It was affirmed during Prophet Muhammad’s “farewell pilgrimage” in 632 AD, in the 10th year of the Islamic calendar.
, the political mentor of Mexico's current leaderLopez Obrador had long clashed with Mexico's Supreme Court. During his six-year term, many of his signature policy proposals had come before the court.
In 2023, for instance, it ruled that Lopez Obrador could not use "national security" as an excuse to fast-track the construction ofin the Yucatan Peninsula.Barely a month later, it also struck down a bill Lopez Obrador backed that would have slashed the funding of the country's
In response, Lopez Obrador criticised the judicial system for serving the interests of the political and economic elites.Daniela Arias, a coordinator for the pro-democracy think tank Laboratorio Electoral, remembers Lopez Obrador railing against the judges at his daily news briefings.
“The president's questions in his morning press conferences were: What legitimacy do these [judges] have, versus what the people decided at the polls? Why are they holding up my projects?” Arias said.
With less than a month left in his presidency, Lopez Obrador decided to do something about his complaints. He pushed forward with hisGaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)
, a private initiative supported by the United States and Israel, expanded its relief operations on Thursday. But the group’s efforts have been widelyby the United Nations and other agencies as insufficient, poorly managed and not adhering to
humanitarian principlesGHF centres have become sites of chaos, violence, and desperation, with scenes of disorder running through the week as huge numbers of hungry people have overwhelmed security forces at distribution points.