Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 38 Sun. July 04, 2004  
   
Letters to Editor


OIC, a toothless tiger


The OIC, from the very beginning, is a toothless, benign and valueless organisation which is of no use to the Muslim Ummah. Till today neither the OIC as a whole nor its member states individually had the courage to condemn the massacre of innocent men , women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has never even protested the human rights abuses by the US and its allies on Muslim prisoners of war.

But the scenario has changed with the election of Turkey' candidate as OIC secretary general.

Turkey is yet to ratify the charter of OIC. Some of Turkey's laws are dubious in nature. For example, it is constitutionally forbidden and a criminal offence to use hijab/head-scarf in Turkey.

I would request the Bangladeshi government to show courage and withdraw from this useless organisation which is working against the interest of Islam and the Muslim Ummah.