OIC Watch

OIC Condemns Islamophobia as Racism

June 03, 2019

The summit meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) government leaders concluded in Saudi Arabia with a statement condemning Islamophobia as a global phenomenon that is “a contemporary form of racism.”
OIC Summit Shows Tensions Between Key Islamist Regimes

June 03, 2019

Tensions at a leadership summit of the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Saudi Arabia illustrate the competing national and geopolitical interests among members of the world's largest multilateral organization after the United Nations.
OIC Summit Will Focus on Israel, Islamophobia

May 29, 2019

The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is intensifying calls for worldwide Muslim solidarity and mobilization on "justice for the Palestinian cause" and on combating the “global problem of Islamophobia" in the runup to the forthcoming OIC Islamic Summit of Foreign Ministers.
OIC Summit Agenda Seeks Global Unity of Islamic Interests

May 29, 2019

The upcoming Mecca summit of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will focus on resolving Sunni-Shiite sectarianism in the interests of unity within the global Muslim community (umma), as well as on solidarity among the OIC’s 57 member-states on the ongoing issue of Palestinian interests vis-à-vis Israel.
UAE Hosts OIC Festival on Islamic Cultural Diversity, Tolerance

April 26, 2019

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hosting the second annual Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Festival designed by the global entity to build solidarity among OIC countries by promoting awareness of multicultural “tolerance and diversity within Islam” under the slogan of “One Nation Unified by Benevolent Cooperation, Justice and Tolerance.”
UAE Hosts OIC Festival on Tolerance, Justice in Islam

April 23, 2019

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hosting the second annual Festival of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-member global entity that is committed to upholding sharia principles worldwide, with this year’s event focusing on promotion of global awareness of the “teachings of tolerance and justice foundational to Islam.”
OIC Denounces US, Israel for Golan Heights Recognition

April 23, 2019

The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced the US decision to recognize Israel's claims of sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights, condemning the move as a violation of international law and UN resolutions.
OIC Schedules Emergency Meeting on Christchurch Response

April 22, 2019

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has scheduled an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers from all 57 member-states that make up the global entity to consider responses to the New Zealand mosque attacks as a form of Islamophobia.
Pakistan Raises Profile in OIC

March 14, 2019

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan burnished its credentials as a leader of global Islamic activities with the country’s recent election to the deputy chairmanship of the Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC).
OIC Conference Cites Islamic Values as Antidote to Terrorism

February 11, 2019

Presenters at a forum affiliated with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Turkey urged the promotion of “traditional Islamic values of peace and solidarity” as the antidote to interstate divisions and suggested the Islamic theocratic model of the Ottoman Empire as a model for trust-building mechanisms between Muslims and non-Muslims.