Misuari voiced the appeal in a speech sent to the OIC Summit, detailing the Bangsamoro people’s decades-old struggle for self-determination.

Even with the peace agreements the MNLF signed with the government of the Republic of the Philippines in 1976, 1986 and 1996, Misuari said, genuine peace has not been attained.

He cited the centuries-old struggle of the Bangsamoro people against colonialism and oppression against the Spaniards, Americans, Japanese and, now the Philippine government to highlight their right to claim back their lost freedom, sovereignty, and independence.

"Because of the uncertainy we face, I now beseech you all, dear leaders, to please show us, once again, your genuine concern and support for our people’s fundamental rights that I have mentioned earlier," Misuari said.

"Extend to us your praiseworthy benevolence and your collective Islamic unity and solidarity behind our longstanding application for Bangsamoro membership — through the MNLF representation, in its capacity as the ‘sole legitimate representative of the Bangsamoro people," Misuari said.

Recognizing that this has no precedent in the OIC, the MNLF chairman said the pan-Islamic body can do this through "exceptional measure" like the grant of observer status to the MNLF during the OIC’s 8th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) on May 16-22, 1977, in Tripoli, Libya, through OIC-ICFM Resolution No. 2/8-P "to ensure safety of Muslim lives and property in the Philippines."

The Philippines has a pending application for observer status submitted to the OIC in 2003.

"Please give me a chance to prove my worth by availing myself of your unstinted collective and individual trust," Misuari said, adding that he will abandon MNLF participation in the OIC should he fail to turn a Bangsamoro full membership into a positive factor.

"Believe me, this is the only thing in the world, insha Allah, we need to enable us and our people to expeditiously win the peace," Misuari said.

The MNLF head also vowed to bring back to the organization the MNLF leaders who have been "lost" as well as restore genuine and lasting peace to the war-torn Bangsamoro homeland.

Sharif Zain Jali, who represented Misuari in the OIC Summit was to read the 11-page speech, but had to have it distributed instead to the Kings, Presidents, and Prime Ministers attending the OIC Summit when time did not allow it.

Jali and Ustadhz Muhaimen Abubakar were the only MNLF leaders admitted by the OIC to participate in the Dakar Summit because they were the only ones officially endorsed by Misuari.

Jali said other MNLF leaders who went to Senegal were not allowed by the OIC to get inside the Summit venue because they did not have Misuari’s endorsement.

"I think the OIC only recognizes brother Nur as the MNLF chairman because it is only his endorsement that is recognized and accepted by the OIC officials. That is how I saw it during the 11th OIC Summit in Senegal," said Jali, chairman of the MNLF’s Bangsamoro People’s National Congress (BPCA).