The Rohingya crisis and the role of the OIC
The latest United Nations report on the Rohingya minority shocked the world yet again with descriptions of the kind of atrocities that the Myanmar security forces are perpetrating. From children cut to death, to women raped and whole villages burned, these brutal acts have been justifiably characterised as most likely amounting to crimes against humanity. […]
OIC aims to save young Muslims from terror groups
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to develop common policies to keep young Muslims away from extremist organizations. Elshad Iskandarov, president of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC), told AA in the wake of the third session of the Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers on Oct. 5 […]
Syria conflict will be central to major Islamic summit
It calls itself the collective voice of the Muslim world. And ahead of a leaders summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, foreign ministers from the 57 member states have been meeting in Istanbul. At the heart of their agenda is the civil war in Syria. “As the Islamic world, it is time for us […]