OIC Summit
Dhaka for unity to restore peace, stability
UNB
Bangladesh yesterday called for unity and solidarity among Muslims countries under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to bring back justice, peace and stability for the Ummah addressing all the challenges, reports UNB. Member states have an immediate duty to address challenges. For that, we need unity and solidarity, Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali said while addressing the foreign ministers meeting of the 13th Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. He said terrorism and violent extremism, major humanitarian crises, Islamophobia, climate change impacts and poverty are hurting the Muslims. Muslims are suffering from injustice, indignity and deprivation. Were often divided, weakened and exhausted in fratricidal civil wars and sectarian conflicts, said Ali.
Although, the Muslim countries constitute more than a quarter of the worlds nations and have the worlds strategic resources, their voices at the world stage is rather weak, he observed. Our internal feuds are drawing the entire Middle East and beyond into conflict only to the advantage of our detractors. Elsewhere, Muslim minorities like the Rohingyas in Myanmar continue to be victims of injustice and denial of rights, Foreign Minister Ali said. He recalled the statement of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the second OIC Summit, when he called for unity and solidarity within the Ummah and also in every sphere of social life. We also need determination to act and act strategically. Ali hoped that they would be able to jointly find the way forward and unite for peace, stability, sustainable development and social justice, according to Foreign Ministry here. The Foreign Minister said all must continue to build international opinion in favour of the Palestinian people. For resolving differences within the OIC, perhaps we need an OIC mediation and conflict resolution group to function at all tracks.
