By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS
ASTANA, Kazakhstan: The secretary-general of the renamed Organization of Islamic Cooperation has called for a decade of action on political reforms and peaceful resolutions for Palestine, Libya and Syria.
“The Muslim world is confronted with some serious developments with direct impact on its stability, unity, prosperity and development. Unfortunately, the Ummah — in certain parts — still lacks the necessary internal cohesion, strength, solidarity and capacity that are required in order to overcome these daunting challenges,” said OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. “The Muslim world is going through a defining moment in its history, which further affirms the dire need to speed up the process of concretizing the peoples’ aspiration to good governance, the rule of law, human rights, broader political participation and dedicated national dialogue.”
He said the OIC Charter and the 10-Year Program of Action are guided by the principles of moderation and modernization. “Both documents are based on a perceptive vision that carries in its folds appropriate solutions for such unrest as we are witnessing today in the Muslim world. This is an opportune occasion for me to renew my appeal to all our member states to kindly see to the implementation of the 10-Year Program of Action — particularly in the domain of good governance and rule of law.”
Ihsanoglu called for member states to recognize the Palestinian state and said Israel’s continued violations of international law had brought the peace process to a stalemate.
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We wish them well. So far we did not notice a lot of positive action from them. We shall see at the end of the decade with whom Allah’s blessings are. May Allah bless the rightly guided Jamaat and open the eyes of the rest of the Ummah.
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