Coming of all Muslim countries on the same page in this polarised world today seems highly unlikely
SHIKARPUR: The Muslim World seems to be as divisive today as perhaps never before. In the Malaysia moot scheduled to discuss issues encountered by Muslims around the world, out of 56 Muslim countries invited to the summit only 20 have participated.
The fissures in the edifice of Islamic unity writ large, casting a long shadow over the significance of the summit. In her book After the Prophet, Lesley Hazleton has graphically depicted how the Muslims were divided and how the unbridgeable gap developed over the passage of time among them — after the demise of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). That division still rages on relentlessly, making Muslim unity elusive. The coming of all Muslim countries on the same page in this polarised world today seems highly unlikely. It is better if we manoeuvre our international relations diplomatically, shield our national interest, and not to be fickle at least at international forums.
Riaz Ahmad Soomro
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2019.
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