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OIC Chief Identifies Need for Anti-Terror Conference after Taliban Assault on School
December 24, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), former Minister of Information for Saudi Arabia, announced that he will consider convening a conference to discuss counter-terrorism strategy, in the wake of the Pakistani Taliban's recent attack on a school in Peshawar.
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Violent Islamist Groups Hunkering down on the Mediterranean
December 19, 2014
The footprint of radical Islamist groups committed to violent jihad is expanding, as the war being waged by The Islamic State ("IS") in the Eastern Mediterranan or Levantine littoral has its counterpart in the failed state of Libya, where various brigades and movements sharing the IS ideology and objectives are fighting to take full control over Libya's territory.
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OIC Chief Lauds Euro Parliament Resolution on Palestine
December 19, 2014
Increasingly active in promoting international recognition of Palestinian statehood, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") issued an official statement lauding the European Parliament's resolution in support of recognition for Palestine, and also reiterated the OIC's support for a United Nations Security Council resolution that would impose a timeline on Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
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Task Force Analyzes Drag on STEM Education in OIC Countries
December 19, 2014
Preliminary findings of a Task Force on "Science at Universities in the Muslim World" identify Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") countries as some of the world's worst performers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") education, and will be incorporated in a 2015 set of policy recommendations to OIC Education Ministers for wholesale educational reform.
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Saudi Monarchy Beginning to Treat Wahhabi Fundamentalism as Threat to State and Society
December 19, 2014
The centuries-old alliance between the Saudi royal family and the Wahhabi religious establishment is showing signs of strain, mainly because King Abdullah and other members of the monarchical government are beginning to treat the Sunni fundamenalist Islamism of the Wahhabi clerical class as an impediment to the country's economic modernization (women are second-class subjects) and social cohesion (Shiites are treated as heretics), as well as a security threat to the regime.
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