OIC chief warns against inciting anti-Islam hatred

"The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu voiced his deep concern over the dangerous implications of the recent spate of Islamophobic actions, IINA reported.He made the remarks after the inaugural session of the open...

TNI to prepare 90 personnel to join Unifil

""The military chief will of course discuss the matter with President Yudhoyono shortly after he has returned from his overseas trip," Head of the TNI Headquarters` Information Service Rear Marshal Sagom Tamboen said on Saturday.Yudhoyono is currently visiting South Africa as...

OIC adopts new charter with focus on human righs

""In adopting new programs members raised several topics among other things on democracy, good governance and elimination of Islamophobia," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after the closing of the summit here on Friday evening.The president said that OIC...

Opening of 11th OIC summit in Dakar delayed two hours

"The summit which was held at Le Meridien President Dakar hotel was scheduled to be opened at 10.00 a.m. local time or at 05.00 p.m. Indonesian standard time (WIB) by holding the photo sesssion with the heads of states, but the function took place two hours later.Dozens of...

News Focus: Yudhoyono`s visit to Iran has strategic meaning

"The Indonesian head of state visited Iran on March 11, 2008, as part of his trips to several countries till March 20, 2008, including to Dakar, Senegal, to attend the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit on March 12-15, 2008.During his trips, the president was...

Palestine very important point on OIC summit agenda

""I think that a strong message will be delivered to support the Palestinian people`s inalienable right to found its own state, on its own land, with East Jerusalem as capital," the OIC secretary general said. The experts of the 57 OIC member states have been meeting in...

OIC slams Israel`s offensive, asks UNSC to take action

""The excessive and disproportionate use of force by the occupying power, including strikes by warplanes and ground artillery, and targeted extra-judicial killings, constitute grave breaches of international law including humanitarian and human rights law", a statement from...

General Musharraf urges changes at Islamic Conference

At an Islamabad meeting organised by the World Islamic Economic Forum, Pakistan's president General Pervez Musharraf has called for a radical restructuring of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference so that it will be "able to play a central role in portraying true spirit...

OIC Support for Cyprus is On the Way

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will call the member countries to take concrete steps regarding the removal of impositions on Northern Cyprus. Foreign ministers in OIC are coming together in a Turkic republic for the first time. Turkish Foreign minister Abdullah...

OIC Slams Cartoonists' Killing Reward

Turks.US - The pan-Muslim organization denounced calls to kill cartoonists of drawings mocking Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) as running counter to the teachings of Islam. "You have no authority to kill anybody," Reuters quoted Ekmeleddin...