Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference
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The Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference was a conference organised by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Makkah Al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia
, on the 7th and 8 December 2005.
This was organised in response to the Muhammad cartoon controversy
.
The conference dealt with issues regarding the "crisis" in Islam, and outlined a 10 year modernisation program.
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, on the 7th and 8 December 2005.
This was organised in response to the Muhammad cartoon controversy
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
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The conference dealt with issues regarding the "crisis" in Islam, and outlined a 10 year modernisation program.