{"id":2703559,"date":"2026-11-10T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-iran-war-is-uniting-the-muslim-world\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:35:33","slug":"the-iran-war-is-uniting-the-muslim-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-iran-war-is-uniting-the-muslim-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iran War Is Uniting the Muslim World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-iran-war-is-uniting-the-muslim-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2703559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Iran War reshaped U.S. politics and helped drive GOP midterm losses, even prompting scrutiny of Trump\u2019s cabinet. More profoundly, gulf security is shifting: states hosting U.S. bases feel abandoned and exposed, so they\u2019re pursuing regional defense cooperation. The Mecca Joint defense Agreement (Saudi,Pakistan,Turkey) commits to collective defense; Egypt and Syria have shown interest. Broader pacts like the Badr Memorandum with Indonesia deepen ties. Momentum now favors including-not isolating-Iran: Gulf and other Muslim-majority countries have held talks with Tehran to open de\u2011escalation channels and build a regional non\u2011aggression framework.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-blog-post__content s-wysiwyg s-wysiwyg--blog\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\" id=\"elevenlabs-audionative-widget\" data-height=\"90\" data-width=\"100%\" data-frameborder=\"no\" data-scrolling=\"no\" data-publicuserid=\"cb0d9922301244fcc1aeafd0610a8e90a36a320754121ee126557a7416405662\" data-playerurl=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/index.html\" >Loading the <a href=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/text-to-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevenlabs Text to Speech<\/a> AudioNative Player&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/audioNativeHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The GOP\u2019s midterm elections rout last week transformed U.S. politics. And the Iran War had a lot to do with it. Vice President J.D. Vance, in a social media post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2118004988433641835?s=20\">placed it first<\/a> on a short list of reasons why Trump supporters defected to the Democrats. Donald Trump, Jr., the president\u2019s son and an influential MAGA voice, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/2118018423221608480?s=20\">cosigned<\/a> the VP\u2019s diagnosis. Even President Donald Trump, to the surprise of many, has echoed Vance\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war\u2019s political consequences could also reshape Trump\u2019s cabinet. The president has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-hegseth-midterm-election-losses\/\">reportedly<\/a> been asking advisors whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should keep his job. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-hegseth-doing-a-very-good-job-questions-swirl-about-his-future-2026-11-04\/\">public<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonkarl\/status\/2118320684942168364?s=20\">denials<\/a>, NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-discussing-possible-hegseth-replacements-sources-say-rcna607503\">reported<\/a> last week that Trump was considering replacing Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as seismic as the war\u2019s reshaping of the domestic political landscape has proved, its most transformative effects may be felt abroad. In the Persian Gulf region and the wider Muslim world, the security architecture is shifting. It had been built on the isolation of Iran in exchange for protection from America, but both parts of that foundation are now cracking. Though the Gulf nations are unlikely to totally abandon their security relationship with the United States, they are turning toward each other\u2014and crucially, they are reengaging Iran.<\/p>\n<p>                         <!-- \/22404337467,3946880\/theamericanconservative-Leaderboard-Top -->                         <\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1742316429780-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 50px; max-width: 100%; '>                         <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, which host bases that enable the U.S. military\u2019s forward presence in the Middle East, are frustrated by their current relationship with Washington. Throughout the Iran War, they have felt abandoned by a U.S. president who has ignored their warnings and sidelined their interests. And they have watched as the bases that were meant to provide protection instead invited attack, turning their hosts into targets of Iran\u2019s military retaliation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These developments have led to a rethinking of the region\u2019s security architecture. Gulf leaders have begun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/28\/gulf-leaders-meet-in-saudi-arabia-for-first-time-since-start-of-war-on-iran\">talking to each other<\/a> about developing a unified stance on regional security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first fruit of those talks was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c30418m4mj4o\">Mecca Joint Defense Agreement<\/a>, a defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/full-text-mecca-defence-pact-signed-turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan\">Article 2 of the new pact<\/a>, similar to NATO\u2019s Article 5 collective defense provision, states that \u201can externally originating armed attack against any of the \u2018Parties\u2019 shall be considered an attack against all the \u2018Parties\u2019.\u201d In the first trigger of that article, Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/07\/middleeast\/houthis-attack-saudi-airports-latam-intl\">sent troops<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/07\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-airports-houthis.html\">and fighter jets<\/a> to help Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Yemeni Houthis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Egypt, though not a member of the joint defense agreement, has also emphasized its commitment to regional security, and is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/top-officials-mecca-pact-countries-meet-iranian-officials-tehran-monday-two-2026-10-26\/\">considering joining the pact<\/a>. It too recently authorized defensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/10\/26\/iran-war-live-trump-rules-out-strikes-today-israeli-forces-raid-hebron?update=5086759\">military assistance<\/a> to Saudi Arabia. Syria has also begun <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2026\/11\/syria-weighs-joining-the-mecca-pact-foreign-minister-says\/\">exploring<\/a> possible membership in the Mecca alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This process of integration may even spread to encompass Muslim-majority nations outside of the region. In October, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/turkey-qatar-pakistan-indonesia-sign-defence-cooperation-accord-ankara-says-2026-10-21\/\">signed an agreement<\/a> with Indonesia to enhance defense industry cooperation. While not a Mecca-style joint defense agreement, the Badr Memorandum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/how-qatar-turkiye-pakistan-and-indonesia-are-deepening-defence-ties\">according to the Qatari Defense Ministry<\/a>, \u201caims to foster cooperation in the field of defence manufacturing [and] enhance defence capabilities among the four countries.\u201d A Turkish Defense Ministry statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/turkey-qatar-pakistan-indonesia-sign-defence-cooperation-accord-ankara-says-2026-10-21\/\">says<\/a> the agreement comes out of the desire to \u201cdeepen cooperation and develop partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But perhaps the most transformative shift in the geopolitical landscape is the emergence of a security architecture that is no longer based on Iran\u2019s isolation, but rather its inclusion. Last year, Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi had already pushed back against the framing of Iran as the driver of insecurity in the region and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/news\/gulf\/2025\/11\/01\/omani-foreign-minister-says-israel-not-iran-is-prime-source-of-insecurity-in-the-region\/\">called<\/a> for a shift to engagement with Tehran and an \u201cinclusive dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Busaidi recently renewed that appeal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/oman-calls-gulf-iraq-and-iran-unite-under-one-security-pact\">saying<\/a> that the American portrait of Iran as the chief threat to regional security has been \u201cthe most damaging of the priorities imposed on the region from the outside.\u201d He said that constructing a security system on that \u201centirely false perception\u201d had led to an \u201cunstable\u201d region. He even called on the Gulf states, Iraq, and Iran to unite in a \u201cnon-aggression\u201d security pact.<\/p>\n<section class=\"c-subscribe-email\" >\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__wrap\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__head\">\n<h4 class=\"c-subscribe-email__heading\">Subscribe Today<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"c-subscribe-email__subheading\">Get daily emails in your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__form-wrap\">      <!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->      <\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/theamericanconservative.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8&#038;id=f7b67cac40\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__fields\">              <label for=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"u-screenreader-text\">Email Address:<\/label>              <input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__field\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Your Email\" \/>              <input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__submit o-button o-button--red-500 o-button--solid\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>            <\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"mce-error-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-success-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->            <\/p>\n<div class=\"u-screenreader-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">              <input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8_f7b67cac40\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <!--End mc_embed_signup-->          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the Middle East has now taken what may be the first small steps toward that new security architecture. At the end of October, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani chief of the armed forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Turkish intelligence head Ibrahim Kalin went to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials including Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also attended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The packed agenda included opening a channel to deescalate military tensions. But it went beyond that. The broader aim, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/top-officials-mecca-pact-countries-meet-iranian-officials-tehran-monday-two-2026-10-26\/\">according to a senior Pakistani security official<\/a>, was to build \u201ca regional non-aggression network.\u201d And a joint statement released at the end of the meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/10\/26\/officials-from-mecca-pact-states-to-hold-talks-in-iran-amid-regional-tensions\">promised<\/a> \u201cto continue the dialogue to strengthen cooperation amongst the four regional countries, including for peace and security in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iran War has brought a seismic change to American politics. But it may bring an even greater transformation to the geopolitics of the Gulf region and the wider Muslim world. America will continue to play a role in the Middle East. But the Gulf Arab states, Turkey, Pakistan, and others are showing signs of turning away from the United States, toward each other, and in favor\u2014remarkably\u2014of productive engagement with Iran.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP\u2019s midterm rout was tied to the Iran War, with Vice President J. D. Vance listing it as a top reason Trump supporters switched to Democrats, a view echoed by Donald Trump Jr. and even by Donald Trump himself. Domestically, the war could trigger a cabinet shake-up, with reports that Trump has asked aides whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in place, despite denials and recent media claims that he might be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>But the war\u2019s biggest impact may be abroad. In the Persian Gulf and the wider Muslim world, the security framework is being rewritten. The old model-Iran isolated in exchange for American protection-is crumbling on both sides. Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain are frustrated with Washington and are turning more to each other and, crucially, reengaging with Iran, even as they maintain some ties with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>These countries, which host bases that enable the U.S. military\u2019s forward presence, feel abandoned by a U.S. leadership that ignored their warnings and sidelined their concerns. They\u2019ve watched bases intended as protection become targets of Iran\u2019s retaliation, prompting a rethink of regional security. Gulf leaders have begun discussing a unified approach, yielding the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey. Article 2 of that pact mirrors NATO\u2019s collective defense, promising that an armed attack on any party is an attack on all. Pakistan has already deployed troops and jets to assist Saudi Arabia in its conflict with Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt, not a Mecca member but committed to regional security, is weighing joining and has approved defensive aid to Saudi Arabia. Syria is also exploring membership. Beyond the Mecca framework, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar signed the Badr Memorandum with Indonesia to boost defense manufacturing and capabilities, signaling deeper regional defense cooperation. Turkish officials say the pact aims to deepen cooperation and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most transformative shift is toward a security regime that includes Iran rather than isolates it. Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi has long argued against portraying Iran as the region\u2019s principal source of danger and has urged engagement and inclusive dialogue with Tehran. He has called for a Gulf-wide non-aggression pact that would include Iraq and Iran, arguing that the prevailing anti-Iran stance has damaged regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>In late October, a first step toward this new architecture occurred when Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan\u2019s army chief, and Turkey\u2019s intelligence chief visited Tehran, meeting with Iranian leaders including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Araghchi. The talks aimed to ease tensions and, more broadly, to establish a regional non-aggression network and to continue dialogue to strengthen cooperation among the four regional players.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran War has already upended U.S. politics and may reshape Gulf and wider Muslim-world geopolitics even more. The United States will remain involved in the region, but Gulf states, Turkey, Pakistan, and others are increasingly turning away from Washington and toward one another-and, notably, toward constructive engagement with Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4480,"featured_media":2703560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2288615738-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[32404,3823,73799,87687],"class_list":["post-2703559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-geopolitics","tag-iran","tag-middle-east-2","tag-muslim-world"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2288615738-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703559\/revisions\/2703567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}