Inshallah, happier together!

As the world's Muslim leaders admitted at last week's Islamic summit, the past 1,400 tumultuous years of sectarian fighting did not bring peace and happiness to Muslim lands. But, judging from the happy smiles and big speeches at the summit, the next 1,400 tumultuous years may be better. 

Hopefully, the third 1,400 years of tumultuous future may finally bring some peace.

Ironically, every Muslim leader complained of the sectarian "fitna" that has caused millions of Muslim deaths in Muslim lands - in the hands of Muslims with "the right sect." Unsurprisingly, no one explained which Muslims were engaged in that violent "fitna." Time for peace - until the next bomb that kills the heretics praying at the wrong mosque.

In reality, the summit featured an extremely oxymoron slogan for a gathering of this sort: "Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace." In all reality we can talk about rare -often, a la carte- "sectarian" unity and solidarity, selective justice and almost no peace. Despite sharing a common sect, countries like Turkey and Egypt sport "Divided-We-Stand" societies in addition to deep non-sectarian rifts with same-sect countries.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu's call "to liberate all Islamic lands under occupation, "especially Palestine and including Karabakh and Crimea" must have caused laughter spasms in many capitals, especially in Moscow. Imagine a mighty Islamic army at the gates of Crimea: Why did you bother to come all the way?

We'll liberate Muslim Crimea from occupation. Welcome, gentlemen; do you want the liberated Crimea in standard or gift wrap?

Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an thinks that "We [Muslims] should break the isolation of our [Muslim] brothers in the Turkish Republic of...