SECRETARY GENERAL OF JEDDAH-BASED ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) EKMEL-EDDIN IHSAN UGHLO HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKKAH DOCUMENT, AND SAID IT AIMS AT ENDING BLOODSHED OF MUSLIMS IN IRAQ. HE ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS OF THE DOCUMENT TO THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH AND THE TIRELESS EFFORTS EXERTED BY THE OIC . HE NOTED THAT AN OIC'S DELEGATION HAD EARLIER MADE CONTACTS WITH THE IRAQI POLITICIANS IN THIS RESPECT. UGHLO POINTED OUT THAT THE OIC HAD PARTICIPATED IN CONTACTS WITH IRAQ'S NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN THIS REGARD. HE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE EXTENDED BY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR HOLDING THE MEETING . HE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY SOME MUSLIM SCHOLARS TO ATTAIN THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. UGHLO URGED THE MEDIA TO SHOULDER ITS RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DOCUMENT SO AS TO ENABLE THE MUSLIMS OF IRAQ AND MUSLIMS OF OTHER COUNTRIES TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE STAND OF ISLAM VIS-A-VIS CONTINUATION OF BLOODSHED. UGHLO SAID THE IRAQI PREMIER IN ADDITION TO SOME IRAQI MINISTERS AND POLITICIANS HAVE VOICED SUPPORT TO THE DOCUMENT. DR UGHLO SAID A FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED BY THE OIC'S SECRETARIAT GENERAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOCUMENT. 'THIS DOCUMENT AIMS AT CLOSING THE RANKS OF MUSLIMS IN IRAQ AND PUTTING AN END TO THE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS SERVING THE NATIONAL INTERESTS.
