Islamic Conference cannot DEFINE Terrorism.

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Not much of a surprise since all Orthodox Islamic rituals are imposed, forced or based on terror! ____ Jonathan Head, BBC, 2 April 2002Delegates at a conference of Islamic countries in Malaysia have failed to agree on a definition of terrorism, according to the Malaysian foreign minister. He said the three-day meeting was not long enough to come up with a common definition of what constituted a terrorist act. The special session of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) was called to draw up a response to events from Muslim countries, following last September's attacks on New York and Washington. But it has been overshadowed by the current conflict in the Middle East. On the second day of their meeting here in Kuala Lumpur, ministers from 53 Muslim countries were clearly struggling to produce their own definition of terrorism. The suggestion by the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, that all attacks on civilians, including those by Palestinian suicide bombers, constituted terrorism got little support. Many Arab states regard such acts as legitimate self-defence. And even before the conference closed, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the issue would be set aside until a larger, international conference on terrorism could be held. "We'll not come up with specifics of defining terrorism. Dr Mahathir's speech yesterday sets the tone, but it doesn't mean that all the issues that we raised are possible to resolve at this two, three days conference," he said. With anger over Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories riding high here, delegates instead discussed ways in which they could put more pressure on Israel. A proposal by Iraq for an oil embargo received only lukewarm support.

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Islamic Conference cannot DEFINE Terrorism?How could they? It all looks like the Bohra-ism packaged under various names of wahabiyaa, ahl as sunnah, tehrik e jaffaria with the bohras stealing the cake.

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