared up across the country. Reports say the Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or bjp and its affiliated groups are responsible for the escalating trend. Observers say the hate has reached even the parliament which many describe as temple of democracy. This is something unusual in our country. The politics of hate has reached even schools, colleges and universities. Few weeks ago i was literally terrified. And some people pulled my dress on the street outside college. Violence against muslims has prevailed since the partition in 1947, thats when the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan, but with the emergence of the ruling bjp in 2014, the situation has become far worse. Muslims have witnessed systematic repression against the community, including hate. Speaches, hate crimes and mob linchings, a recent incident inside the Indian Parliament sparked outrage when the bjp law maker held islamophobic profinities while debating with fellow muslim law maker. In another horrific incident a muslim man was linched in new delhi for taking a banana at hindu temple event. I have a hard time selling vegetables on the streets now. A few months ago i was harassed in a community with. Many saying we wont buy vegetables from muslim, they called me by inappropriate names. Since last decade, india has seen a growing fear and panic among minorities, particularly muslims, there is a growing mistrust on the ruling bjp and its policies towards muslims. The ruling party of Prime Minister narendra modi, however denies any allegation saying india is democracy and believes in equal rights for all, but critics argue that the real agenda is to promote. Hindu supremacy in the country to garner votes and retain power, with general elections few months away, antimuslim rhetoric is flaring up across the country, minority communities are yet again becoming political tools for electoral games. Experts say the ruling party is dividing voters on religious lines which they say could lead to social discard. A country known as the Worlds Largest democracy. Man press tv, new delhi. Pakistan has been hit by deadly violence as the countries celebrates the birth anniversary of islams Prophet Muhammad. Two religious gatherings were targeted with bomb attacks in southern and northwestern provinces. Scores of people were killed and many others were wounded. Our correspondent nasir khasmi has more from islamabad. There is no let up in violence in pakistan. This time terrorists strucked gathering of people with bomb attack in the Mastung District of southwestern baluchistan province. When they were holding raies to mark the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad, the final messenger of god in islam. Dozens of people lost their lives and many more sustained serious injuries, shortly later in other attack a mask during friday prayers also left five people dead and wounded many others. Hamare massum namazio ko shahied karte hain. Attacking innocent people in gatherings and most is strongly. Condemmed, particularly a day when the nation was celebrating the birth anniversary of its beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who is a symbol of peace, these are kharjies who are killing innocent people in the name of islam, the state will not tolerate them anymore, despite these deadly bombings, pakistanis filled the streets with great religious zeal and fervor, paying tribute to their beloved prophet, pakistanis say they get gathered on the streets to also send message to those who wanted to distort the image of muslims. They stress that islam is a religion of peace and its prophet a messenger of peace. We must declare our discused with terrorists. We have to expose the enemies of islam and have to bring them to justice. This special event reinforces the enduring impact the Prophet Muhammads message and his role as the spiritual guide for millions of people worldwide. The celebration of prophets birth anniversary hold great significance in the islamic lunar calendar and is marked with joy and reverence. This commemoration offer includes gathering on streets, mosks and homes where believers recite kuranic verses and narrate the prophets life story. The birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad not only. Serves as a religious celebration, but also as a cultural and social event that promotes unity and brotherhood among muslims worldwide. Nashik asmi, press tv, islamabad. The fifth edition of the mustafa price ceremony is underway in the central iranian city of esfahan. More than 100 muslim scholars from various countries are participating in this years event. The prize is a prestigious award in the realm. Of science and technology, dedicating to recognizing and promoting the achievements of top researchers and scientists. Iran is hosting the fifth edition of the mustafa prize ceremony, the prestigious scientific event kicked off in the Cultural Capital of the islamic world is fahan. Highprofile scientists from 57 islamic countries as well as iranian officials are taking part in the Opening Ceremony on september 29th. The fifth edition of the mustapha. Which is often referred to as the muslim nobel has begun in the central city of isfan in iran and will continue until october 4th, over 100 scientists and researchers from all around the world have gathered here today. Irans president ibrahim raisi officially inaugurated the fifth edition of the prestigious scientific award. Addressing the attendees, he noted that the difference between the mustapha Award Ceremony and other similar events is in its view of science. The mustafa prize is awarded to the knowledge that has the two wings of science and faith science that has authenticity and seeks to create happiness and welfare of humanity and the new islamic civilization. Raise also said the mustafa scientific award has a Great Mission and therefore it should be recognized as a creative movement. The president added efforts should be made to further develop it. The mustafa prize is top science and technology award. Granted to top researchers and scientists in the islamic world, adorned with the name of the holy prophet, peace be upon him, and due to the holy prophets emphasis on learning and understanding science, the prize was dupped mustafa, which means the chosen one. Mustafa prize was established in 2012 as one of the symbols of scientific excellence and has been held biennally since 2015, recognizing leading researchers and scientists of the islamic world. Im honored that. I am participating in such an excellent and high level event of mustafallahu Alaihi Wasallam foundation, i think the foundation. Is doing a great job, it serves a window of the science in the islamic country to the world, it proved that there are great minds in the islamic world that deserve to be recognized and to be supported, and whats really happening here is one is of course the award giving which recognizes very. Well accomplished scientists, and this is an encouragement for other scientists to do excellent work, especially in the muslim world, because we all know that theres so much of good technology, innovation happening in the muslim world, the prize is awarded in the four categories of information and communication science and technology, life and medical science and technology, nanoscience and nanotechnology and all other areas of science and technology, this award is not limited to only muslim researchers and scientists. It also acknowledges nonmuslim scientists residing in muslim countries. The mustafa prize serves as beacon of inspiration for muslim scientists across the globe. The mustafa prize is not merely an award. It is a celebration of the scientific spirit and the call to action for muslim scientists to continue their pursuit of knowledge for the betterment of the mankind. Press tv uh we have. The breaking news that weve told you uh and were going to see uh now through whats coming on live from the capital ankara as to uh maybe give us an idea as to what has happened there uh pretty much across the board uh media is reporting that loud explosion was heard uh the cause of the explosion uh is not known but its in area near the parliament uh the ministry of interior affairs uh announced that uh and uh the media is saying that parliament is scheduled to reopen on uh sunday. The today where uh they uh had summer recess, but thats pretty much all that we have been told at this point. Now whats interesting is that gunfire has also been uh reported, at this point uh one of the uh news outles has said that uh there was bomb squad or squads working near a parked vehicle uh in the area, maybe thats the park vehicle that theyre talking about, the one thats zooming on the lefth side of your screen, but uh there are no signs of gunfire from what were looking at here and uh we do need an explanation as to what these two shots actually are uh especially the one on the right where theres a van with the doors open in the back but um other explanations are given theres no reasons here as to why um not only the explosions have taken place but what the uh gun fire is all about and uh so far no reports of casualties but obviously not a good sign for any country in this case turkey to experience Something Like this in the capital ancora and uh we dont seem to be even witnessing any activity really except for the shot at the right there where it seems like somebodys inspecting that vehicle with some type of security gear that that person has worn at least this shot indicates that i may be wrong uh thats speculation on my part but wanted to bring you some live images as to whats happening there in the capital ancora. Again uh, if youre just tuning in, explosion and gunfire uh have occurred in area close to the parliament, building in the turkish capital ancora, two shots thats being fed to us uh shows whats happening at the site, you can see the security personnel, they are up to something at this point, im sure theyre after the perpetrators trying to figure out the scene and any clues to indicate as to what is happening, and uh again. Based on one particular media outlet uh bomb squads are working near a parked vehicle in the area. That may be the scene on your right hand side of your screen, um, but were not sure. So the Turkish Interior Ministry based on what were seeing