Turkey's Erdo?an proposes Muslim cooperation against terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on April 14 proposed a body within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to solidify and institutionalize cooperation against terrorism.        

"Once again, I call on the international bodies to review their approaches to terrorist organizations. It is necessary to conduct operations against terror organizations on the ground, while there should [also] be efforts to target those organizations' financial and human resources," Erdo?an said in his opening speech at the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul.        

"For that, international cooperation is vital. Establishing a body that would solidify and institutionalize cooperation against terror within the OIC is the right step to take," he added.        

Turkey is hosting the OIC summit for the first time since the body's inception in 1969.        

Turkey will take over the bloc's chair for the next two years during the summit, which is being held under the theme "Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace."        

The two-day summit is set to strengthen unity and solidarity between Muslim countries in the fight against terrorism.        

Erdo?an thanked member countries for helping support the establishment of the OIC's new police cooperation and coordination center in Istanbul.        

Saying that terror was one of the gravest problems facing the Islamic world, Erdo?an decried the devastation in Afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands Muslims were killed and millions of others were mistreated by al-Qaeda.        

"Now Daesh, [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - ISIL] which controls certain places in Iraq and Syria and tries to get control of Libya, serves the...