OIC to discuss four Muslim issues

Ihsanoglu said Syria, Palestine and Rakhine Muslims issues
and the developments in Mali would be discussed at the
OIC summit that will be held in Cairo, capital of Egypt on February 6-7.         

21 January 2013 Monday
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World Bulletin / News Desk
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said new approaches to Islama-phobia should be determined.

In a written statement Ihsanoglu said Syria, Palestine and Rakhine Muslims issues and the developments in Mali would be discussed at the OIC summit that will be held in Cairo, capital of Egypt on February 6-7. He added new approaches to Islama-phobia should be determined at the summit.
He said all the members would attend the summit.

Ihsanoglu said the efforts on stopping the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar continues and he would pay a formal visit to Myanmar ahead of the summit.

The OIC summit could not be held for the last two years due to the developments in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Ihsanoglu said artifacts of the Islamic civilization were getting lost due to the recent events in the Islamic world.

He said the OIC would hold a conference on the protection of those artifacts in Cairo on January 31.
Ihsanoglu said several artifacts especially in Mali, Syria, Tunus and Iraq were looted. He said they would also discuss the protection of the artifacts belonging to Islamic and Christian civilization in Israel. He said artifacts face big threats in Jerusalem.