“International Organization to Support the Prophet of Islam” was inaugurated on Tuesday with a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city as well as its cultural and financial hub.

Sheikh Sami es-Saidi made a presentation on the founding purpose of the organization at the inauguration ceremony, which started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Sheikh Zaki Al Asali, a Syrian Qari widely acclaimed for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an.

Many prominent Islamic scholars, politicians and academicians across the world, including Khaled Mishal, the head of Hamas' political bureau abroad, Enver Kılıçarsan, the head of İTTİHADUL ULEMA, Abdulvahap Ekinci, the president of the International Islamic Scholars Organization, and Mehmet Görmez, the head of Institute of Islamic Thought, attended the event, which was held in the Bağcılar district.

The International Organization to Support the Prophet of Islam was founded by 50 Islamic scholars from various Muslim countries on the first anniversary of the “Support Prophet Mohammed” campaign.

The campaign was started by Egyptian scholar Sheikh Muhammed Saghir one year ago after the insults and smear campaigns had been launched against Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) in the western countries, especially France.

Among the founders of the “International Organization to Support the Prophet of Islam” are Enver Kılıçarsan, the head of İTTİHADUL ULEMA, Abdulvahap Ekinci, the president of the International Islamic Scholars Organization, and Mehmet Görmez, the head of Institute of Islamic Thought, Academic Yasin Aktay, Mauritian Islamic Scholar Sheikh Muhammed Hassan Dedo and Ali Qaradaghi, the Secretary-General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. (ILKHA)