06 June 2004	Sunday	17 Rabi-us-Saani 1425

ISLAMABAD, June 5: Chairman of the OIC committee of eminent personalities, Dr Kamal Hasan, on Saturday said violent and militant activities of some Muslims were not motivated by the teachings of Islam.

These were the unjust and prejudiced policies of some Western countries that promoted terrorism, violence and militancy, he said, adding that militancy among some Muslims was their anger against these policies and had noting to do with Islam.

He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the 28th Islamic Orientation Programme for Professionals organized by Dawah Academy of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

Dr Kamal said work for the restructuring and reactivating of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) had got momentum and the new leadership of the body would find it as a problem-solving organization of the Muslim world.

He said the OIC could not be blamed for all the problems of the Ummah, but it had become a paper organization only for holding conferences.

Dr Kamal, who is rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia, said Pakistan and Malaysia were very keen in making the OIC an active body working for the unity and prosperity in the Muslim world.

"We have hired the services of a world-class firm on management to suggest reorganization of the OIC secretariat," he added.

The Muslim world was facing a new era of colonialism, but the way forward in this situation was not confrontation and militancy, continued Dr Kamal.

He asserted that the Muslim world needed peace for sustainable progress in science, technology and economic reforms.

Our enemies, he said, wanted to engage us in military activities rather than improving our conditions through peaceful means. The show of our military might would not help us survive, but would provide excuse to others to crush us, he added.

Dr Kamal said the real challenge for today's Muslim was to present Islam in its real perspective to counter the propaganda war of international media that portrayed Islam as a religion of militancy and conflict.

Earlier, IIUI Rector Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan said Muslims identity was in danger.

Dawah Academy director-general Dr Khalid Alavi presented a vote of thanks to the visiting dignitary who distributed certificates of participation among the participants of a course.

Dr Hasan Mahmood Abd-ul-Latif Al-Shafie, president IIUI, was also present on the occasion.-APP