An act of shame
The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, both members of OIC, refused to shelter about 8,000 Bangladeshi and Myanmar Muslims, forcing them to hover in the Ferry of Death. The decision is beyond doubt shameful. Eleven Gulf States and Egypt, (all are also members of the OIC) have been indiscriminately dropping bombs on Yemen, another OIC member, to destroy civil and commercial establishments and to kill civilians, apart from armed guerillas, but the governments of these 12 countries have not yet issued any statement about the issue. They should know that Allah will take account of every action.
Several Sunnih armed groups started guerilla war to dislodge the government of Syria, off course an OIC member, three years ago, and caused deaths to about three lakh people and rendered about six lakh people homeless. Since the Egyptian Armed Forces staged a coup de ‘tat one year ago, thousands of Egyptians have been killed by this time A new ultra-religious armed group named ISIL emerged in Syria and Iraq and are causing havoc.
And the imperialist powers are giving arms and technology to the Muslim countries to kill one another, but they are not coming forward to save the lives of thousands of unfortunate Muslims, who left homes for fortunes without becoming sure of their destinations, jobs and wages. The stateless Rohingya Muslims have genuine reasons to be desperate, but the Bangladeshi Muslims had no such reason. They made mistakes taking Malyasia and Indonesia for paradise.
We, therefore, request the UNO, the OIC and the five big powers to save the lives of the unfortunate people at sea and the Rohingya Muslims.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka
