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Turkey’s turn as president of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has shown a commitment to peace and justice worldwide, including for oppressed Palestinians and Rohingya and for UN reform, Muslim leaders from the Americas told Anadolu Agency, marking the OIC’s 49th anniversary.
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Professor Jamal Badawi, a founding member of the Muslim American Society (MAS), said the OIC was established in 1969 as “the collective voice of the Muslim world.”
Badawi said being an organization of states may have certain advantages but it also represents a challenge, as its delegates represent the collective voice of official governments shaped by their own political stances.
Turkey’s keen interest in the well-being of the Muslim world and its hosting the special summit on Palestine in Istanbul this May could help improve the conditions for providing an atmosphere of peace, he added.