Five nations to seek solutions to Muslim issues at KL Summit 2019

[Indos]

Five nations to seek solutions to Muslim issues at KL Summit 2019

By AZURA ABAS and HASHINI KAVISHTRI KANNAN - November 21, 2019 @ 8:35pm

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is being practical with its efforts to address and resolve issues concerning the ummah via the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 next month.

This will be done through the involvement of only five countries, including Malaysia, to speak, debate and find resolutions to the problems faced by the Muslim world at the summit, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today.

“The other four participating countries are Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia.

“We are keeping (the participating Muslim countries) small so that it is manageable.

“If it is too big, things will be unmanageable and be at odds with each other, preventing us from formulating solutions (to address issues plaguing the ummah).

“Perhaps in the future, we hope more Muslim countries will join us (in the summit),” he said at the soft launch of the event today.

He confirmed the attendance of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al-Thani; Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to the KL Summit 2019.

Dr Mahathir said while Muslims in the past had contributed so much to Islamic civilisation, the ummah now were in a worrying state.

“We have to know why Islam is being described as a religion of terrorism and why is there Islamophobia. There must be reasons behind this.

“We can only know the reason by getting scholars, leaders and thinkers to give their viewpoints and hopefully, by being able to identify the problems, there will be proposals to overcome them.

“Perhaps we can take the first step to help Muslims to recover their past glory,” he added.

Dr Mahathir, who is also the chairman of the summit, said emphasis would be placed on seven major themes; development and sovereignty; integrity and good governance; culture and identity; justice and freedom; peace, security and defence, trade and investment and technology and Internet governance.

The summit will be held from Dec 18 to 21 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

With the theme “The Role of Development In Achieving National Sovereignty”, the summit will see the participation of 450 Muslim leaders, thinkers, intellectuals and scholars to discuss and provide their input on issues affecting the Muslim world.

It aims to revive Islamic civilisation, deliberate and find new and workable solutions for problems afflicting the Muslim world.

The summit also aims to contribute to the improvement of the state of affairs among Muslims and Muslim nations as well as to form a network between Islamic leaders, intellectuals, scholars and thinkers around the world.

On the issue of Palestine, Dr Mahathir said there must be focus to resolve the Palestinians’ plight which had plagued them for more than 70 years.

Focus, said the prime minister, must be coupled with strategy and planning.

Later, Dr Mahathir presented certificates of appointment to six media organisations, including foreign media.

The media partners of the KL Summit 2019 include Media Prima Bhd, AlJazeera and Astro.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/...s-seek-solutions-muslim-issues-kl-summit-2019

 

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I recalled Baghdad was the heart of Islamic scientific progress before the mongols came and burned it down. I think it was under Iranian control that time.

 

[Uguduwa]

So i guess these countries have nothing better to do. Maybe we should also have alliances to talk about Buddhist issues, Christian issues, coconut tree god worshiping issues etc.

 

[damm1t]

These 5 are the most prestigious Muslim countries since Arabs are the West's puppets and Iran is busy with exporting Shia ideology.

So i guess these countries have nothing better to do.

Nothing better to do? I think there are just a few things can be better than gathering and trying to find solutions about 1,5 billion Muslims problems in the world. You can go and keep svcking coconut tree god's branch to keep him satisfied.

 

[Indos]

I recalled Baghdad was the heart of Islamic scientific progress before the mongols came and burned it down. I think it was under Iranian control that time.

Nope, it is under Abbasid Caliphate. Abbasid Caliphate is ruled by Bani Hashim clan from Quraish tribe from Saudi Arabia. For your information, prophet Muhammad comes from Bani Hashim clan. And Quraish tribe is the descendant of prophet Ibrahim (Abraham).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate

 

[Attila the Hun]

I recalled Baghdad was the heart of Islamic scientific progress before the mongols came and burned it down. I think it was under Iranian control that time.

Do you know what the Western and Arab/iranian world call us Turks in Anatolia? Mongols. LOL
A reason why the Muslim world will never have peace.

 

[Max]

What they can do except discussing? lol

 

[Attila the Hun]

What they can do except discussing? lol

They all get to discuss whats gong on in the Muslim world, like Palestine. The brutal Israelis. The evil kafir. Then they go home.
So basically nothing

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

They sud resteict indian visa. Other wise its just words more and more labour coming from india to work in these states.
For a second i thought Dr. Abdul Qadeer is standimg next to Mahateer Mohammad.

 

[jamahir]

Modern Muslims should choose intellectuals as leaders instead of choosing priests. Only then will they prosper.

 

[Attila the Hun]

yawnnn.. 1.5 billion can do nothing about uyghur identity being wiped out. 2 member states are already choking on chinese money that they won't say a word.

you can live in your alternate universe. at least you guys can provide us with some humor while you are at it when i run out of things to laugh at when i look at the newspaper.

Who is us?

 

[Uguduwa]

Who is us?

me and muh homies in the hood

 

[Attila the Hun]

me and muh homies in the hood

Are you from Sri Lanka?

 

[krash]

I recalled Baghdad was the heart of Islamic scientific progress before the mongols came and burned it down. I think it was under Iranian control that time.

Nope. It was under Abbasid control officially but the Caliph by then was pretty much a puppet of the Seljuks. I believe what you were referring to was the succession war between the step brothers Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun. Since Al-Amin controlled Arab lands his support was predominantly the Arab aristocracy. Al-Ma'mun on the other hand had a Persian mother and controlled the eastern part of the empire. This gave him support of the Persian aristocracy of his lands. After Al-Mamun's victory the empire naturally saw an increase in the power of the Persian elite. However, all this happened more than 400 years before the Mongol invasion and still Baghdad was never under Iranian or Persian control.

ps: Baghdad was the heart of scientific progress for the entire world.

Modern Muslims should choose intellectuals as leaders instead of choosing priests. Only then will they prosper.

Could you please give examples of some Muslim countries where the people chose 'priests' as their leaders?

So i guess these countries have nothing better to do. Maybe we should also have alliances to talk about Buddhist issues, Christian issues, coconut tree god worshiping issues etc.

Knock yourself out.

 

[313ghazi]

Five nations to seek solutions to Muslim issues at KL Summit 2019

By AZURA ABAS and HASHINI KAVISHTRI KANNAN - November 21, 2019 @ 8:35pm

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is being practical with its efforts to address and resolve issues concerning the ummah via the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 next month.

This will be done through the involvement of only five countries, including Malaysia, to speak, debate and find resolutions to the problems faced by the Muslim world at the summit, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today.

“The other four participating countries are Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia.

“We are keeping (the participating Muslim countries) small so that it is manageable.

“If it is too big, things will be unmanageable and be at odds with each other, preventing us from formulating solutions (to address issues plaguing the ummah).

“Perhaps in the future, we hope more Muslim countries will join us (in the summit),” he said at the soft launch of the event today.

He confirmed the attendance of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Hamad Al-Thani; Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan; and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to the KL Summit 2019.

Dr Mahathir said while Muslims in the past had contributed so much to Islamic civilisation, the ummah now were in a worrying state.

“We have to know why Islam is being described as a religion of terrorism and why is there Islamophobia. There must be reasons behind this.

“We can only know the reason by getting scholars, leaders and thinkers to give their viewpoints and hopefully, by being able to identify the problems, there will be proposals to overcome them.

“Perhaps we can take the first step to help Muslims to recover their past glory,” he added.

Dr Mahathir, who is also the chairman of the summit, said emphasis would be placed on seven major themes; development and sovereignty; integrity and good governance; culture and identity; justice and freedom; peace, security and defence, trade and investment and technology and Internet governance.

The summit will be held from Dec 18 to 21 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

With the theme “The Role of Development In Achieving National Sovereignty”, the summit will see the participation of 450 Muslim leaders, thinkers, intellectuals and scholars to discuss and provide their input on issues affecting the Muslim world.

It aims to revive Islamic civilisation, deliberate and find new and workable solutions for problems afflicting the Muslim world.

The summit also aims to contribute to the improvement of the state of affairs among Muslims and Muslim nations as well as to form a network between Islamic leaders, intellectuals, scholars and thinkers around the world.

On the issue of Palestine, Dr Mahathir said there must be focus to resolve the Palestinians’ plight which had plagued them for more than 70 years.

Focus, said the prime minister, must be coupled with strategy and planning.

Later, Dr Mahathir presented certificates of appointment to six media organisations, including foreign media.

The media partners of the KL Summit 2019 include Media Prima Bhd, AlJazeera and Astro.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/...s-seek-solutions-muslim-issues-kl-summit-2019

Good thinking. We need to work around the Arab-Persian ego-wars (yes I know the Qatari's are Arabs). We need to focus on increased trade, skills exchange, investment and research amongst our nations.

We need to circulate our wealth within our own nation states as much as we possibly can, this is the only way we can help each other stand on our feet. None of the other problems will be fixed until we can bankroll solutions, or financially incentivise cooperation. It's just the world we live in.