No Muslim nation should do any business with them. The OIC delegation to Moscow led by Iranian Foreign Minster, Kamal Kharraji, appealed to Russia to stop the war as the civilian casualties will upset the Islamic world. Kharraji betrayed the cause of the Chechen Muslims, when he reportedly said, The Conference accepts Chechnya as an internal problem of Russia. OIC should have echoed the sentiment of the global Muslims and would have been near to the truth if the delegation has said, Russia does not have any right to use brutal force to keep within the Russian Federation the unwilling people of Chechnya, who differ with Russia in every aspect, viz. In customs, culture, creed, arts, language, literature, eating habits, history and geography.
Nothing is common among the two nations except common hatred.
The OIC delegation s comment contrasted with what Muslim leaders have said elsewhere, reports Reuter. The inactivity and silence of the government leaders of the Muslim countries and the OIC tantamounts to supporting the Russian ethnic cleansing of the Chechen Muslims. It is also a very ominous signal to the Muslim world and their youths that the leaders of the Muslim governments are not ready to meet the challenge of the 21st century. Rather they are happy to continue as the pet animals of the West. January 2000 M. Nuruzzaman is Chairman of The Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.