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Makkah
Al-Mukarramah Declaration
Third
Session of the Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference
5 – 7
Dhul Quidah 1426H
(7– 8 DECEMBER 2005)
Bismillahi Arrahmani Arrahim
In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
MAKKAH
AL-MUKARRAMAH DECLARATION
We, the
Kings, Heads of State and Government, and Emirs of the
Member States of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), meeting in the Third Session of the
Extraordinary of the Islamic Summit Conference, held in
Makkah Al-Mukarramah from 5 to 6 Dhul Quidah 1426H (7-8
December 2005), declare:
We praise high the Name of Almighty Allah, Who has
blessed us with the grace of gathering together on the
soil of this hallowed land, cradle of the revelation of
Islam and its message, and Qibla of all Muslims, from
which the light of Islam shone forth to guide humanity
to the path of prosperity and peace, thus enabling the
foundations to be laid of an Islamic civilization that
was able to bring a much-needed, timely, and decisive
contribution to human civilization.
Whereas the purport of the lofty essence of Islam was to
ultimately bring the world out of the darkness of
ignorance, oppression, and tyranny and into the light of
truth, justice, developing sciences and knowledge, and
peaceful co-existence, we find ourselves today at an age
of muddled concepts, misguided values, and pervasive
ignorance, as diseases and epidemics gain ever-greater
grounds, injustice takes hold, and man's environment
grows despoiled by the day. More than ever before, we
stand in dire need of a fresh vision to turn the tide
and the Ummah, as Almighty Allah has rightfully
ordained, into a guiding beacon and source of light that
radiates forth science, knowledge, and morality for the
benefit of all humanity.
Protecting our Islamic identity, our basic values, and
the higher interests of the Ummah can only be achieved
through the sincere loyalty of Muslims to true Islam and
their commitment to its original principles and values
as their cherished way of life. Only then will the Ummah
be able to rise to the challenge of playing an
instrumental, proactive role in the service of humanity
and human civilization.
Therefore, our conscience throbs in deep synchronicity
with the hearts and minds of the Ummah as expressed by
its scholars and intellectuals—may God bless them on our
behalf---in their meeting only weeks before this Summit
Conference. Thus are we only too aware of the political,
developmental, social, cultural and educational
challenges they brought to the fore; only too aware are
we of the internal and external threats that have helped
to exacerbate the Ummah's current plight, as they not
only menace its very future but also that of the whole
of humanity and civilization.
These challenges must, therefore, be dealt with through
a strategic vision, which needs to plan for the future
of the Ummah just as it needs to maintain a responsive
pulse to international developments so as to gradually
refine itself into a forward-looking vision that enables
the Muslim world to tackle the challenges of the
Twenty-first Century by leveraging the collective will
and Joint Islamic Action.
At this stage, we are consequently called upon to take a
pause for a sincere and firm reflection on reforming the
Ummah, which is a process that starts with reforming the
self by rallying round a common stand based on Almighty
Allah's Holy Quran and the Noble Tradition of His
Prophet (PBUH). This reform process should then
naturally end in a staunch counteraction of any
miscreants who would wantonly work evil sedition, who
would misguide and mislead, and would distort the
loftiest tenets of our Islamic faith enshrined in its
intrinsic call for love, peace, harmony, and the
civilized way out. How can they speak and act for such
perverted ideas entrenched as they are in ignorance,
isolationism, hatred, and blood-letting?
Nevertheless, our Muslim Ummah is called upon to meet
today for the highest good and right in affirmation of
Almighty Allah's words enjoining us to: "Hold fast to
Allah's rope [in unity] and not to be divided". And that
unity requires our scholars and experts of jurisprudence
to unify their stand on exposing the corruption of these
miscreants and the falsehood of their claims in a
determined show of strength and undivided condemnation.
While we affirm, in this regard, that terrorism in all
its forms and manifestations is a global phenomenon that
is not confined to any particular religion, race, color,
or country, and that can in no way be justified or
rationalized, we are determined—with Almighty Allah's
help and grace--to develop our national laws and
legislations to criminalize every single terrorist
practice and every single practice leading to the
financing or instigation of terrorism. Similarly, we are
also called upon to redouble and orchestrate
international efforts to combat terrorism, including the
establishment of an International Counter-Terrorism
Center as endorsed by the Riyadh International
Conference on Combating Terrorism.
Even so, all the governments and peoples of the Ummah
are unanimous in their conviction that reform and
development are the priority to which all efforts should
be channeled within a framework that is intimately
molded in our Islamic social make-up. At the same time
this framework needs to remain in harmony with the
achievements of human civilization and steeped in the
principles of consultation, justice, and equality in its
drive to achieve good governance, widen political
participation, establish the rule of law, protect human
rights, apply social justice, transparency, and
accountability, fight corruption, and build civil
society institutions.
Indeed, the Islamic civilization is an integral part of
human civilization, based on the ideals of dialogue,
moderation, justice, righteousness, and tolerance as
noble human values that counteract bigotry,
isolationism, tyranny, and exclusion. It is therefore of
paramount importance to celebrate and consecrate these
magnanimous values in our Muslim discourse inside and
outside our societies.
As we reaffirm our unwavering rejection of terrorism,
and all forms of extremism and violence, we strongly
voice our feelings of stigmatization and concern over
the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia around the world
as a form of racism and discrimination and declare our
resolve to work hard to combat this phenomenon with all
available means.
Given the deep import of economic and social cooperation
in strengthening solidarity among Islamic States,
maximizing the advantages and averting the pitfalls of
globalization, we consider the eradication of
illiteracy, diseases and epidemics, and the fight to
alleviate poverty in Islamic States as urgent, strategic
objectives requiring us to drum up all necessary
resources.
If we are to succeed in achieving our desired
objectives, then of necessity we must show commitment
and credibility in our Joint Islamic Action. Therefore,
proceeding from a new vision of the Muslim world that
tackles head on international challenges, as well as
political, economic, social, and cultural variables in a
manner that safeguards the values and interests of the
Ummah, we adopt and endorse the Ten-Year Programme of
Action to face the challenges of the Muslim Ummah in the
Twenty-first Century.
To Almighty Allah we pray that He may guide us onto the
right path, crown our endeavors with success, and bless
our lives with abundant prosperity.
"Allah has promised those who believe among you and who
have done good deeds that He will surely empower them in
the earth just as He did with their predecessors and
that He will surely establish for them (therein) their
religion which He has preferred for them and that He
will surely substitute for them, after their fear,
security (for) they worship Me, not associating anything
with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that—then those
indeed are the evil doers." (Al-Nour 53, True are the
Words of Allah).
Thank you for your attention.
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