Dakar Declaration calls for facing challenges of Muslim Ummah
Sunday, 16 March 2008
The 11th summit of the OIC concluded at Dakar in Senegal Friday evening with the adoption of a new charter of the Islamic Conference and the Dakar Declaration pledging to safeguard the world peace and security, face the challenges of the Muslim Ummah unitedly, and ensure development of the member states, reports UNB.
"The leaders of the Muslim countries hereby renew their pledge to preserve the world peace and security… and thus to adhere fully to the United Nations' key mission in this regard as well as international legality as a rule for all without any political double standards," the Declaration said.
The Summit leaders reaffirmed the need for complying with all the Security Council resolutions on Al Quds, an issue for which the OIC was established, to ensure just and lasting peace in the Middle East and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state within internationally guaranteed borders.
The Declaration condemned Israel's pattern of refusal to fully comply with the UN resolutions to allow the establishment of an independent Palestine state with Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital without any territorial discontinuity, pull out of the Golan Heights of Syria and respect Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Dakar Declaration strongly condemned all forms of "extremism and dogmatism," which are incompatible with Islam, a religion of moderation and peaceful co-existence.
"It's in this vein that we support the dialogue of civilisations, and we believe that it's important to plan along such lines a preparatory phase by organising a major international gathering on Islamic - Christian dialogue that involves governments, among other players," it said.
The Declaration said terrorism is a "global phenomenon that is not related to any religion, race, colour or country" and that the scourge should be distinguished from "legitimate resistance against foreign occupation that prevents one from shedding the blood of innocent civilians.''
"The leaders of the Muslim countries hereby renew their pledge to preserve the world peace and security… and thus to adhere fully to the United Nations' key mission in this regard as well as international legality as a rule for all without any political double standards," the Declaration said.
The Summit leaders reaffirmed the need for complying with all the Security Council resolutions on Al Quds, an issue for which the OIC was established, to ensure just and lasting peace in the Middle East and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state within internationally guaranteed borders.
The Declaration condemned Israel's pattern of refusal to fully comply with the UN resolutions to allow the establishment of an independent Palestine state with Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital without any territorial discontinuity, pull out of the Golan Heights of Syria and respect Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Dakar Declaration strongly condemned all forms of "extremism and dogmatism," which are incompatible with Islam, a religion of moderation and peaceful co-existence.
"It's in this vein that we support the dialogue of civilisations, and we believe that it's important to plan along such lines a preparatory phase by organising a major international gathering on Islamic - Christian dialogue that involves governments, among other players," it said.
The Declaration said terrorism is a "global phenomenon that is not related to any religion, race, colour or country" and that the scourge should be distinguished from "legitimate resistance against foreign occupation that prevents one from shedding the blood of innocent civilians.''