Somali MP: PUIC, Major Step Towards Resolving Muslim Women Problems

Tehran, Feb 17, IRNA – Visiting member of the Somaliaˈs Parliament Mariam Aweis Jama Monday said the upcoming meeting of the OIC Parliamentary Union slated for February 18-19 is a major step towards discussing and removing problems facing women in the Islamic world. Jama is currently in Tehran to attend the 9th Session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States (PUIC) to begin on Tuesday. The PUIC Executive Committee meeting was held in Tehran on February 14. The first three days of the meeting was held at the expert level while the Muslim world parliament speakers will take part in the event in the last two days. Speaking to IRNA, the MP said raising problems of Muslim women in conferences like the PUIC would be a great help to settle the challenges facing women in the Islamic world. She added that participants of the two-day conference can play an effective role in solving the problems of world Muslims, those in Palestine and Syria in particular. Criticizing the anti-Islam efforts which are underway worldwide, she said the participant delegates in the PUIC meeting will convey Islamˈs peace message to the entire world./end