OIC Watch

Morocco to Host Emergency OIC Summit on Palestine

August 31, 2015

The government of Morocco has condemned Israel's "Judaization policies in Jerusalem" and will host an upcoming emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") for coordinated action to respond to "Israel's settlement policies in Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian Territories."
OIC Condemns Islamist Destruction of World Heritage Sites as Contrary to Islamic Tolerance

August 31, 2015

The Saudi Secretary General of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") issued an official condemnation of the most recent episodes of destruction of Syria's non-Muslim cultural and religious monuments by Islamic State ("IS") militias, characterizing IS's actions as incompatible with international norms and a "divergence from Islam's values and principles of non-discrimination across racial and ethnic groups."
OIC Shows Its Weight at UN by Securing Re-Definition of Terrorism

August 26, 2015

In exchange for voting bloc support from the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") for India's proposal at the UN for a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism ("CCIT"), India agreed to change the proposed definition of terrorism to reflect the OIC's emphasis on differentiating "national self-determination movements" from terrorism.
OIC Chief and Bangladesh Prime Minister Emphasize Unity of Global Islamic Community

August 26, 2015

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, welcoming the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") in an official visit to discuss the education and technology priorities of the OIC, emphasized the importance of Muslims worldwide to stand against terrorism and to communicate to the world that "Islam never supports terrorism and is a religion of peace that teaches tolerance."
OIC Statement Insists that Combating Islamophobia is Element of Countering Violent Extremism

August 26, 2015

Addressing the UN Security Council on the topic of regional organizations and global security, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") representative emphasized OIC's 57-member-states' commitment to countering terrorism, but insisted that combating Islamophobia must be an intrinsic dimension of measures to countering violent extremism.
OIC Sends Mixed Messages in Call for Islamic Human Rights

August 07, 2015

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission ("IPHRC") issued an official statement on "Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day," sending mixed messages in the call for OIC member-states to commit to metrics for the realization of "Islamic human rights," while simultaneously trying to harmonize national laws with universal human rights covenants.
Saudi Arabia Sustains Global Pressure to Criminalize Free Speech According to Islamist Norms

August 04, 2015

The Director of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, whose mandate is the global "propagation of Islam," renewed the call by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") in international and multilateral fora for the criminalization of free speech that is considered blasphemous and a violation of Muslims' "religious and ideological rights."
OIC and European Counterpart Push for Global Blasphemy Law

July 22, 2015

The Islamic European Council, an affiliate of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), called on all member-state governments to pass legislation that would "criminalize the defamation of religions in all Islamic countries."
OIC and IMF Collaborate on Sharia-Compliant Banking and Finance

July 22, 2015

With the signing of a memorandum of understanding with General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (an agency of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC")), the International Monetary Fund and the OIC will cooperate on expanding sharia-compliant/compatible banking and finance practices into global financial markets and economic development programs.
Maldives Anti-Terrorism Bill Promotes OIC Agenda on Islamism

July 21, 2015

The government of the Maldives is debating a controversial anti-terror bill that bases the proposed legislation on the "Islamic" definition of terrorism articulated in the Charter of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which diverges significantly from United Nations definitions of terrorism.