OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani has condemned the twin bomb attacks on 20 February 2015 on the Central Hotel in Mogadishu, which killed a dozen of innocent people and injured a score of others. The Secretary General, who described the incident as a criminal and cowardly act targeting worshipers, presented his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the government and people of Somalia. He prayed for the quick recovery of the injured. While reiterating the full solidarity of the OIC with the authorities in Somalia in their endeavors to combat violent extremism and terrorism, which negate the compassionate values of the noble religion of Islam, Madani reiterated the principled stand of the Organization against all forms and manifestation of terrorism.
