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Senegal: OIC is Not Only Platform to Exchange Views, Malaysian Official Says
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Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar)
13 March 2008
Posted to the web 14 March 2008
Dakar
The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) must not only be a platform to exchange views, but also a forum against the libellous attacks on Islam and for solidarity with destitute Muslims.
"The OIC must not only be a platform to exchange views, but also a forum to launch the fight against libellous attacks, for solidarity with the millions of poverty-stricken Muslims throughout the world," Mohammad Hamid Panwenth said on Thursday.
He added that the OIC would have to be a forum to protect the Ummah against extremism and xenophobia, while contributing to the social development of Muslim populations and the fight against justice and equity.
"We cannot afford to lag behind," he added, stressing that the OIC "must play its part" in the same capacity as the international community in the fight "against poverty, hunger and diseases."
"The OIC must not give up" in its fight for justice, notably in view of the current international geopolitical environment, he indicated. In this connection, he stressed the need to look for solutions to "end the sufferings of more than half a century of the Palestinian people" and support the establishment of a Palestinian sate.
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However, for the Malaysian prime minister, Abdallah Badawi, whose message was read by the president of the Malaysian senate, the Muslim leaders need first to work "together," "remained united." Therefore, he stressed the need to cultivate the "political will, saying that he was convinced that "the Ummah can get over its differences."
You're kidding, right? The only way to stop "Islamaphobia" is to follow your own Koran and STOP killing innocent people. Suni killing Shia, killling Christians, killing women and children. I see it in the news every day. Islam proclaims itself to be a religion of peace. All I see is murder committed in the name of Allah on a daily basis.
Gordon in California
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