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Divide in the Islamic World.

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Mohammad bin Salman(MbS ), the Saudi Crown Prince who has been hailed in the west as " Great Reformer " , but in the process of his reforms he has surrendered its role as leader of the Islamic world by abandoning 'sensitive and emotional' muslim issues like Palestine, Kashmir and Uighur. The drastic U-turn in the foreign policy towards Israel created further division and leadership vacuum with both Iran and Turkey, waiting in the wings, to fill the void. In recent times, Turkey has tried to cozy up to Iran and Pakistan in order to form a new bloc outside of OIC's influence. So is Turkey and its allies like Iran and Pakistan trying to make a new Islamic bloc? Let us look at the recent developments in each of the 3 countries which leads us to a conclusion that a divide has been created in the Muslim world. TURKEY ▪ Erdogan was named as the world most popular Muslim leader in the Gallup International Index in 2020. ▪His recent decision to converting Ha...