TO BE ADOPTED BY THE 10th SESSION OF THE PUIC CONFERENCE
ISTANBUL – REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
21 - 22 JANUARY, 2015
RESOLUTION No. 1-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
PROMOTING DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON FACING WESTERN CAMPAIGNS AGAINST ISLAMIC VALUES
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Recalling the resolutions adopted by the PUIC and the OIC Islamic Summit Conferences, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers and the Standing Committee on Information and Cultural Affairs (COMIAC); as well as the principles included in the Tehran Declaration adopted by the 8th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference in December 1997;
Referring to the Ten-Year Program of Action of the OIC, and reiterating that the principle of dialogue among civilizations based on mutual respect, understanding and equality between nations is a sine-qua-non for international peace and security as well as for tolerance and peaceful coexistence;
Stressing commitment to the International Declaration on Human Rights which prohibits incitement of hatred against religion.
Commending the initiative of the Member States to support and strengthen dialogue among civilizations and cultures;
1. Invites Muslims of different doctrines to unify and respect the other opinion.
2. Commends the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aimed at activating these initiative through the establishment of a relevant mechanism, namely King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICID), whose headquarters were established in Vienna, and calls on the Member Parliaments to actively contribute with ideas, suggestions, and recommendations of making the Center an effective institution for promoting interfaith and inter civilizational dialogue.
3. Acclaims the document on “The Initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Dialogue among Followers of Religions and Cultures: Achievements and Future Prospects” and its Executive Plan”, and emphasizes the need for the competent parties in the Member States to take advantage of the document, in a bid to promote dialogue among cultures and alliance of civilizations, and appreciates the Course in Training Journalists to Counter Stereotypes about Islam and Muslims in Western Media, and Requests Member Parliaments to support ISESCO to implement it in cooperation with the competent parties.
4. Commends the efforts exerted by His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in initiating, at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010, The World Interfaith Harmony Week, which was observed in the first week of the month of February 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
5. Also Commends the active role Azerbaijan for playing in promoting inter-cultural and inter-civilizational dialogue between the Islamic world and the West, in this emphasizes the importance of the First Convention of the Global Youth Movement for the Alliance of Civilizations (GYMAoC) co-organized with the UN Alliance of Civilizations and Islamic Conference Youth Forum for the Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC) on 9-10 April 2011, in Baku.
6. Commends again the establishment of the Sultanate of Oman for an annual exhibition that tours the different States of the world titled “Message of Islam from Oman”
7. Reiterates the support by the OIC to the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, convened triennially on the initiative by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, which held its 4th session in Astana on 30-31May 2012, encourages religious leaders of the OIC Member States and the international community as a whole to continue their active participation in that meaningful forum
8. Welcomes the Appeal by the Participants of the IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana and acknowledges that the only way to create a safe world is through a dialogue based on the principles of mutual respect and understanding, compassion and forgiveness, justice and solidarity, peace and harmony;
9. Calls for coordination among Parliaments of Muslim States to establish centers and institutions for dialogue among cultures and civilizations.
10. Also Calls on the PUIC and OIC General Secretariat, UNESCO, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture IRCICA) to continue to strengthen inter-cultural and inter civilizational dialogue through concrete and sustainable initiatives, conferences and symposia; and appeals to all Parliaments of Member States, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and the Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF) to provide all possible moral and financial support for the success of these dialogues.
11. Calls also for constituting a PUIC Focal group as well as similar groups in Parliaments of Islamic States aimed at taking appropriate initiatives.
12. Calls for continuing to engage in interactive dialogues in order to promote dialogue among cultures and civilizations through concrete and sustainable initiatives and symposia. Appeals to the Parliaments of Member States, the Islamic Development Bank and the Islamic Solidarity Fund to extend every financial and moral support for the success of these dialogues.
13. Calls on the Member Parliaments to urge their respective governments to have the United Nations adopt a resolution calling for ensuring total respect for all divine religions and the inadmissibility of utilizing freedom of expression to insult any religion, calls also for curbing the phenomenon of religious hatred between people
14. Strongly condemns republication of caricature insulting to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) deplores the backing of some European States for this heinous action, and demands cessation of these provocations
15. Calls for preparation of a project through consultation with cultural organs of the OIC, scholars and elites from the different parts of the world to contribute to realization of an effective and constructive dialogue between the Islamic and Western civilizations, and projection of a realistic and positive image of the Islamic civilization. Calls on the member Parliaments to enact the necessary legislation in this respect. Calls also on the Islamic development bank and Islamic solidarity fund to support this project.
16. Stresses the importance of establishing national Islamic television channels, broadcasting in foreign languages, to be directed to the West vision, in order to project the real image of Islam, and urges ISESCO to establish specialized channels in this respect.
17. Calls on Non-Muslim states in which Muslims live to ensure and provide civil rights to these Muslims, including their right to just humane treatments and have access to halal food and drink in all places and on all occasions.
18. Strongly condemns the growing tide of hatred of religions on the part of extremist elements in all religions, and in this respect strongly condemns the bombings which target mosques, churches, and places of worship. Calls on governments of Member Parliaments to be vigilant and cautious in securing religious facilities and not to expose them to danger.
19. Expresses the need for adopting a common policy of first priority aimed at preventing the distortion of the image of Islam on the pretext of freedom of expression, particularly through the mass media and the internet.
20. Calls on all states to take measures to ensure that all persons enjoy their right of freedom of thought conscience and religion, through democracy and sustainable human development as well as in promoting international peace and security.
21. Urges states to effectively prosecute those responsible for stereotyping, prejudice, misleading the people through media and internet, particularly with regard to members of Ethnic and religious minorities without bias and warn any person playing with the same.
22. Urges States of PUIC Member Parliaments to exert effort to stop sectarian violence among Muslims and condemn the takfir fatwa which lead to killings among Muslims Ummah and to include also the effort of dialogue among different sectarian and among Islamic scholars in the light of uniting the Islamic nations.
23. Affirms that the genuine image of Islam is that which reflects its tolerant message based on the spreading of justice, peace, rejection of violence and the interaction with others aimed at serving humanity and achieving progress for nations and peoples, as well as focusing on confronting those Western campaigns waged against Islamic values and distorting the true image of Islam. "You are the best of the nations raised up for (the benefit of men".
24. Also, calls for the rejection of inciting sectarianism and doctrinal affiliations to bring about the disintegration of nations and instigate dissention, especially doctrinal. Affirms that the killing of innocent people through suicidal bombings is a terrorist and condemnable act of which Islam is innocent, of its perpetrators and instigators.
25. Calls on international community, specifically the United Nations, to put in place specific definition, which shall constitute rule and not to be taken as an excuse for launching on others e.g. freedom of speech, terrorism, under the title “An Amicable World”
26 Seeks adoption of an international resolution which is binding on all UN members and adopts their respective national legislations to criminalize the vilifications of Prophets, religious and sanctities, irrespective of any pretext whatsoever.
RESOLUTION No. 2-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Believing in the verses of Holy Quran stating “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” (49/13)
Recalling the PUIC Resolution on Strengthening Islamic Unity adopted by the Fifth Conference held on 30-31 January 2008 in Cairo and the PUIC Resolution on Fight Against Intolerance, Islamophobia and Xenophobia No. 21-PFR/8-CONF adopted by the Eighth Conference held on 21-22 January 2013 in Khartoum,
Reminding on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam and all relevant PUIC resolutions on combating Islamophobia and eliminating hatred and hostility against Islam,
Stressing the importance of promoting dialogue, understanding and cooperation among religions, cultures and civilizations for peace and harmony in the World,
Underlining the importance of the Alliance’s principal goals of stemming the tide of polarization between cultures and religion and recognized the need to fight against the risks of Xenophobia and Islamophobia in the World,
Referring to the OIC’s Ten-Year Program of Action and reemphasizing its premise that inter-civilizational dialogue, based on mutual respect and understanding, and equality amongst peoples are prerequisites for international peace and security, tolerance and peaceful co-existence,
Acknowledging, in this respect, the valuable contribution of the Alliance of Civilizations, launched jointly
Recalling also the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Secretariats of the OIC and the Alliance of Civilizations, underlining the significance of the Conclusions of the various AoCglobal forums in stemming the tide of intolerance, extremism and polarization between the Islamic world and the West as well as encouraging greater cross-cultural understanding,
Emphasizing the importance of membership in the Group of Friends of Alliance of Civilizations to effectively contributed to Alliance’s noble goals,
Noting the Alliance’s adoption of a Regional Strategy for Southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Latin America,
Noting with deep concern the continuing instances of intolerance, discrimination, religious hostility and violence against Muslims as well as smear campaign of their religion occurring in many parts of the World,
Emphasizing that education shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups,
Reiterates its full support for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations initiative co-sponsored by Turkey and Spain and shares the core principles which are mentioned in the declaration of the Sixth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, held in Bali, Indonesia, on 29 and 30 August 2014
1. Invites the States of PUIC Member Parliaments to establish and maintain cooperation and promote dialogue, understanding and cooperation with Non-Muslim states in religions, cultures and civilizations fields
2. Further invites the States of PUIC Member Parliaments to create common will to cope with prejudice, misleading and polarization
3. Appreciates the continuing determination and efforts of the Republic of Turkey in contributing to the overall work of the Alliance and the dissemination of its noble goals.
4. Also Supports the efforts to ensure the effective implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Secretariats of the OIC and the Alliance of Civilizations, and also for the OIC’s constructive contributions to AoC meetings and for proposing joint projects.
5. Calls on States of PUIC Member Parliaments that have not yet done so, to join the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations.
6. Calls upon States of PUIC Member Parliaments to actively participate in the work of the Alliance, particularly the development and adoption of the Alliance’s regional strategies and related guiding documents, and the implementation thereof.
7. Appreciates the successful convening of the 3rd Meeting of the AoC Focal Points of the OIC Member States by the Government of the State of Kuwait in Kuwait city on January 12, 2013.
8. Welcomes the offer of State of Qatar to host the 4th Meeting of the AoC Focal Points of the OIC Member State prior to the 6th AoC Annual Forum.
9. Calls for the Member Parliaments of the PUIC to raise youth awareness in acquire sound knowledge about their own culture as well as the cultures of others
10. Calls upon the PUIC members to increase their joint efforts towards the prevention of misperception and combating against exclusionism, extremism, xenophobia, and islamophobia within the framework of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
11. Emphasizes the central role the authorities play in influencing and educating their communities and raising awareness of maintain positive attitudes towards other cultures through links with groups such as youth, parents and children
12. Demands the Member Parliaments of the PUIC to develop among students an interest and motivation for culture in general and intercultural communication and dialogue
13. Expresses its hopes that the Member Parliaments of the PUIC to use traditional and social media effectively to promote the values and goals of the Alliance of Civilizations
RESOLUTION NO.3-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
ENCOURAGING THE TEACHING OF ARABIC LANGUAGE TO STUDENTS FROM NON-ARABIC SPEAKING ISLAMIC STATES.
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Expresses its concern about the marginalization and loss of the Arabic language vis-à-vis foreign languages in Arab and Islamic States; calls for facilitating the teaching of Arabic language to non-Arabic speaking students, youth and the young in Islamic States, as Arabic is considered the language of the Holy Quran and one of the basic factors for the unity of the Muslim Ummah.
Praises the efforts of ISESCO in the field of propagating and teaching the Arabic language and its sciences to non-Arabic-Speaking people and invites the Member States to support the organization in this respect.
1. Calls on the Arabic speaking Islamic States, particularly those which have financial potentials to support the youth in non-Arabic speaking Islamic countries, and to provide them with scholarships and appropriate educational programs that help the youth of poor Islamic Countries to learn the Arabic language as a means of understanding Islam and to finance these programs and scholarships through the legitimate resources, including Zakat funds.
2. Calls for facilitating giving entry visas to students and young men (non-Arabic speaking Islamic countries) who are financially capable and wish to learn Arabic, in order to let them enter the Arabic speaking Islamic countries where they can find suitable Islamic education.
3. Recommends to the Islamic organizations and bodies, the Islamic Solidarity Fund, and the Islamic Development Bank to support the plans and projects of the World Federation of International Arab Islamic Schools (WF-IAIS) in spreading Arabic language and Islamic culture and to extend every possible assistance for the implementation of such plans and projects.
4. Recommends continued support for the organization of training courses for teachers of Arabic language and Islamic culture in Asia, Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Balkans.
5. Recommends to the IDB and the ISF to contribute towards the printing of textbooks series, prepared by the WF-IAIS, for teaching Arabic to Non-Arabic speakers, the distribution of those books among Muslim learners, and the establishment of a WF-IAIS printing press at its headquarters, as well as other printing presses in central locations in Muslim countries in order to maximize their utilization in those countries and among Muslim communities.
6. Recommends support for the Assistance Fund for International Arab-Islamic Schools and Educational Institutions members of WF-IAIS with a view to helping them promote Islamic education standards, in particular in non-Arabic speaking Islamic countries.
7. Recommends support for the Examination Council of International Arab-Islamic Schools Project, set up by the WFIAIS in collaboration with the League of Islamic Universities and the Muslim World League, which aims to set the examinations of private Islamic schools under the supervision of well-known Islamic universities, and to activate this Council and establish its regional branches.
8. Recommends support for the projects undertaken by the WFIAIS to set up the Arabic language center and forum of civilizations in London, the educational center in Cairo, and Turkish Arab University in Istanbul.
9. Recommends support for the WFIAIS activities towards the establishment of an examination council in Uganda in collaboration with the Islamic University in Uganda.
10. Recommends also carrying out comprehensive survey of the schools which teach the Arabic language in Africa aimed at supporting and developing them so that they may perform their role in the teaching of Arabic language and the Holy Quran. Recommends unifying curricula in the schools so that governments of these States may recognize them.
11. Recommends further extending support to the educational programme relating to the teaching of Arabic speaking Islamic States through audio-visual media, especially public media.
12. Commends the actions made by ISESCO to develop educational capacities in the member States and beyond, in the fields of teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers, literacy and adult education, through its specialized educational centers and delegations in the Republic of Chad, the Union of Comoros, the Republic of Niger, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Guinea and Malaysia, and through such advanced specialized teaching aids as (Al Amal) and (Alarabya Almuyassara) series, and lauds the educational and civilizational project on the transcription of Muslim peoples’ languages in the Standardized Quranic Script being implemented by ISESCO in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank, and the fruitful efforts exerted by the Organizing in cooperation with the International University of Africa towards digitizing the transcription system of languages in the Standardized
13. Commends the dedication of (16) academic Chairs in the name of H.M. Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman, in various universities around the world, concerned with Arab and Islamic Studies as well as oriental and Middle Eastern Studies, and the establishment of Sultan Qaboos College for teaching Arabic language to Non-Arabic Speaking students.
14. Requests support for the WF-IAS project to establish an education section at the Imam Shafii College – Comoros Islands University to award Bachelors Degree in all Arabic language specialties in accordance with the agreement signed between the WF-IAIS and the Comoros national Ministry of Education preparatory to Masters and Doctorate studies in Teaching Curricular and Methods in the Section.
15. Recommends support for the Examination Council of International Arab-Islamic Schools Project, set up by the WFIAIS in collaboration with the League of Islamic Universities and the Muslim World League, which aims to set the examinations of private Islamic schools under the supervision of well-known Islamic universities, and to activate this Council and establish its regional branches.
16. Recommends support for the projects undertaken by the WFIAIS to set up the Arabic language center and forum of civilizations in London, the educational center in Cairo, and Turkish Arab University in Istanbul.
17. Recommends support for the WFIAIS activities towards the establishment of an examination council in Uganda in collaboration with the Islamic University in Uganda as well as an examination council in Malaysia in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Malaysia.
RESOLUTION No.4-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
THE PROTECTION OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE AGAINST ISRAELI THREATS
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Proceeding from the principles and objectives enshrined in the PUIC Statute and OIC Charter;
Pursuant to the relevant resolutions adopted by the various Islamic Conferences and meetings;
Supportive of the Action Plan of the OIC Ministerial Contact Group on the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds which was adopted at the Ministerial Contact Group meeting in Rabat on 12 November 2014;
Referring to the resolutions of the U.N General Assembly and Security Council concerning the city of Al-Quds and the religious sacred sites therein;
Believing that the road to the protection of Al Aqsa Mosque passes through addressing the cultural, international disorder in generations of the Islamic Ummah;
In view of the continuous Israeli threats to demolish the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the so-called Solomon Temple in its place;
1. Reiterates the necessity of implementing all previous Islamic resolutions on the reservation of the Islamic character and human heritage of Al-Quds.
2. Stresses that Al-Aqsa Mosque is exposed, now more than ever before, to an existential threat due to the grave violations by the occupying power Israel which involve the crime of closing the Mosque and denying the worshippers access to pray in it, together with the storming of the Mosque by occupation force.
3. Condemns in strongest terms the attempts by Israel, the occupying power to divide the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque through the daily incursions by the extremist settlers and Israeli politicians under the protection of the occupation forces, the restrictions on the freedom of worship of Muslims and the impediments to the work undertaken by the Jordanian Waafs authority, which is responsible for managing the sacred sites.
4. Deplores the intrusion of the Israeli occupation forces into Al-Aqsa Mosque on 5 November 2014 for the first time in history which is a grave insult for the Islamic Ummah and an unprecedented provocation for hundreds of millions of Muslims and believers across the world.
5, Concerned that the Israeli violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque could drag the region towards a religious conflict and threaten peace and security both regionally and internationally.
6. Supports Palestinian people’s resistance to the Israeli occupation and their steadfastness at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
7. Stresses that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a place of worship for Muslims and that Jews have no right to enter into its precincts to perform their rituals.
8. Supports the resistance of the Maqdisites through financing vital projects in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
9. Calls on the international community to uphold its responsibilities to ensure that Israel, the occupying power, respect the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and not to close or endanger it again. Israeli violations against the sanctity of the Mosque and restrictions on the freedom of worship of Muslims there must be ceased. The historical status-quo of Haram Al-Sharif must be maintained.
10 Strongly condemns all the measures and arrangements taken by the Israeli occupation authorities against the safety of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its environs. Demands the immediate cessation of the excavations and demolition works carried out by the occupation authorities beneath the Mosque and in its ramparts.
11. Urges Muslims and Christians in all parts of the World to work together to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque, as Israel’s attempts to demolish the Mosque constitutes a threat to places of worship for all religions.
12. Affirms the necessity of consolidating Islamic efforts at the political and diplomatic levels for the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
13. Supports the Action Plan of the OIC Ministerial Contact Group on the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds which was adopted at the Ministerial Contact Group meeting in Rabat on 12 November 2014. Underlines the necessity of its prompt implementation, including visits of OIC Ministerial delegations to various countries and international organizations to convey the OIC message on the importance to protect the Al-Quds and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
14. Highly appreciates Turkey's proposal to host an independent international Al- Quds Foundation in Istanbul whose membership will be open to all interested OIC member states.
15. Reitaretes that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying power, which have altered or purported to alter the character and the status of the Holy City of Al-Quds, in particular the so-called “Basic Law” on Al-Quds and the proclamation of Al-Quds as the capital of Israel, were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith.
16. Calls for continued urgent and effective action at all Islamic and international levels with a view to compelling Israel to rescind its decision to annex the city of Al-Quds; reaffirming the City’s Arab-Islamic character; and rejecting its annexation or Judaization, in line with the relevant Resolutions of international legality, particularly UN Security Council Resolutions No. 465 and 478; while exerting all efforts in order to implement these two resolutions in conformity with the resolutions of the United Nations and international legality.
17. Reiterates its condemnation of Israel’s illegal decision to add the Mosque of Elibrahimi in Hebron and Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in Bethlehem to the Israeli heritage list. Considers the Israeli act as looting of Palestinian cultural and heritage sites. Strongly condemns the damage brought to Palestinian cultural and religious heritage by the occupation authorities. Calls upon the international community and UNESCO to fulfill their responsibilities of protecting the places of Palestinian cultural heritage and compel Israel to stop these provocative actions in contravention of international law and Geneva conventions that undermine the prospect for peace as well as the dialogue and harmony among religions.
18. Urges the Member Parliaments to request from their respective governments to take speedy and effective action in order to prompt the United Nations and its specialized organs to shoulder their full responsibility in pressuring Israel to comply with its legal obligations, relevant UN resolutions and international commitments and cease its illegal, aggressive and destructive practices in Al-Quds and the rest of the Palestinian territory.
19. Also Urges the Member Parliaments to request from their governments to mobilize and direct their embassies and diplomatic missions abroad to create a world public opinion supportive of the cause of Al-Quds and to throw light on the dangers facing Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as Muslim and Christian holy sites in the City.
20. Requests from the governments of the Member Parliaments to take the necessary measures to consider Al-Quds as one of the three spiritual capitals of the Islamic Ummah and to encourage the visit of Muslims all over the world to visit Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque as a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
21. Requests from the General Secretariat to continue with its coordination with international agencies and institutions and particularly with UNESCO in order to implement the initiative of UNESCO’s Director General to renovate the Holy City; preserve the historical buildings of Al-Quds and the ancient buildings surrounding Al-Quds Holy Sanctuary; close the tunnel; stop the excavation works especially on the south and west of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque; and preclude the implementation of any designs aimed at obliterating the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
22. Urges the General Secretariat and Member States to provide material assistance, in implementation of the content of the Final Communiqué of the 3rd Extraordinary Islamic Summit on the contribution of one dollar by every Muslim, alongside the contributions of Member States, in order to enable the Palestinian people to face Israeli assaults and designs aimed at obliterating religious landmarks in the Holy City of Al-Quds, and reaffirms the need to provide all forms of support and assistance to the Palestinian Arab residents of Al-Quds to enable them to renovate their houses, support their steadfastness and protect Islamic shrines in Al-Quds.
23. Urges the Member States to pay attention to school curricula for young generations in the Arab world, especially in the primary and secondary schools, to teach the Palestinian cause, and the cause of Al Quds, in particular.
24. Calls on the States of the PUIC Member Parliaments to pressurize the Zionist entity into halting the destruction of the "Maamanullah Cemetery" in the city of Al Quds, and not to allow the forces of occupation to turn this Islamic historical graveyard into a museum, especially that it includes the graves of a number of the Companions of the Prophet.
25. Condemns terrorism which targets the Islamic Ummah as well as the joint living in the various Muslim Countries, also the infrastructure and the civilizational and cultural heritage which they possess in terms of mosques, churches, museums and forts.
26. Rejects all forms of Fatwa which promote incitement to takfir other people, doctrinal incitement, extremism and religious intolerance aimed at shattering the unity and joint living of people.
RESOLUTION No. 5-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
PROTECTION OF HOLY PLACES IN MSULIM STATES
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Recalling the resolutions adopted by the Islamic Summit Conferences and other OIC conferences in particular the 11th ordinary and the 3rd Extraordinary Sessions of the Islamic Summit Conference, the 39th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) the 7th session of the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers (ICCM) and the 9th Session of COMIAC;
Recalling the objectives of PUIC and OIC which stress the need for coordinated efforts to safeguard the Islamic Holy Places and strengthen the struggle of Islamic peoples for the preservation of their dignity, independence and national rights; Affirming those objectives and principles enshrined in the PUIC Statute and Charter of the OIC aimed at coordinating efforts to guard and preserve the Islamic heritage;
Also recalling the resolutions of the PUIC and OIC, on the unified stand against the desecration of Islamic Holy Places especially Resolution No.3/6-C(IS) of the 6th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference; Recalling the Resolutions of the PUIC and the OIC on a unified stand on condemning of the violations of the sanctity of the sacred Muslim Places,
A) DESTRUCTION OF THE BABRI MASJID IN INDIA AND PROTECTION OFISLAMIC HOLY PLACES
Noting that the Babri Masjid with its history spanning five centuries was the object of veneration and respect of Muslims all over the world;
Also noting with regret that the 20thAnniversary of the Babri Masjid has passed without concrete steps being taken towards rebuilding of the Masjid or punishing those responsible for the sacrilegious act of its destruction and killing of thousands of innocent Muslims in its aftermath;
Recalling also several appeals made to the Indian Government to prevent any violation of the sanctity of the Masjid and emphasized the responsibility of the Government of India for safeguarding the inviolability of the Masjid and protecting its building against attacks by Hindu extremists:
1. Strongly condemns the destruction of the historic Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, by Hindu extremists on 6 December 1992.
2. Expresses deep regret over the failure of the Indian authorities to take appropriate measures to protect this important Muslim holy site.
3. Condemns the forced and illegal entry of Hindu militants into the site of the Babri Masjid on 17October 2001.
4. Expresses deep concern over the safety and security of the Muslim minority in India.
5. Calls on OIC Member States to raise the case of Babri Mosque at the UNESCO and the Islamic group at UNESCO to follow it up in a result oriented manner in order to prevent occurrence of incidents of desecration of Islamic sites in India in future.
6. Recommends the governments of the PUIC Member Parliaments to follow up the implementation of the operative paragraphs of Resolutions adopted by the Islamic Summit Conference, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the PUIC Conferences which call upon the Government of India to:
6.1 Ensure the safety and protection of the Muslims and all Islamic Holy Sites throughout India in accordance with its responsibilities and obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments.
6.2 Take immediate steps to implement its solemn commitment to reconstruct the Babri Masjid on its original site, to restore it as a Holy Place for Muslims, and to punish those guilty of the sacrilegious act of destroying a revered Muslim symbol.
6.3 Take effective measures to prevent the construction of a temple on the site of the Babri Mosque.
6.4 Take immediate steps to ensure the protection of the other 3000 Mosques, especially those at Mathura and Varanasi, which have been the targets of threats and destruction attempts by Hindu extremists.
B) THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CHARAR-E-SHARIF ISLAMIC COMPLEX INKASHMIR AND OTHER ISLAMIC SITES THEREIN
Deeply concerned that, as a result of Indian armed action on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in1415H (1995), over 1500 houses and shops were gutted, holy relics were destroyed and the mosque and the Islamic Complex of Charar-e-Sharif razed to the ground, and deeply concerned at other incidences of damage to: the Shrine of the Shah-e-Hamadan in December 1997, the Jamia Mosqueof Safapur in Baramula district in January 1998, the historic Jamia Mosque at Kishtwar in January2001, Chadora mosque in October 2001 and a mosque in Srinagar with burning of the Holy Quran on 14 December 2002:
1. Strongly deplores the destruction of the 542 year old Islamic complex at Charar-e-Sharif which constitutes a serious aggression against the Islamic heritage of the Muslim people of Kashmir.
2. Expresses its concern over the loss of life and the burning of over 1500 houses of the civil residents of Charar-e-Sharif.
3. Strongly condemns the burning of the Shrine of Shah-e-Hamadan and the desecration of the Jamia Mosque at Safapur, and the burning of the Jamia Mosque at Kishtwar and other incidents of desecration of Muslim Holy places.
4. Also condemns the continuing desecration of Mosques and Muslim Holy Places and denial of religious rights to the Muslim population in the Indian Occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir.
5. Urges the international community, especially the Member States to exert utmost efforts to protect the basic rights of the Kashmiri people, including their right to self-determination according to the relevant UN Resolutions as well as to safeguard their religious and cultural rights and their Islamic heritage.
C) THE DESTRUCTION AND DESECRATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORICAL ANDCULTURAL RELICS AND SHRINES IN THE OCCUPIED AZERBAIJAN TERRITORIESRESULTING FROM THE AGGRESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AGAINSTTHE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
Emphasizing those pieces of Azerbaijani history, culture, archaeology, and ethnography remaining in the territories occupied by Armenia are an integral part of Islamic heritage, and, therefore, must be protected;
Reaffirming United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions No. 822, 853, 874, and 884,which call on the Armenian forces to effect a full withdrawal from all the occupied Azerbaijani territories, including the Lachin and Shusha areas, immediately and without conditions; and strongly urge Armenia to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Reaffirming that the utter and barbaric destruction of mosques and other Islamic Shrines in Azerbaijan, at the hands of Armenia, for the purpose of ethnic cleansing is a crime against humanity;
Noting the tremendous losses inflicted by the Armenian aggressors on the Islamic heritage in the Azerbaijani territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia, including total or partial demolition of rare antiquities and places of Islamic civilization, history, and architecture, such as mosques, mausoleums, graves, archaeological excavations, museums, libraries, art exhibition halls, and government theatres and conservatories, besides the destruction and smuggling out of the country of large quantities of priceless treasures and millions of books and historic manuscripts;
Fully sharing the anguish of the government and people of Azerbaijan in this regard:
1. Strongly condemns the barbaric acts committed by the Armenian aggressors in the Republic of Azerbaijan with the aim of total annihilation of the Islamic heritage in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
2. Vigorously demands the strict and unconditional implementation by the Republic of Armenia of UN Security Council Resolutions No. 822, 853, 874, and 884.
3. Reaffirms its support for the efforts deployed by Azerbaijan at regional and international levels and aimed at protecting and preserving Islamic cultural values and treasures in the territories occupied by Armenia.
4. Asserts that Azerbaijan is entitled to adequate compensation for the damages it has sustained and affirms the Republic of Armenia’s responsibility to pay up full compensation for such damages.
5. Requests the relevant OIC subsidiary organs and specialized agencies to explore the possibility of drawing up a program to help rebuild the mosques, educational institutions, libraries, and museums in the Azerbaijani territories liberated from occupation with the help of OIC Member States.
6. Thanks the Secretary-General for transmitting the OIC Member States’ position on this issue to the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), UNESCO, and other international bodies, and for the coordination measures he has taken within the framework of OIC subsidiary, specialized, and affiliated organs. It also thanks those organs and organizations for their response, especially for the adoption by the IDB and ISESCO of programs to implement projects aimed at protecting Islamic holy places in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
7. Calls to take actions should be taken today towards setting more stringent procedures that amount to the level of adopting a package of OIC resolutions having the force of laws in the Islamic countries towards the following:
• Combating religious extremism
• Eradicating the culture of violence
• Prosecuting and brining to justice those who make legal opinions that judge people unbelievers and call for killing the other
• Convene all necessary meeting, be it bilateral, tripartite or at the level of OIC General Secretariat to unify views, achieve convergence and strengthen cultural, economic, political and security ties
D- DESTRUCTION OF HOLY PLACES OF WORSHIP
Denouncing strongly the subversive activities against the sanctities and the places of worship in Muslim States,
Deploring strongly the criminal action which target mosques and churches,
1- Stresses the necessity of coordinating efforts to protect holy places, like the mausoleums of Tombouctou in Mali, and the mosques and Islamic and Christian places of worship;
2- Appeals to the international community, and civil society organizations and governments of the PUIC, to exert their utmost efforts to take practical measures to protect religious places especially as they are edifices of Islamic civilization.
3- Condemns suicidal bombings in mosques and holy places, as well as murdering worshippers in places of worship, and the killing of innocent religions people.
4- Calls on governments of Islamic States to submit a draft international law, to be adopted by the United Nations, which prohibits in impinging or and vilifying sanctities, and religious symbols and parameters.
5- Renouncement of all forms of legal opinions that call for judging people unbelievers jurisprudential school based incitation and religious extremism and fanatism which aim at disintegrating the unity of the Syrian people and its co-existence.
6- Destruction of the mosques of the Prophet Yunus (Jomah) and Prophet Seth Prophet Elias as well as of the shrines of righteous Imams and destruction of Churches and preventing the holding of Christian prayers therein as well as destruction and demolition of Yezidi religious temples.
RESOLUTION No.6-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Recalling the directives of the Heads of State and Governments at the OIC Summit Conference in Lahore that Member States of the OIC should coordinate their positions at the U.N and other international Organizations;
Considering that such coordination of policy can be made more effective and organized if the Union obtains Observer status with the United Nations as well as if Member Parliaments make it a practice to hold periodic consultations in international forums on important political and economic matters;
1. Decides to seek Observer status for the Union (PUIC) with the United Nations and requests Member Parliaments to support the request.
2. Requests the Member Parliaments to urge their respective governments to direct their Permanent Missions to the UN to support the application and the Resolution of the PUIC General Secretariat at the UN General Assembly for observer status.
3. Also authorizes the Secretary General to request the participation of the Islamic Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) in the relevant Conferences held under U.N auspices.
4. Requests Member Parliaments of the PUIC to organize consultations at the U.N and other international organizations, as and when necessary on important political and economic matters.
RESOLUTION No.7-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
PUIC-OIC COOPERATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
TEN-YEAR PROGRAMME OF ACTION
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Referring to the Resolutions of the Third Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference, held in Makkah Al-Mukarammah, on 7 – 8 December 2005 concerning the adoption of the Ten-Year Programme of Action,
Recalling the Provisions of the Final Declaration of the 5th, 6thand 7thSessions of the PUIC Conference, concerning the same subject;
Putting before its eyes the growing challenges which face the true image of Islam, and the common interests of the Islamic Ummah, in a world where the rate of interlinking, complexity and globalization is increasing, which necessitates strengthening future cooperation and coordination among OIC Member States;
Seeking to take steps to promote Islamic Solidarity, unify the word of Muslims as well as project the true image of Islam and its tolerant values and civilizational methodologies;
1. Welcomes this important cooperation and requests continuation of cooperation with the OIC in implementing the Ten-Year Programme of Action in the various fields.
2. Considers the OIC role in implementing such visions and objectives for the Islamic World a central role which necessitates strengthening and supporting the OIC in order to enable it to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the Ummah in the Twenty-first century.
3. Urges Member States again to sign/ratify or accede to, as soon as possible, the various agreements concluded within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
4. Recommends expediting finalizing PUIC-OIC talks aimed at reaching a cooperation agreement in various fields.
RESOLUTION No.8-CLADCR/10-CONF
ON
SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MUSLIM AND WESTERN PARLIAMENTS IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE, NEGATIVE STEREOTYPING, AND STIGMATIZATION OF, AND DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF
The Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, in its 10th Session, held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey 28 - 29 Rabi ul Awwal, 1436 corresponding to 21 - 22 January, 2015,
Recalling the IPU Resolution adopted at the 116th IPU Assembly on Ensuring Respect for and Peaceful Co-Existence Between All Religious Communities and Beliefs in a Globalized World;
Further recalling the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations and the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as well as the principles contained therein;
Welcoming the 2011 UN Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/RES/16/18 on Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence, and violence against persons based on religion or belief;
Acknowledging that Islam encourages peaceful co-existence with all man kinds regardless of their religion, race, and ethnicity;
Being Conscious that today, sustainable dialogues at the intersection of the West and the Muslim world, at the international, national, and local level, are vital to reach mutual understanding between religious communities and to eliminate all forms of defamation of religions;
Highlighting the clear responsibility of PUIC Member Parliaments to address the global challenge in bridging cultural and religious differences between the West and the Muslim World in such ways that represent the true and peaceful Islamic way, through international cooperation among Parliamentarians;
Commending the imitative taken by the Gulf Cooperation Council to pay a visit by the Shoura, Representative, nationals and Ummah Parliaments of the Council to the European Parliament, headed by H.E. Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Ibrahim Al Sheikh, on 3 - 4 Zulqiddah, 1433 corresponding to 19-20 September, 2012, aimed at enhancing parliamentary relations and exchanging common experiences.
1. Calls upon PUIC Member Parliaments to take appropriate measures in preventing the incidents of intolerance, discrimination and violent practices against persons based on their religions or beliefs in many regions in the world as well as to the occurrences of vilification of religions particularly towards Islam;
2. Calls upon PUIC Member Parliaments to promote meaningful dialogue and foster peaceful interaction with Western Parliaments in such a way that creates appropriate social and political environment for tolerance and coexistence to flourish;
3. Calls upon PUIC Member Parliaments to build institution of trust within their borders, particularly with Western Parliaments in order to prevent any misperception of security threats and violence which can escalate into international dispute and conflict;
4. Requests PUIC Member Parliaments to encourage their respective government as well as other political stakeholders such as intellectuals and civil society to establish sustainable dialogue with Western countries;
5. Encourages PUIC Member States and Parliaments through establishing dialogues with Western Parliaments to continue promoting peaceful values of Islam along with the spirit of respect to other cultural and religious differences.
6. Stresses the necessity of projecting the real image of Islam which is based on the propagation of justice, peace, rejection of violence and interacting with others to serve humanity and achieve advancement of nations and peoples, as well as focusing on facing western campaigns against Islamic values through the establishment of dialogue between Islamic and Western Parliaments ;
7. Calls on all national parliaments to play an active role in the implementation of the Global Agenda on Dialogue among Civilizations as stated in UN resolution No.56/6 for the year 2001 in cooperation with other parliamentary organs;
8. Stresses the necessity of establishing of Focal group on dialogue between participating civilizations aimed at taking appropriate initiatives in coordination with their respective governments and the other bodies in order to develop the culture and spirit of dialogue, cooperation and mutual respect for consolidation of the basis of peaceful co-existence
9. Calls for PUIC Member Parliaments to take advantage of their membership in other international and regional parliamentary organizations to promote PUIC goals in establishing sustainable dialogue between Islamic and Western Parliaments.
10. Commends the Parliaments which have established Focal Group on dialogue among civilizations, and requests the PUIC General Secretariat to circulate the experiences of these focal units to all the Member Parliaments.