American Journal of Islam and Society (Jul 1998)
21st Century and the Birth of the United Nations of Islam
Abstract
This book studies the posibilities, objectives, characteristics, and advantages of the unity of Muslim nation in the foreseeable future. The author, Jawed UI Haq Siddiqui, deals with the various dimensions and functions of this aspired unity and offers an ambitious institutional scenario for its attainment. Its dominant feature is the establishment of the Organization of Islamic Unity (OIU), which will replace or reconstruct the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). The OIU will work to establish various institutions and processes of unification by the year 2000, ullimately to establish the United States of Islam (USI) by the year 2010. The birth of the USI will result by accumulating different processes of unification undertaken by Muslim nations from now until the year 2010. USI's confederation will be open for membership to all Muslim states. ln order to join, Muslim states must sign on to at least one of the basic points of confederation. The basic points are the following: ...