Kuala Lumpur Summit: Five major issues facing Muslim world

Aljazeera
2019-12-18

Leaders from some of the world's most populous Muslim-majority countries set to address issues on Islamophobia, poverty. 

A 2018 report says the gap in real average income between the top 20 percent households and the middle 40 percent and bottom 40 percent households in Malaysia have almost doubled between 2008 and 2018 [File: Ahmad Yusni/EPA]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Leaders from some of the world's most populous Muslim-majority countries are set to meet in Malaysia's capital on Thursday, to address issues such as Islamophobia and poverty, with the organisers insisting the event is not meant to rival the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).