“Overlap of Islamic issues with complexity and implication of international changes is exacerbating the situation and throwing more obstacles before joint Islamic action organisations to either adopt successful solutions or mitigate effects of these woes,” Al Murr told the opening session of the eighth conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) in Khartoum, Sudan.
Priority, he stressed, should be given to looking for ways and mechanisms necessary to energise joint Islamic action organisations including this gathering.
“You may share with me the opinion that problems in the Islamic World, from its north to south and east to west, have not been effectively addressed by the joint Islamic action organisations whose roles were limited and didn’t go beyond issuance of statements and holding meetings that only produce resolutions which lack the will of implementation or the required influence in addressing challenges in the Islamic World,” he noted.
He urged the gathering to take swift action with regards to a proposal put forward by the UAE two years ago about an Islamic parliamentary declaration that features a definite time action plan to empower the PUIC in addressing issues of the Islamic World.
Al Murr reiterated that the UAE was seeking nothing from that declaration but to serve issues of the Islamic World with full impartiality and transparency.
Al Mur warned of the dire consequences of the spill over of the current sectarian disputes within one state which, he said, were unfortunately fuelled by Islamic and foreign circles.
PUIC, he added, was demanded to deal with this dangerous situation seriously and “we propose creation of a special committee to seek adequate mechanisms to preserve unity of the Islamic World and put an end to the spread of sectarianism and build transparent understanding and cooperation between Islamic states regardless of their schools and sects.
“We are following with deep sorrow and pain what is happening in sisterly Syria and the suffering of its people in border camps or within Syria itself. The war machine is harvesting hundreds of lives daily along with destruction of properties,” he said.
