The world's Islamic nations opened their biggest meeting in three years Saturday with a call for the eviction of U.S. troops from Iraq and the rapid restoration of its sovereignty. Divisions over Iraq threatened to prevent Islamic leaders from finding a unified voice to address a widespread feeling that the war against terrorism has turned into a war against Muslims. The gathering of the 57 countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the world's biggest Muslim political grouping, is its first regular summit since the Sept. 11, 2001. Senior officials opened discussions with a prayer Saturday in Malaysia's new administrative capital, Putrajaya. They will lay out positions for their foreign ministers and national leaders to consider later in the week, ranging from Israel's airstrike on Syria to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. But Iraq is expected to take center stage. Abdelouahed Belkaziz, the OIC's secretary general, told the officials that Islamic nations "are still under the strain of extremely difficult challenges and unprecedented threats to our countries' independence, sovereignty, security and courses." Top priority should go to "the eviction of foreign forces from Iraq, allowing the United Nations to administer Iraqi affairs (as a) prelude to restoration of Iraq's independence, and to the rebuilding of what has been destroyed over the past 20 years, all in accordance with a clear and short timetable," he said. But Arab nations - the real power in the Islamic world, many of which allowed American troops to attack Iraq from their soil - prevailed upon Malaysia to accept the council, which has already been admitted to the Arab League. Malaysia has said that Muslim states should not heed U.S. calls to send peacekeepers to Iraq unless the United Nations takes control of such operations. Washington wants troops from other countries to help relieve the burden on its 130,000 troops there. Turkey has given the green light to send troops, raising objections among the Iraqi Governing Council, which fears the troops would interfere in Iraq's internal affairs and that Turkey's conflict with its Kurdish minority could spill over to engulf Kurds in northern Iraq. **Oil Workers Killed in Iraq*** Meanwhile, two oil workers have been killed in Iraq after the bus they were travelling in blew up near Kirkuk. Their vehicle either drove over, or was hit, by an explosive device. Nearby, two oil pipelines were reported to be on fire after separate blasts. Elsewhere, in the flashpoint town of Fallujah, three Iraqi civilians were injured in an apparent attack on a US military convoy. Witnesses say a hand grenade was thrown at the army vehicles but missed its target. It is still unclear whether the casualties were hit by the grenade or injured when American troops fired. **PHOTO CAPTION*** The OIC's emblem.