Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday called on Muslims worldwide to strongly oppose any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In Kuala Lumpur, leaders from the ruling party United Malay National Organisation and the right-wing Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, both of which represent majority, ethnic-Malay Muslims, led Friday’s rally of several thousand people. Jerusalem is an occupied territory,” Minister for Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin said through a loud hailer towards the embassy. Trump said on Wednesday the United States would move its embassy to Jerusalem in the coming years. Palestinians claim East Jerusalem for the capital of an independent state they seek.

Source: Egypt Independent December 08, 2017 10:30 UTC