Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides condemns the string of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia that killed four people and injured many bystanders on July 4th. The foreign ministry also strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on July 3rd in Iraq during which hundreds were killed. The dates marked the end of Ramadan - the holiest month for Muslims.

Medina, Jeddah and Qatif in Saudi were all targeted by suicide bombers, one of whom is from Pakistan, where the terrorist group Al Qaida was founded by Osama Bin Laden.

Pakistani national Abdullah Qlazar Khan blew himself up in Jeddah. Nobody else was injured, but in Medina, the suicide bomber killed four people, said Saudi authorities.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

“Cyprus reaffirms its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and calls on all concerned to combine and intensify their efforts to combat this scourge and put an end to such heinous crimes,” said the minister.

Just a day earlier in Karrada district in Baghdad, Iraq, 200 people were killed in a suicide bombing when a truck blew up in the crowded shopping centre.

This attack was claimed by ISIS.

Terrorism shows true face

If anyone still has any illusions about terrorism being linked to the religious movement of Islam, they should take a hard look at the terrorist activity in the holy month of Ramadan.

The string of terrorist attacks in Turkey, Bangladesh and now Saudi Arabia all go to show that terrorism is a psychopathic and political power phenomenon, not a religious one. Yes, there are Imams who encourage suicide and they must be prevented from preaching these dangerous ideas.

But thousands of Muslims spoke out on social media saying it is they who suffer the most from terrorism.

And in the final analysis, it is the entire world that suffers from this evil.