The special summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss the problems facing Muslims is scheduled to be held in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in November. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is OIC chairman, said that this was agreed upon during his meeting with Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, after attending the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF), on Sunday. They also agreed that adequate preparations must be made, including setting up a committee comprising Muslim thinkers and Ulema (Scholars) to identify the major problems now faced by Muslims. "The committee will also discuss measures we need to take, in the meeting that we'll be having," he told reporters on his return from Jeddah at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) airport in Subang, near here. Badawi, who earlier made a four-day visit to Pakistan, said that the setting up of the committee and other preparations were being handled by the Foreign Ministry and the OIC General Secretariat. It is hoped that the summit would come up with an agenda for the OIC to adopt approaches and programmes that could boost the organization to make greater achievements, he was quoted as saying by Malaysia's national news agency "BERNAMA." Abdullah said that the summit would focus on the major problems faced by the Islamic countries and Muslims, among them the issue of the unity of the ummah.
