Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has expressed his thanks to the custodian of the two holy mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud for his support for the Rohingya minority as he accorded them hospitality and opportunity to live and work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and this year was marked by a prominent event represented in the government’s granting of official residence to the Rohingya refugees.
The message from the secretary general was delivered on his behalf by the organisation’s Department of Minorities Director Talal Daaus, before the two-day conference of Arakan Rohingya Union, which was opened today at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.
Ihsanoglu called on the Myanmar government to shoulder its responsibility towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination against Muslims, and not to provide an opportunity for Buddhist extremists to incite hate against any class of society.
The secretary general noted in his speech that the acts of violence that targeted Rohingya Muslims in June and later the Muslims in other areas was not justifiable, and emphasised that such violence should not continue.
