Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the KL Summit 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Opinion
Opinion
Julia Roknifard
At Malaysia’s KL Summit, the Muslim world’s most pressing concerns got no mention
Rohingya crisis, rise of Islamic State, conflict in Kashmir, Chinese treatment of Uygurs and years of bloodshed in Syria and Yemen were largely avoided
If summit’s aim was to find alternative to Saudi-dominated OIC, it succeeded only in confirming the difficulties Muslim world has dealing with its issues