AMMAN, MAY 30, SPA -- SECRETARY GENERAL OF JEDDAH-BASED ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) PROFESSOR EKMEL-EDDIN IHSAN OGLU HAS UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEXT ISLAMIC SUMMIT , DUE TO BE HELD IN SENEGAL EARLY 2008. IN A PRESS STATEMENT PUBLISHED HERE TODAY, OGLU SAID THE ISLAMIC SUMMIT WILL DISCUSS A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC TOPICS , NOTABLY THE PROBLEMS OF PALESTINE, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN AND LEBANON. OGLU WARNED AGAINST ERUPTION OF A NEW VIOLENT PROTEST IN THE REGION, AND SAID SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD FURTHER COMPLICATE THE EXISTING PROBLEMS AND CRISES. OGLU EXPRESSED ANXIETY FROM ESCALATION OF SECTARIAN STRIFE IN SOME MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND SAID FANATICISM WOULD HARM THE INTERESTS OF THE MUSLIMS AND WOULD MOREOVER DEFAME THEM.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/454378