Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the KL Summit 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the KL Summit 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Julia Roknifard
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

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the KL Summit 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the KL Summit 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
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