Posted on 12/11/2005 11:06:27 AM PST by DoctorZIn
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Iran’s strategic role in the Islamic world
Mehr News:Iran’s active participation at the third extraordinary summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which was held last week in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, once again showed that the Islamic Republic of Iran always has strategies to resolve the impasses the Islamic world faces from time to time.
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his delegation offered a series of proposals at the December 7-8 summit that drew the attention of Islamic leaders.
Ahmadinejad proposed establishing an Islamic common market, an Islamic rapid reaction military force to respond to crises in Muslim countries, and a fund to support the Palestinian cause. The Iranian delegation also called for the establishment of a steering committee to defend Islamic values against Western attacks, a center for dialogue among religions, and an Islamic human rights committee.
Although the OIC lacks the tools necessary to implement its decisions, the approval of the Ten-Year Outlook Document was one of the organization’s significant successes at the summit.
The document outlines the OIC’s policies to meet the challenges facing the Islamic world over the next ten years.
It states that Muslim countries must offer the guidelines necessary to present a moderate image of Islam over the next decade in order to familiarize the Western world with the true humanitarian face of the religion.
The partial ratification of Iran’s proposal to establish an Islamic rapid reaction force was among the most important achievements of the OIC summit and will most probably have a positive effect on developments in the Islamic world.
The rapid reaction force will be tasked with providing assistance to countries affected by natural disasters and in the future may be tasked with conducting security and military missions, with the aim of preventing internal crises in Islamic countries.
The agreement to finance the Qods Fund for Palestine is another positive result of the Mecca summit. According to the decision, each Muslim, regardless of his nationality, should deposit at least one dollar to a special fund to be used for defending Qods and rescuing Beit-ul-Moqaddas.
This measure will help Qods and the Al-Aqsa Mosque maintain their Islamic identity in the face of the attacks of the Zionist regime.
Muslims were heartened by the fact that officials of Islamic countries, despite their differences, held discussions on the most important issues affecting the Islamic world at the Mecca summit under the umbrella of the OIC.
There is also the hope that through the implementation of the OIC Ten-Year Outlook Document, the organization will become more active in the future and thus help present the true image of Islam, which was tarnished in the eyes of many after the 9/11 events.
Although the OIC has a long way to go to realize its long-term objectives, the political will of officials of Islamic states and their attempt to decrease their dependence on foreign powers will definitely help the organization attain its lofty goals.DoctorZIn:
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- Amir Taheri, Gulf News warns the west that the campaign to ridicule Ahamdinejad's religious beliefs inside Iran is deceptive. Ahmadinejad is reflecting Khomeinist ideology that even Rafsanjani and Khatami must believe, if they support the regime. A must read.
- JTA News reported that the U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned anti-Israel calls by Iran's president.
- The Billings Gazette reported that Iran's armed forces began their biggest ever military maneuvers Friday in the Persian Gulf involving submarines, warships, missiles, jet fighters and helicopter gunships.
- NBC 15 reported that Saudis fumed Friday after Iran's hard-line president marred a summit dedicated to showing Islam's moderate face.
- The Associated Press reported that Robert Joseph, undersecretary for arms control and international security described the Iranian government as "very aggressive, very determined to develop nuclear weapons."
- Louis Charbonneau, Reuters reported that Germany summoned Iran's envoy over holocaust remarks.
- Expatica reported that Israel would have to prepare "other solutions" in view of Iran's nuclear program.
- Radio Free Europe reported that as Iraq's Kurdistan region has achieved a degree of self-rule Iranian Kurds are watching closely.
- Reuters reported that Israel called Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "very dangerous."
- The Economist reported that Akbar Ganji, "Iran's most outstanding dissident, is in renewed danger" and that he refuses to give in.
- The Christian Science Monitor reported that Tehran and Iranian opposition websites in recent weeks are rife with rumors that the regime is about to replace ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Iranian.com published a simple diagram: How Iranian politics works.
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Yeah. Good luck with that.
an Islamic human rights committee.
Obviously an oxymoron.
Hey Mullahs! Israel's coming for you, don't make too many long-term plans...;)
I thought the Russians already provisioned for such for by designing special reverse overdrive transmissions for military vehicles sold to arab nations.
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