Some 82 member organizations of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and Relief (IICDR) are calling to join international efforts to fight terror.
The IICDR is a Cairo-based foundation comprised of more than a hundred Islamic organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, from all over the world. Its goals include, among other issues, “security and justice on earth, according to the will of Almighty Allah.”
The members are planning a gathering in Cairo next month to discuss the motives for terrorism and how to deal with this problem.
The conference comes in the wake of multiple bombs which hit Egypt’s Sharm A-Sheikh resort over the weekend, killing 88 people. Muslims also fear that terror attacks outside the Middle East, such as the attacks in London, are tarnishing Islam and Muslims and generating negative feelings toward them.
General Director of the IICDR Tawfiq A-Sharif, told the London-based A-Sharq Al-Awsat that the conference aims to study the reasons why certain organizations are committing terrorist crimes which he said contradict any divine understanding and international conventions.
A-Sharif also said the dangerous calls that the Middle East is witnessing following the American occupation of Iraq and what he called Israel’s unjust and coercive attitude towards the Palestinians have led to a feeling of injustice and a desire to take revenge.