Muslim countries to found humanitarian aid platform

The huge burden of the world's natural and manmade disasters are on the shoulders of the Muslim countries, yet their civil societies are not strong enough to respond, according to the head of Kızılay, the Turkish Red Crescent. A network among the national societies of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries will be set up today in Istanbul to strengthen cooperation. Not enough attention is being paid to devastating tragedies in some of the Islamic countries like Yemen, Somalia, Kerem Kınık told Hürriyet Daily News adding "We also want to outcry our problems with a higher voice to the world."