Alwaght- Turkey slammed on Friday the Saudi-led regimes move to add the International Union of Muslim Scholars, headquartered in Qatar, and International Islamic Council for Da'wah and Relief, headquartered in Egypt, to a terror watch list.
Turkish Foreign Ministry, in a statement, denounced the decision as a "woeful" move that was taken based on "baseless allegations".
"As the term chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, we consider this decision as a serious mistake, which will serve an anti-Islamic environment," it said.
The Turkish ministry asked the bloc, which includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, to reconsider its decision and "give necessary respect" to the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
The Saudi-led Arab regimes announced the step late Wednesday, saying they added two entities and 11 individuals to its terrorist watch list.
The additions include two Doha-based nongovernmental organizations: the International Islamic Council and the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) led by Doha-based Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
The four countries said in a joint statement that the entities added to the list constituted “terrorist organizations working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse, which they use as cover to carry out various terrorist activities”.
"The 11 individuals [added to the list] have carried out various terrorist operations for which they received direct Qatari support,” the statement -- carried by Saudi, Egyptian and Bahraini news agencies -- read.
Early June, The Saudi-led regimes severed relations with Qatar and imposed a blockade against it, accusing Doha of funding "terrorism". Qatar has vehemently rejected the allegations as "baseless".
On June 22, the group issued a 13-point list of demands, including the shutdown of Al Jazeera TV, limiting ties with Iran, and expelling Turkish troops stationed in the country as a prerequisite to lifting the blockade.
Qatar rejected all the demands, denouncing them as attempts to violate its sovereignty.
