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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Muslim Modernization and the OIC on its 40th anniversary, Current affairs, NewAgeIslam.com

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Muslim Modernization and the OIC on its 40th anniversary

On its 40th anniversary the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), created to build cooperation between member states and help free Palestine from occupation, looks middle aged, lacks credibility and is the victim of Arab divisions , rather than the beneficiary of Muslim unity.(Veeramalla Anjaiah and Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post, 25.05.09).

To reverse this we need Palestine solved and the end of Arab domination of the OIC, with recognition that over 60 percent of Muslims are not Arab or in the Middle East.

The relationship between the Arab world and the Muslim world is ambiguous.

Indonesians with their multi-religious tradition and a long history of kingdoms, mysticism and cultures have sometimes felt torn between Arab and Western cultural imperialism.

The big Muslim-population countries of Asia: Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, along with Nigeria, Russia and the republics of Central Asia, have to make clear as rising powers in the Muslim world, that the Ummah, the global Muslim community, cannot be seen as an Arab back-yard.

These large Muslim populations and countries espouse their own cultural history, are growing in economic importance globally, and have predominantly opted for political democracy and freedom, leaving the Arab world behind.

http://newageislam.com/muslim-modernization-and-the-oic-on-its-40th-anniversary/current-affairs/d/1844


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