Hussein Kyanjo, a Ugandan lawmaker and also one of the organizers of the eight-day meeting of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Conference, an affiliate of OIC, told reporters that the legislators will discuss foreign intervention in Somalia."The Somalia issue is a specific feature the political committee is going to discuss in detail," he said at Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
African Union (AU) has deployed over 4,000 peacekeepers in Somalia where Islamic militants, al Shabaab, are fighting the Somali Transitional Federal Government.According to AU, foreign fighters with links to al Qaeda have teamed up with the al Shabaab to fight the government there.The over 500 delegates from 51 member states and 13 parliamentary union observer groups around the world will also discuss the situation in Sudan's Darfur region during the meeting.Documents prepared for the meeting show that the delegates will discuss how they can stand by Sudan against what they called all international threats and to affirm its sovereignty and legitimate leadership.Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court for his alleged responsibility for crimes committed in Darfur in western Sudan.
Among other topics to be discussed include the Palestine-Israel question, Iraq situation and combating terrorism under the United Nations umbrella among others.The conference dubbed the Sixth Session of the Conference of The Parliamentary Union of the OIC member states will be officially opened on Jan. 30 by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Terrorism to top discussions at Kampala Islamic conference
General Secretary of Parliamentary Union of Islamic Conference Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kilic (Left) with tMr Kyanjo at Munyonyo . Photo by Geoffrey Sseruyange Terrorism will dominate the sixth Islamic Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) scheduled for Tuesday.The one-week conference which opened on Sunday, will also take a stand on the Israel-Palestinian question.“There has always been demonisation of Islam and the misuse of Islam by the extremists who want to tarnish the image of the religion. This is a serious matter that keeps coming up in all the OIC conferences,” the acting chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC, Mr Hussein Kyanjo, told a news briefing in Kampala on Sunday.“We condemn those who demonise Islam and those who use religion as an excuse to commit crime,” he added.Mr Kyanjo (Makindye West) said the Islamic faith is linked to terrorism due to some wrong elements that are bent on tarnishing the name of Islam.The fate of President Omar Al –Bashir of Sudan, who was indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on allegations of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region, will also be discussed.Moslem countries have since protested Mr Bashir’s indictment.President Museveni is expected to officiate at the event which brings together all MPs of the OIC member states with a view of discussing critical issues concerning their membership and promoting dialogue with special emphasis on countering western campaigns against Islamic values.Over 300 delegates from 51 OIC member states are expected to attend the summit.
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