OIC Watch

Saudi Arabia and OIC Condemn Israel at UN Security Council

October 22, 2014

Saudi Arabia's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations (“UN”), speaking in the UN Security Council on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), condemned Israel for its actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, and called on the international donor community to step up its reconstruction assistance to Gaza and to press for a negotiated political solution to the crisis in Syria.
OIC Moves to Implement Economic Plan for Central Asia

October 22, 2014

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) is holding its First Investment Forum, in Tajikistan, to begin implementing the global Islamic organization's economic and financial "Cooperation Plan of Action for Central Asia."
OIC Raises Conflict Resolution Profile in Philippines Engagement

October 22, 2014

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) continues to increase its conflict-resolution activities in the Philippines, as the OIC-Peace Committee on Southern Philippines (“PCSP”) is working with the Manila government to coordinate post-conflict autonomy arrangements with two Islamist groups in the southern Philippines.
OIC International Influence Grows as Ties Deepen with Guyana

October 22, 2014

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) is deepening its ties in the Caribbean region, as the Secretary General of the OIC met recently with Guyana's Finance Minister to discuss the country's formal economic and financial integration into the OIC's Islamic Development Bank.
Pakistan's Clout in OIC Has Security and Economic Consequences

October 22, 2014

Nuclear Pakistan's serious clout within the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”), the group dedicated to protecting the interests of the global Muslim community and a major consumer of Western defense products, is producing a short-term posture toward Pakistan by Western countries that has concerning implications for Western economic and military security.
OIC Youth Forum Says Radical Groups Misuse Name of Islam

October 17, 2014

The 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (“OIC”) Annual Youth Forum met in Turkey, where the group's leadership called on global Muslim youth "to deny the so-called radicals and poppy groups who hurt the image of Islam and misuse it."
OIC Conference Reveals Continuing Saudi-Iran Cleavage on Islam and Mideast Hegemony

October 17, 2014

A strident exchange between senior officials of Saudi Arabia and Iran at the recent meeting on Gaza of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") revealed the continuing Saudi/Sunni versus Iran/Shia struggle for hegemony over Islam and Islamists in the Middle East.
Turkey Leads on Moving Poorest OIC Countries into WTO

October 08, 2014

Turkey's Islamist government is taking the lead, in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) and the UN, in preparing the OIC's least developed countries for accession negations to World Trade Organization membership.
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Calls for Increased OIC-UN Cooperation on Global Muslim Community

October 01, 2014

As part of the opening events of the UN General Assembly in New York, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister encouraged the leadership of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) to intensify its programs to protect the interests of the global Muslim community, and encouraged greater cooperation between the OIC and the UN as the world's "two largest inter-governmental organizations."
Islamic Bloc Calls for Prosecution of Israel for Crimes Against Humanity

October 01, 2014

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (“OIC”) has characterized Israel as an "apartheid regime" and announced the global Islamic organization's support for the idea of International Criminal Court proceedings to prosecute Israel for crimes against humanity.