{"id":801,"date":"2010-09-27T12:40:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=801"},"modified":"2010-09-27T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:40:54","slug":"muslim-nations-must-resist-islamophobia-oic-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/09\/27\/801\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim nations must resist \u2018Islamophobia\u2019: OIC chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"oghlo2\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/oghlo2.jpg\" width=\"261\" height=\"195\" \/>UNITED NATIONS: Muslim nations must collectively resist growing Islamophobia in the US and Europe, the head of the world\u2019s largest organisation of Islamic countries told ministers from the 57 member nations gathered this week.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to work with Western leaders to dispel misconceptions about their faith. They met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.<br \/>Ihsanoglu told The Associated Press on Saturday that he would be taking this message \u2018on the road\u2019 next week to Chicago, where the OIC will host a major conference on Islam and Muslims in America at the American Islamic College.<br \/>Key: \u201cEducation is key in helping the West truly understand Islam,\u201d he said.<br \/>He said his new book, \u201cThe Islamic World in the New Century: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference, 1969-2009,\u201d includes a whole chapter on the danger of growing Islamophobia in the West.<br \/>Islam has recently been under attack in America, especially with a controversy over a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site and threats by groups to burn the holy Quran in protest.<br \/>Difficult: \u201cThe Muslim world is going through an unprecedented difficult and trying time,\u201d Ihsanoglu said. \u201cWe are facing daunting challenges and severe hardships. Islam and Muslims are under serious attack, and Islamophobia is growing and becoming more rampant and dangerous by the day,\u201d he added.<br \/>He said a \u201cpandemic of Islam vilification\u201d is sweeping through some parts of Europe and the US, increasing misperceptions about Islam and eroding Muslims\u2019 human rights.<br \/> \u201cWe need an all inclusive effort of OIC member states to stem this menace,\u201d Ihsanoglu told the ministers. \u201cThat is why I firmly believe that this question of Islamophobia should figure prominently on the agenda of all OIC member states whenever they deal with their Western counterparts, \u201d he said.<br \/>Ihsanoglu, who is from Turkey, has headed the OIC since 2005. The group is seen as a moderate, collective voice for Islam.<br \/> \u201cThe OIC is a strategic and crucial partner of the United Nations and plays a significant role in helping to resolve a wide range of issues facing the world community,\u201d UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement to the group when it met on Friday.<br \/>Member states reflect the reach of Islam across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and include Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Morocco, Afghanistan, Syria, Chad, Senegal, Niger, Sudan, Guyana and Surinam.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: PakTribune<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS: Muslim nations must collectively resist growing Islamophobia in the US and Europe, the head of the world\u2019s largest organisation of Islamic countries told ministers from the 57 member nations gathered this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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