OIC Watch

Tensions Escalate Between Leading OIC Islamist Regimes

April 21, 2021

Geopolitical factors are producing an escalation in tensions within the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are at odds over India's annexation of the region of Kashmir, bilateral oil-and-loan agreements between Islamabad and Riyadh, and over Saudi Arabia's treatment of the sizable Pakistan guest worker population in the Gulf kingdom.
National Interest: OIC Countries Prioritize China’s Money

February 19, 2021

Leading voices in the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) declared “unwavering support” for Muslim self-determination movements in Central and South Asia, yet accept millions of dollars in Chinese monies for economic bailouts and infrastructure development through China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Islamic Solidarity Fund Linked to OIC Influence Networks

February 19, 2021

The Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF), a subsidiary organ of the global, multilateral Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is financing new development projects in six member-states, five in Africa and one in the Mideast, expanding the OIC’s transcontinental influence and integration impacts in educational, cultural, and economic sectors.
OIC Platform Puts NATO-Member Turkey in Islamic Leadership at Food Security Conference

December 15, 2020

The 57-member, global Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) continues to be a major platform for Turkey‘s move to project itself as an Islamic world-leader, including hosting the General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) in Ankara, as well as proposing Turkey to replace Saudi Arabia as chair of the IOFS.
OIC Backs Member-State Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh War

November 19, 2020

The 57 member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) representing Muslims worldwide issued a statement of support for Azerbaijan in the Russian-brokered peace agreement ending the Nagorno-Karabakh war, with the cessation of hostilities giving major territorial gains to OIC member Azerbaijan.
OIC's Islamic Development Bank Emerges as Key Actor in Global Islamist Networks

October 09, 2020

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Islamic Development Bank, the multilateral development and finance institution representing the interests of the OIC's 57 member-states, has emerged as a key entity in facilitating the cooperation of international networks of deep state actors and transnational societal actors that are committed to a global Islamist agenda.
Iran's Main Islamist Proxy in Iraq Has Longterm Strategy for Regional Change & Global Reach

October 06, 2020

The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to sponsor multiple Shiite militias and para-state structures inside Iraq, with Tehran's main proxy, the Kata'ib Hizballah actively building out its Iraq-based militia activities with an interlocking set of regional and global influence-building operations.
Turkey's Role in Iran Sanctions-Busting Implicates Ankara Leadership in Global Network of Criminal Activities

September 30, 2020

A newly released report by global investigative reporting platform the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (OCCRP) reveals detailed information implicating the Turkey's president, family members, and senior diplomats in the Iran sanctions-evasion scheme that violated US and UN sanctions on Iran's Islamic Republic.
AZ Federal Court Rules No 1st Amendment Violation in Community College Course Module on Islamic Terrorism

August 24, 2020

A federal district court in Arizona dismissed a case by the Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR) which had charged that a Maricopa Community College course on World Politics, which included a unit on Islamic terrorism, violated the Free Exercise or Establishment clauses of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Turkey’s Islamists to Host and Manage New Media Clearing House for OIC Member-States

May 13, 2020

The Parliament of Turkey's Islamist regime approved last month the establishment in Istanbul of a clearing house forum for media agencies from all 57 member-states is the Organisation of Cooperation (OIC), putting the world’s largest jailer of journalists in a coordinating role for the international media organizations and government media agencies operating in the OIC.