OIC Watch

OIC and Saudi NGO in Europe Sign Cooperation Agreement

June 08, 2015

Leaders from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the global multilateral organization whose charter is based on commitment to the principles of sharia law and protection of the interests of Muslims worldwide, and the King Abdullah Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue ("KAIICID"), a Saudi-government-funded nongovernmental organization based in Vienna, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on dialogue and education initiatives to "combat incitement to religious hatred and negative stereotyping," an issue which both organizations have mainly understood as "countering Islamophobia" through activism in the United Nations and in European fora.
OIC Tries to Manipulate UN Resolution on Intolerance as Global Blasphemy Law

June 04, 2015

International human rights groups have expressed concern that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which is hosting the fifth meeting of the "Istanbul Process" for implementing the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") Resolution 16/18 on "Combating Incitement to Hatred, Discrimination and Violence Based on Religion or Belief," is pushing for an application of the resolution in a manner that is tantamount to a global blasphemy law by criminalizing free speech related to religion and, especially, Islam.
OIC Hosts International Meeting to Push for Defamation of Religions

June 04, 2015

The Jeddah-based Secretariat General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") is convening experts from international human rights and multilateral organizations to discuss implementation options for UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") Resolution 16/18 on "Combating Incitement to hatred, Discrimination and Violence based on Religion or Belief," with OIC leaders' pressure for an interpretation of the 2011 resolution according to defamation of religions criteria standing at odds with Western countries' commitment to free speech and conscience protections as part of the effort to combat intolerance and hatred.
Pakistan-Egypt Feud over Muslim Brotherhood Fractures OIC Unity

June 02, 2015

Sharp discord between Pakistan and Egypt, caused by the Cairo government's death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamad Morsi and an additional 100 members of the country's Muslim Brotherhood, is amplifying internal leadership struggles and disagreements about Islamism within the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the international, multilateral organization that identifies itself as the protector of global Islamic interests and unity.
OIC Critiques IS Jihadi Attacks on Shiites Inside Saudi Arabia

June 02, 2015

Islamic sectarian cleavages are assuming global dimensions, given the now-open disagreement between the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), whose charter identifies the organization as the protector of the interests of Muslims worldwide, and the Islamic State ("IS"), the jihadi group committed to expanding sharia under a new caliphate, as the OIC has condemned the recent series of IS bombings against Shiite Muslim targets inside Saudi Arabia.
India Accuses OIC of Meddling in Domestic Politics on Kashmir Issue

June 02, 2015

India's Ministry of External Affairs characterized the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's ("OIC") call for a resolution of the longstanding problem of sovereignty over Kashmir, where the OIC has positioned itself as a voice for the Muslim population, as internal interference in Indian affairs.
OIC Islamophobia Report Condemns Free Speech as Cause for Negative Stereotyping of Muslims

May 29, 2015

News agencies in Kuwait and Pakistan have previewed the forthcoming Eighth Report on Islamophobia prepared by the Islamophobia Observatory of the global Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), which argues that freedoms of speech and expression are the primary causes for worldwide increases in "negative stereotyping and popular negative attitudes towards Islam and Muslims."
OIC Foreign Ministers Discuss Islamic Sectarianism as Threat to Muslim Unity

May 28, 2015

The Foreign Ministers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia took the lead in focusing the opening session of the 42nd annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") on possible OIC responses to Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence, calling for the organization's member-states to counter "sectarian terrorism and fanaticism as the most dangerous threat to the Islamic nation," in a reference to the OIC's mandate to protect the interests of the "global Muslim community," or umma.
OIC Urges ASEAN Action on Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

May 20, 2015

The 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") has criticized the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN") for failing to take action to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis involving Myanmar's mistreatment of its Rohingya Muslim population, and is pressing ASEAN on dialogue and engagement with Myanmar.
OIC Condemns Israel for New Settlements in Jerusalem and Calls on UN to Intervene

May 11, 2015

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") issued a condemnation of the government of Israel for approval of new settlement construction in East Jerusalem as an occupation policy designed to change the facts on the ground, with the statement also calling for United Nations engagement to end Israel's violations of international law.