OIC Watch

OIC Expands Global Islamic Heritage Agenda

February 06, 2019

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is expanding its programs for the promotion of global Islamic heritage with the launch of the first Annual Islamic Culture Festival, hosted by Egypt, to emphasize what the OIC leadership defines as Islamic “values of tolerance, renunciation of violence, extremism and terrorism.”
OIC, Turkey Cooperate on Global Islamist Program

January 21, 2019

The central role of Turkey and Qatar in promoting the global agenda of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was evident in a recent meeting in Ankara of the Chairman of the Qatar-based OIC Humanitarian Fund and Turkey’s top Muslim cleric and head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet).
OIC Engages with Technology to Grow Impact of Sharia Finance

January 03, 2019

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Islamic Development Bank and Islamist regimes from the Arabian Gulf to North Africa are engaging actively to apply blockchain technology and to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to accelerate the global growth of sharia-compliant financial instruments.
OIC Conference in Pakistan Targets Youth Activism

January 03, 2019

The focus of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on national programs of youth mobilization and political activism on behalf of the Islamic ummah/community was on display in a three-day National Model OIC held in Pakistan.
OIC Seeks "Islamic Human Rights" as Counter to UDHR

January 03, 2019

Activists are calling for an upgrade in support, capacity, and legitimacy of international judicial institutions that can respond to critiques about the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is promoting an alternative “Islamic human rights” model for Muslims worldwide.
Saudi Arabia Leads OIC Condemnation of Israeli Law as Racist

January 03, 2019

Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-member-state multilateral entity that claims to represent all the world’s Muslims, led the OIC’s official condemnation of Israel’s new law identifying Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people as racism.
World Bank, OIC Prepare New Joint Report on Sharia Finance

December 18, 2018

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank are preparing their second in a series of global reports on sharia-compliant/compatible finance.
OIC Trains Junior Diplomats to Promote Global Islamic Agenda

December 18, 2018

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has instituted regular training courses for junior diplomats, with a curriculum for building diplomatic capacity for promoting the agenda of the OIC to protect the rights of all Muslims globally according to sharia teachings.
OIC Finances Trade Initiative Between African, Arab Worlds

December 13, 2018

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) main funding arm, the International Development Bank, is underwriting a transregional trade and cooperation initiative aiming to integrate trade and infrastructure between the Arab Middle East and the African Continent, with Morocco as the linchpin for coordination.
Somalia Hosts OIC Summit in Bid for Economic, Financial Assistance

December 10, 2018

The Somalian government recently hosted a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a bid to seek the global entity’s economic and financial support to the East African state.