OIC Secretary General expresses his condolence on gloomy weekend witnessed by Turkey, Egypt, Somalia and Nigeria

Date: 14/12/2016

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen expressed his condolences to the government and peoples of the Republic of Turkey, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Somali Democratic Republic, in particular to the bereaved families of the victims of the different terrorist incidents that occurred in these important OIC Member States claiming scores of innocent lives and injuring hundreds of others. Dr. Othaimeen conveyed his best wishes of quick recovery to the injured and prayed for the salvation of the departed souls.

The Secretary General reiterated the OIC’s firm and principled position against terrorists and their nefarious acts whatever their claim and justification emphasizing that terrorism has no boundary, religion, belief, culture or race. He called for immediate action to redouble efforts in confronting this global menace, which has become cancerous in nature.

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