OIC Watch

OIC Chief Pushes Free Speech Limitations

December 21, 2015

Speaking recently in Morocco at a media forum for Africa, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") continued the organization's push for global limitations on free speech under the guise of "not harming Islam and its values."
Palestinian Authority Appeals to OIC for Greater Cooperation on Jerusalem

December 21, 2015

The Palestinian Authority has made an official request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), a 57-member transnational organization claiming to speak for Muslims worldwide and whose charter supports sharia, to use all international institutions to fundraise for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and to "defend Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount against Israel's efforts to destroy them."
UN and OIC Team up on Jerusalem Status

December 14, 2015

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") and the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People ("CEIRPP") are co-sponsoring an international conference in Indonesia to discuss the status and future of Jerusalem in light of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the 57-member-state OIC positioning itself as sponsor for all Palestinians in the complex questions associated with Jerusalem.
OIC Meeting Pushes for Increased Bloc Trade and Commerce

November 30, 2015

The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation ("COMCEC") of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") completed its conference in Turkey with a detailed agenda for increasing trade and commercial ties, especially regarding infrastructure projects and development funding in Africa and Asia, within the 57-member-state bloc that represents world's 1.6 billion Muslims.
OIC Calls out Europe for Islamophobia

November 30, 2015

In the wake of the Islamic State ("IS") attacks in Paris, the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which claims to represent the interests of Muslims worldwide, has called out the European Union for rising levels of "hate speech and Islamophobia" and for "failing to observe the teachings of the Koran."
OIC Omits Perpetrators as It Condemns Mali Attack

November 25, 2015

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") used boilerplate language in his condemnation of the recent terror-and-hostage episode in Mali, omitting any reference to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists who perpetrated the attack.
OIC Member-States Are Key Exporters of Global Islamist Violence

November 25, 2015

The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") is implicated in the export of global Islamist violence, given that 27 OIC member-states are identified as key suppliers of foreign fighters for the Islamic State ("IS"), based on findings in the 2015 Global Terrorism Index, a comprehensive database of terror activities collated by global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace and collected by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.
OIC Lauds EU for Labeling on Israeli Settlement Products

November 18, 2015

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the 57-member-state group whose charter defines its mission as the protection of the global Muslim community, lauded the European Union ("EU") decision to label import items produced in Israeli settlements as a step toward ending Israel's "apartheid activities."
OIC Expands Footprint in the Americas

November 03, 2015

Guyana's discussions about membership in the Islamic Development Bank, the main financial institution of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), are part of the country's move toward greater political, cultural, and economic integration with the OIC, and also signal the OIC's expanding footprint in South America.
OIC at UN Security Council Accuses Israel of Racism and War Crimes

October 27, 2015

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") used the open debate session on the Middle East at the UN Security Council to accuse Israel of racism and war crimes because of "state terror" associated with recent measures to limit access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.