SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) PROFESSOR EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU SAID THE OIC HAS BEEN WITNESSING A REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT NOTABLY AFTER THE EXTRAORDINARY ISLAMIC SUMMIT HELD IN MAKKAH LAST DECEMBER. IN A STATEMENT TO THE EGYPTIAN TELEVISION, PROFESSOR IHSANOGLU SAID THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT HAD APPROVED THE 10-YEAR PLAN WHICH WILL BE CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSLIM WORLD ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND CULTURALLY. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE 10-YEA PLAN AIMS AT ERADICATION OF ILLITERACY, HUNGER, IGNORANCE AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. PROFESSOR IHSANOGLU UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECTING ISLAM AS THE RELIGION OF MODERATION, TOLERANCE AND MERCY.
