The world's Islamic leaders opened the summit meeting, with turmoil in Iraq and the Middle East topping their agenda. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) leaders -- representing 57 Muslim nations and 1.3 billion people -- met under a heavy veil of security in Malaysia's new administrative capital Putrajaya, near Kuala Lumpur. The two-day summit is focusing on the Palestinian conflict, amid increasing violence in the Middle East, and attempts to restore stability in Iraq following the US-led invasion which ousted Saddam Hussein's regime. The OIC's position on Iraq has become a contentious issue, with the country's US-appointed Governing Council taking issue with the OIC's draft resolution calling for a firm timetable for the withdrawal of US-led occupation forces and a central role for the United Nations. The Governing Council's leader, Ayad Allawi, is attending the summit, while another member-state invaded by US-led forces since the last meeting in 2000 -- Afghanistan -- is represented by President Hamid Karzai. Among other leaders present are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the president of the world's largest Muslim country Indonesia. King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Mohamed VI of Morocco, and the presidents of Iran, Turkey, Algeria, and Sudan are also among the more than 30 heads of state or government at the meeting. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines are attending as observers. **PHOTO CAPTION*** The OIC emblem.