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Less than a third of Muslim nations join coalition against Islamic State
A TOP British official has taken aim at some Muslim nations during a meeting at the United Nations this week, slamming them for not clamping down on extremism. It comes as it can be revealed just 18 out of 57 Muslim majority world states have signed up to a coalition against ISIS.The UK’s permanent representative to the UN, Matthew Rycroft, delivered a strongly worded speech blasting what he called "evil groups" and saying not enough is being done. The comments came as the UN general assembly supported a plan by the Islamic Development Bank to invest £7.2bn to tackle the cause of terror. Britain is using its muscle at the UN to encourage more cooperation and has also pledged to invest £20m of taxpayers’ money to the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund. Mr Rycroft said: "One issue facing the OIC’s (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) members, indeed all members of the UN, is the growing threat of extremist ideologies and violent extremism. "Sadly, as we in this Council know only too well, this threat affects Muslim majority states in a truly disproportionate way ‐ in Iraq, in Syria, in Libya, in so many places. Worryingly, Mr Rycroft pointed out that just 18 of the 57 member states, with a collective population of over 1.6 billion ‐ that makes up the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which was founded in 1969 ‐ are members of the Global Coalition against Da’esh. Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-11-21 |
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