OIC Watch

OIC Calls for Member-State Cooperation and Supports UN Call for Global Ceasefires to Address Coronavirus Pandemic

April 28, 2020

The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on its 57 member-states worldwide to broaden and deepen collaborative efforts to bring healthcare relief to "Muslim states combatting the coronavirus," as well as to support the United Nations call for a ceasefire in all the world's conflict areas in order to deliver humanitarian relief and healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OIC Convenes to Reconcile Islamic Law with COVID-19 Science

April 22, 2020

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met virtually to provide guidelines for the 57 member-states representing the worlds 1.8 billion Muslims about how to reconcile traditional Islamic sciences with modern science and guidelines in combatting the spread of the coronavirus.
OIC Wants UN Declaration of International Day of Solidarity Against Islamophobia

March 18, 2020

The 57 member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is calling on the United Nations (UN) to proclaim an International Day of Solidarity against Islamophobia, with leadership in the largest UN voting block arguing that the anniversary of the attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand is a reminder of the dangers of intolerance against Muslims.
Turkey’s President Calls Israel a Rogue State & Urges Muslim World to Mobilize Against US Negotiation Plan

February 11, 2020

In a meeting with members of his ruling Islamist party and ambassadors from three Arab states, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan characterized Israel as a rogue state and warned that Muslims worldwide should mobilize against the recently announced US peace plan for Israeli-Palestinian negotiation.
OIC Member-States Close Ranks to Condemn US Plan for Israel-Palestine Rapprochement

February 05, 2020

An emergency summit of he 57 member-states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) to discuss the U.S. peace plan for Israeli-Palestinian normalization resulted in the issuance of an official statement condemning the plan and a joint Sunni-Shiite call for all OIC member-states not to cooperate in realizing the plan.
OIC Celebrates 50 Years with Jubilee Event at UN

January 31, 2020

The Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations (UN) held a celebratory reception in New York on the 50th anniversary of the 57-member-state, Saudi Arabia-based multilateral entity whose charter is to defend Muslims worldwide.
OIC Ramps Up Presence in Bangladesh with Declaration of 2020 Youth Capital

January 01, 2020

The 57 member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has declared Bangladesh the OIC Youth Capital for 2020, ramping up the global Islamic entity's presence in the densely populated, Muslim-majority South Asian country.
OIC & Arab League Condemn Brazil for Opening Trade Office in Jerusalem

December 23, 2019

Both the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the 22-member-star Arab League, have issued formal condemnations of Brazil for opening a trade and commercial office in Jerusalem, warning of future damage for political, economic, and trade relations.
OIC 50th Anniversary Produces Calls for Roadmap for Islamic Solidarity, Security, & Sustainable Development

December 16, 2019

The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) produced calls by state leaders from the 57 member-states to develop a "roadmap for the Islamic World" in order to build greater unity and solidarity within the entity that claims to represent the world's 1.8 billion Muslims and to promote human and hard security and sustainable development according to the principles of the OIC Charter, which is based on sharia law.
Turkey Calls for OIC Reform and Greater Unity of Islamic World

December 13, 2019

Turkey's Foreign Minister used the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) underway in Morocco to call for improved cooperation among "Muslim countries," with a priority of unity of the Islamic world and, towards that goal, reform of the OIC.