Arab panel scold Islamic world for Darfur silence

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KAMPALA (AFP) — An Arab human rights panel on Friday scolded the Islamic world for its silence on the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.

"The suffering of Muslims in Darfur is as real as that happening in Iraq and Palestine," said the Arab Coalition for Darfur in a statement on the sidelines of an Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting here.

"The Islamic world's response to the daily killings and suffering of millions of Muslims in Darfur has been largely silent, from both civil society as well as from institutions and majority of Islamic governments," it said.

"The Islamic world must decide to end its wall of silence, before it is too late ... More silence could be catastrophic on the Islamic community."

The coalition...