The Baghdad Observer

Jeddah, Thursday – Dr. Abdirashid Shermarke, President of Somalia, has called for the establishment of on Islamic league to settle Muslims’ problems militarily and diplomatically.

The league would include Arab and non-Arab Islamic states.
In a press statement here, Dr. Shermarke asked that the questions of Cyprus, Palestine and Somalia be considered joint Islamic issues and not purely local questions.

“We call for comprehensive Islamic unity. We in Somalia have considered ourselves in a state of war with Israel since last June 5.”

“We shall seek to realize the principle of total struggle to liberate the Arab homeland and Islamic holy places”, Dr. Shermarke added.

The President also stressed the need for ending differences between the Arab states and added, “the disaster which befell the Arab homeland as basically due to the continuous differences be-tween the Arab states”.

Shermarke, President who made the pilgrimage to Mecca this year, has conferred more than once with King Faisal. On Monday, he made a speech at the Headquarters of the Islamic World League in Mecca asserting his country’s full support for Islamic causes.