Muslim Countries Fail to Implement their decisions: Erdogan

The Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur Summit of Islamic countries is underway in Kuala Lumpur. Delegates from 20 of the 57 countries of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) are participating in the conference. Addressing the inaugural meeting of the conference, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "We have come together to deal with Islamophobia. Muslim countries' conflicts, sectarian and ethnic-based conflicts."

He said, "We could not resolve the Palestinian conflict. We could not stop exploiting our resources. We could not say that we should stop the division of Muslim countries in the name of sectarianism. Erdogan said without naming the OIC. "One of the major problems of the Muslim Ummah is that the platforms that link Islamic countries could not implement their decisions.

Turkish President Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed have been periodically expressing reservations about the implementation of the OIC's decisions and its inaction. Mahathir Mohammed rejected the impression that the Kuala Lumpur Summit is intended to discriminate or isolate a country.

The Prime Minister of the country who hosted the conference also addressed. He said that the purpose of the conference was to find solutions to the global challenges facing the Muslim Ummah. Also the decline of Islamic civilization, the rule of law in Muslim countries, Islamophobia and misconceptions about Islam in the West.

Mahathir Muhammad said that if the conference participants were able to formulate viable recommendations, it would also be considered on major platforms in Islamic countries. In addition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the conference. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani also attended.

Malaysian Prime Minister Invitation

It is to be noted that the Malaysian Prime Minister invited all 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to attend the conference. However, several countries, including Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, had refused to participate.

Experts blame Saudi Arabia's denial of long-standing differences with Islamic countries in the Middle East. The relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have long been strained, analysts say. However, Saudi Arabia's relations with Turkey and Qatar, considered the head of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC), have been strained recently.

Some experts believe Saudi Arabia considers the conference called by the Prime Minister of Malaysia an attempt to create a new organization parallel to the OIC. A few days before the conference, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan also apologized for attending the conference.