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Bangladesh advocates OIC reforms for India's entry as observer in group
By
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...as-observer-in-group/articleshow/64040070.cms
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh on Saturday advocated reforms of Organisation of Islamic Conference or OIC inferring entry of countries with large Muslim populations like India as observers in the grouping.
"A number of countries – not OIC members, have large number of Muslims as their citizens. The Muslims may be minority in those countries, but in terms of number – they often exceed the total population of many OIC member countries," Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali said in Dhaka on aturday at the inaugural of OIC Foreign Ministers meet.
"There is a need to build bridges with those non-OIC countries, so that a large number of Muslim populations do not remain untouched by the good work of OIC. That is why, reforms and re-structuring is critical for OIC," Ali said indicating entry of India as OIC observer. Islam is second largest religion in India and based on that Delhi has been advocating its entry into OIC for decades.
Experts are considering this as a diplomatic victory as several other OIC states besides OIC Secretary General supports the view of Bangladesh on reforming organisation. Further there was no mention of Kashmir in the Ministers speech as increasingly number of OIC states are against strong stand by the group on Kashmir.
"As the world is changing in many ways – infringing upon every area of a peaceful society, life, development, we cannot do the business as usual. We need to re-think our work, method and process of functioning to cater to the needs of the current eraand beyond.
. Otherwise, we risk in situating our Organization in redundancy," Ali further noted.
"In this fractured world, conflict ridden world, it is incumbent upon OIC leaders to foster a shared objective, a shared vision and a shared commitment for peace, solidarity and development. In this context, let me share with you a vision of our Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He said, “the Bengalee nation fully commits itself to the building of a world order in which the aspirations of all men for peace and justice will be realized," the Minister noted.
Referring to right spirit of the religion, Ali noted, "Solidarity for us refers to solidarity in terms of human individual and social-economic inclusion. Islam was revealed to ensure the worldly and other-worldly well-being of all mankind on an equal footing. Indeed, Islam is not intended for a certain people, race or ethnicity. The well-being of all needs to be ensured through solidarity aimed at ending poverty, achieving shared prosperity and peace, and dignity. In fact, ending poverty is such a top priority in Islam, that expression of solidarity for this purpose is placed third in the order of the pillars of Islam in the form of Zakath."
By
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...as-observer-in-group/articleshow/64040070.cms
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh on Saturday advocated reforms of Organisation of Islamic Conference or OIC inferring entry of countries with large Muslim populations like India as observers in the grouping.
"A number of countries – not OIC members, have large number of Muslims as their citizens. The Muslims may be minority in those countries, but in terms of number – they often exceed the total population of many OIC member countries," Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali said in Dhaka on aturday at the inaugural of OIC Foreign Ministers meet.
"There is a need to build bridges with those non-OIC countries, so that a large number of Muslim populations do not remain untouched by the good work of OIC. That is why, reforms and re-structuring is critical for OIC," Ali said indicating entry of India as OIC observer. Islam is second largest religion in India and based on that Delhi has been advocating its entry into OIC for decades.
Experts are considering this as a diplomatic victory as several other OIC states besides OIC Secretary General supports the view of Bangladesh on reforming organisation. Further there was no mention of Kashmir in the Ministers speech as increasingly number of OIC states are against strong stand by the group on Kashmir.
"As the world is changing in many ways – infringing upon every area of a peaceful society, life, development, we cannot do the business as usual. We need to re-think our work, method and process of functioning to cater to the needs of the current eraand beyond.
. Otherwise, we risk in situating our Organization in redundancy," Ali further noted.
"In this fractured world, conflict ridden world, it is incumbent upon OIC leaders to foster a shared objective, a shared vision and a shared commitment for peace, solidarity and development. In this context, let me share with you a vision of our Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He said, “the Bengalee nation fully commits itself to the building of a world order in which the aspirations of all men for peace and justice will be realized," the Minister noted.
Referring to right spirit of the religion, Ali noted, "Solidarity for us refers to solidarity in terms of human individual and social-economic inclusion. Islam was revealed to ensure the worldly and other-worldly well-being of all mankind on an equal footing. Indeed, Islam is not intended for a certain people, race or ethnicity. The well-being of all needs to be ensured through solidarity aimed at ending poverty, achieving shared prosperity and peace, and dignity. In fact, ending poverty is such a top priority in Islam, that expression of solidarity for this purpose is placed third in the order of the pillars of Islam in the form of Zakath."
