Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Iyad Ameen Madani hopes the new Myanmar government will re-evaluate the country's discriminatory law towards the Rohingya population, including the recently passed four bills on the "Protection of Race and Religion."
In his remarks at the OIC Contact Group on Rohingya Muslims meeting in Istanbul, Tuesday, Madani said that among the bills that unfairly target the minority Muslims Rohingya were the Religious Conversion Bill, the Interfaith Marriage Bill, the Monogamy Bill and the Population Control Bill.
"These bills place restrictions on religious conversion as well as interfaith marriage and allows the local government to impose birthrate limits, specifically on the Rohingya," the OIC quoted him as saying in a statement.
The Ministerial level meeting chaired by Madani was held on the sidelines of the 13th OIC Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. (Courtesy of Bernama)
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