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The World Muslim Congress (Motamar Al- Alam Al-Islami), which enjoys Consultative Status with the UN in New York through the ECOSOC and UNICEF and observe Status with the Jeddah-based Organisation of the Ialamic Conference (OIC), was founded in an assemblage of eminent leaders from the World of Islam held in Makkah in 1926.
History;
Events (from 1926 – 1999);
Branches;
Links;
The Muslim World;
Contacts.
… The Motamar’s 1951 Conference held in Karachi saw the seeding of many ideas of cooperation among the Muslim countries and people, which in the years that followed became realities.
Notable among them were the proposals for establishing a World Muslim News Agency and an International Muslim Development Bank. Between 1951 and 1999, the Motamar’s Conferences held in different parts of the Islamic World have contributed immensely to the arousing of a feeling of fraternal solidarity in the Muslim Ummah and the promotion of institutions for mutual cooperation in diverse fields, including political, economic, religious, educational, and cultural interests … (full text).
See also:
WORLD MUSLIM CONGRESS, NGO IN GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC.
World Islamic Congress on Wikipedia;
World Muslim Congress Statement on Terrorist Attacks, September 2001: According to the Quran, those who kill innocent people are doomed to eternal punishment (25:68-69). « Whosoever slays an innocent person … it is as if he had slain humankind altogether. » (5:32) … (on Nuclear Age Peace Foundation).