Islamic experts to draft common cultural plan

The Islamic experts committee in charge of examining the challenges facing the Islamic world in the next century is convening its 2nd meeting in Bamako, Mali this December 3-4, the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference said in a press release.

The meeting is to draft a comprehensive common cultural plan to fend off interior and external challenges. The plan will be submitted to the OIC foreign ministers' 26th conference to be held in Burkina Faso in May 1999.

The committee will discuss practical steps to take up the challenges and face up the hostile propaganda against Islam and to present the genuine image of Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance.