The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Madani, will visit Sri Lanka shortly, following an invitation by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, reports Arab News, citing a senior official within the Sri Lankan embassy.
“This is the first time such a visit is being made to Sri Lanka and we are really proud of it,” the official was quoted as saying. See here for more.
Sri Lanka has applied for observer status within the OIC.
Earlier this year, the OIC wrote to the Sri Lankan government expressing its concern at the anti-Muslim riots and violence by Sinhala Buddhist mobs in Aluthgama.
This weekend, the leader of Myanmar's extremist Buddhist group, 969, visited Sri Lanka, on the invitation of the Buddhist monk organisation, the Bodu Bala Sena. Both groups pledged to work together to counter, what they described as the threat of Muslim extremists. See here for more.
“This is the first time such a visit is being made to Sri Lanka and we are really proud of it,” the official was quoted as saying. See here for more.
Sri Lanka has applied for observer status within the OIC.
Earlier this year, the OIC wrote to the Sri Lankan government expressing its concern at the anti-Muslim riots and violence by Sinhala Buddhist mobs in Aluthgama.
This weekend, the leader of Myanmar's extremist Buddhist group, 969, visited Sri Lanka, on the invitation of the Buddhist monk organisation, the Bodu Bala Sena. Both groups pledged to work together to counter, what they described as the threat of Muslim extremists. See here for more.