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Pan-Muslim body urges generous aid for Mali

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 10:30
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday urged its member states to make generous contributions at this week's donors conference on Mali to be held in Brussels. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, OIC Secretary General, launched the appeal at the opening of a ministerial meeting in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah. Romano Prodi, the UN special envoy for the Sahel, attended the meeting which was held to discuss logistic and financial assistance to Mali, an OIC member, ahead of Wednesday's main donors meet.

Saudi, Gulf states, OIC condemn Boston bombings

April 16, 2013 14:32
Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation all condemned on Tuesday the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, calling them an act of terrorism. Three people were killed and more than 170 wounded in the bombings in the worst attack in the United States since the September 11, 2001 atrocities. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sent a message of condolences to the American people, saying he was "saddened by the news of the two explosions in Boston," state news agency SPA reported.

Pan-Muslim body urges Myanmar to allow OIC delegation

April 14, 2013 12:47
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar to allow a ministerial delegation to visit the country to discuss deadly violence against Muslims. The world's top Islamic body, in a statement following a meeting in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, also urged the UN Human Rights Commission to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Myanmar. The statement called on "Burmese authorities to strongly respond to the organisation's appeal and allow a ministerial OIC delegation to visit" Myanmar.

Saudi gives illegal foreign workers three months' grace

April 7, 2013 11:58
Saudi Arabia has given illegal foreign workers a three-month grace period to legalise their status, after panic over reported mass deportations, an official statement said. King Abdullah ordered the interior and labour ministries to allow "workers violating the labour and residency system a maximum of three months to rectify their situation," said the statement carried by SPA state news agency.

OIC urge Myanmar to probe death of 13 young Muslim boys

April 5, 2013 13:31
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his deep sorrow over the death of 13 boys at an Islamic school in Yangon, Myanmar, last Tuesday.Ihsanoglu , in a press statement, said such tragic circumstances must be avoided.He urged the authorities in Myanmar to launch a full investigation into the causes of the fire in order to prevent recurrence of the tragedy.

World Muslim body to meet on Myanmar violence

March 30, 2013 08:30
The head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said on Saturday that ministers from OIC states will meet on April 14 in Saudi Arabia to discuss deadly violence against Muslims in Myanmar. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement that a contact committee of OIC foreign ministers would gather in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. State media in Myanmar reported on Saturday that the death toll from communal violence in the centre of the country over the past 10 days has risen to 43 with more than 1,300 homes and other buildings destroyed.

Saudi's illegal immigrants draw fear of "infiltrators"

March 27, 2013 10:45
By Angus McDowall and Asma Alsharif JEDDAH (Reuters) - Down a narrow alleyway deep in the Jeddah slum of Karantina, three women from Sudan have set up stalls under colourful parasols, selling peanuts, hibiscus petals, dried pulses, baskets, frankincense, calabashes and sandalwood. They laugh and gossip in the sunshine, swathed in bright printed cloth, while a scrawny black cat picks its way between piles of rubbish. But when approached by a stranger, they are cautious.

Britain's Charles meets pan-Muslim body chief

March 17, 2013 06:31
Britain's Prince Charles met the head of the world's largest Islamic grouping in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Sunday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said in a statement. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu briefed Prince Charles "on the various intra-OIC programmes and activities in support of agricultural development, food security and drought resilience," it said. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla embarked on a regional tour last week, beginning in Jordan.

Twenty-one jailed in Saudi Arabia after deadly floods

March 7, 2013 09:30
DUBAI, March 7 (Reuters) - A Saudi court has jailed 21 people, including at least one government official, after houses were built on flood-prone land, leading to more than 100 deaths by drowning, local media reported on Thursday. The rulings came nearly a year after two men were jailed in one of the first convictions in a graft crackdown the government launched following the floods hit Jeddah in 2009 and 2011.

Egypt's Morsi hopes for Syria ceasefire 'soon'

February 7, 2013 13:30
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said on Thursday he hoped for a ceasefire "soon" in Syria, where tens of thousands of people have been killed in nearly two years of conflict. Morsi said a meeting between Egypt, Turkey and Iran on the sidelines of a Cairo summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), discussed "the general framework" to resolve the crisis in Syria.
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