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OIC Summit Of Disunity – OpEd ( Source- Eurasia Review / Author- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi)

OIC Summit ( Image credits- OIC) Source- Eurasia Review Author-  Kaveh L. Afrasiabi The 13th summit of the heads of state of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took place under the overall theme of “unity and solidarity for justice and peace” and, yet, because the Saudi-led bloc managed to turn into an Iran-bashing forum, the summit’s important final communique reflected deep cleavages and disunity in the abode of Islam. As a result, the Iranian delegation headed by President Hassan Rouhani, who urged real unity of Muslims in his speeches at the summit, boycotted the final closing session of the summit and in a post-summit meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu, Rouhani complained that the OIC has not fulfilled its mission. The summit’s final document contains some 200 items covering a broad range of issues, such as Palestine, the Arab-Israeli issue, terrorism, poverty, unemployment, economic cooperation, etc., including four anti-Iran points as