Leaders of major Muslim nations to attend Islam summit in Malaysia

The Muslim world faces numerous problems including corruption and abuse of power

MALAYSIA-POLITICS/MAHATHIR

Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in his message to participants of the Kuala Lumpur summit said that summit can potentially take cooperation between Muslim nations to new heights and revive the spirit of the Muslim world. 

The President wrote in the official website of the summit, “We proclaim that all Muslims are brothers and yet, our nations are involved in endless civil wars, sectarian wars, wars with our Muslim neighbours and inviting non-Muslim nations to assist us in our wars with fellow Muslims.”

Among the key problems, the Muslim world faces are an abuse of power, corruption and being accused of becoming a breeding ground for terrorism.

PM Mahathir Mohamad who is also chairman of the summit wrote, “We can keep on shouting that such labels, especially being breeders of terrorism, as callous anti-Islam propaganda. We know that it is really true but our weakness and disunity have given credence to this propaganda.”

Prominent leaders like Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al Thani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Rouhani are expected to attend the summit that will take place from Wednesday to Saturday.

50 countries will be participating in the summit and 400 participants will be in attendance.

The seven areas, or 'pillars' the summit will focus on inclusive development and sovereignty, integrity and good governance, culture and identity, justice and freedom, peace, security and defence, trade and investment and lastly, technology and Internet governance.