Makkah Summit
King
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called an emergency Islamic Summit in Makkah to
discussed key issues facing Muslim Ummah.
This offers an opportunity to Muslim leaders
to discuss the prevailing situation, showing deep divided and to come up with
solution that can exhibit their unity and solidarity.
However, there is no
mention of Iran, enduring economic sanction imposed by the Western countries for
more than three decades. One can still recall that some of the Arab countries had
provided huge funds to Iraq when it attacked Iran, which helped in extending
the war for nearly a decade.
World renowned,
Abdullah Omar Naseef emphasizing the significance of the Summit has said, "There
is nothing strange in this call by King Abdullah for an emergency summit. It
shows his deep concern toward Islamic issues as a prominent Muslim leader in
the world," He also said, "This summit is being held at the right
time, when the Islamic nation is facing a lot of challenges and crises, such as
the worsening situation in Syria, the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in
Myanmar, and the continuing Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians.”
A member of
the World Council for Mosques, an affiliate of the Makkah-based Muslim World
League, Dr. Baheej Mulla Owais said, "We are pinning great hope on this
extraordinary summit and pray that it will be a great success in realizing its
objectives." He also mentioned another summit held in Makkah, called by
King Abdullah about five years ago to reconcile Iraqi factions. "That
summit was successful in reducing the bloodbath between Iraqi groups and
narrowing their differences. Sitting in front of the Holy Kaaba, they had pledged
to stop fighting each other," he added.
Iranian
Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on Muslim leaders to
address the Syrian and Bahraini crises simultaneously in their gathering in Makkah.
Iran has also proposed that the Palestinian issue and solidarity in the Muslim
world should be discussed at the meeting and that divisive issues would not be
raised.
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaving Tehran to attend the emergency Islamic
summit said is likely to express the views of the Iranian nation on the issues
facing the Muslim world. “This meeting is an opportunity for our nation’s
standpoint to be explained clearly and for efforts to be made toward the
convergence and protection of the interests and integrity of Muslim nations.”
One just can’t
resist from mentioning meeting of leaders of 42 countries who have given their
node to participate in the XVI Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which
is scheduled to be held in Tehran from Aug 26 to 31.
While efforts by Saudi
Arabia and Iran deserve appreciation, the bottomline remains can Arabs really
come out of the pressure of United States? There is growing consensus among the
analysts that toppling of Asad regime in Syria is part of the grand agenda to isolate
Iran, which is considered a threat for Arab monarchies.
what ever they discuss in this conference was only the Burma issues or the other problem facing by the Islamic ummah but my question is why they did not think about Iran. They did not bother about the sanctions placed in Iran.....
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