We are appealing to the member states to support launching the case with voluntary funding and technical help." Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has sheltered more than 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar despite resource constraints. Sheikh Hasina urged all to pursue a course of zero tolerance for terror, prevent territories be used by any individual or group for launching a terror or extremist agenda, and fight it together. "We should make the best use of OIC institutions—like the Islamic Development Bank—by synchronizing their policies and practices with OIC agenda under the program." The OIC first met a month after an arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on August 21, 1969.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2019 06:11 UTC