OIC meeting

OIC meeting

No doubt, the 16 national delegations to the Kuala Lumpur meeting
of the Organization of the Islamic Conference's Commission of
Eminent Persons already know full well that moderation is
enlightened. Nevertheless, enshrining the phrase "Enlightened
Moderation" as the guiding theme of the three-day conference is
welcome indeed.

What a succinct way to express the precise mindset that is key
to achieving not just the OIC's founding objective of the unity,
progress and prosperity of the ummah worldwide, but its recently
refurbished agenda of engagement, both among Muslim nations and
between them and the wider world.

The OIC has a lofty calling. A clear-sighted and level-headed
attention to the minutiae of progressive multilateralism may be a
sound basis from which to reach for its goals, but there's no
denying the need to keep the end in view. "Enlightened
moderation" lights the way well.
-- New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur