OIC Watch

OIC Calls Out Afghanistan on Prohibitions on Women Working

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:45:00 -0400

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called out the Taliban Islamic Emirate regime for banning women from working, with the global Islamic entity planning to send a delegation to meet with the Taliban to push for women to be permitted to work according to strictures that comply with sharia law.

OIC Leadership Lauds China-Brokered Diplomatic Rapprochement Between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:18:00 -0400

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Secretary General issued an official statement lauding the China-brokered diplomatic rapprochement between the two Islamist regimes of Iran and Saudi Arabia, heralding the far-ranging cooperation agreement as an opportunity for more general, stronger cooperation among the 57 member-states of the global Islamic entity.

OIC Has UN Platform on Internationalization of Combatting Islamophobia

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:55:00 -0400

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the 57-member-state multilateral entity that claims to speak for the global Muslim community and that constitute the largest voting block in the United Nations (UN), amplified its internationalization of the push to fight against Islamophobia, with the recent event co-sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the President the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the UN-designated “International Day to Combat Islamophobia.”

OIC Denounces Israel for Recent Violence in Jenin & Hawara

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:11:00 -0400

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issued an official denunciation of the government of Israel for recent violence in the West Bank Palestinian refugee city-camp of Jenin, calling Israel the sole party responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Jenin and accusing the Israeli state authorities of complicity by inaction against the violence of Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the town of Hawara.

OIC Takes Aim at Israel with Condemnation of Nablus Violence

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:50:00 -0500

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took aim at the government of Israel for the Israeli army's recent raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, with the global, 57-member-state OIC condemning the operation as "organized state terrorism practices against the Palestinian people."

OIC Secretary General Accuses Israel of Attacks on Muslim & Christian Holy Sites in Jerusalem

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 11:30:00 -0500

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) used the platform of a conference at Arab League headquarters in Cairo to accuse Israel of attacks on Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, calling on high-level state attendees to support greater cooperation between the Arab League and the 57-member-state OIC towards the goal of international action to mitigate what he characterized as Israel’s attacks on freedom of worship and religious heritage of the worldwide community of Muslims.

OIC Meeting Denounces Quran Burning in Europe as Islamophobic

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:38:00 -0500

An emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that was held in Saudi Arabia at the request of Turkey issued a detailed communiqué condemning recent Quran burning in three European countries as racist-Islamophobic, invoking the UN Charter and the sharia-based OIC Charter as the bases for a detailed action plan by OIC missions, OIC member-state missions worldwide, and Muslims with European citizenship.

OIC Conference on Islamic Courts of the World Convenes in NATO-Member Turkey

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 13:35:00 -0500

The Islamist regime of NATO member-state Turkey hosted the first annual judicial conference of the 57-member-state OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), with focus on combatting Islamophobia-as- racism as a central plank of the countries’ constitutional and/or supreme courts.

OIC Meeting Points to Economic-Religious Linkages in Africa Activity

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:39:00 -0500

A meeting between the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Sudan’s Minister of Finance underscored the linkages between the religion and economic development for global Islamic entity, as the meeting read-out focused on the signing and completion of OIC investment in infrastructure projects for transportation and agricultural integration in Africa.

Global Islamic Bloc Meets in Istanbul for OIC Economic & Commercial Summit

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:17:00 -0500

Information Ministers from the 57-member-state Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are meeting in Istanbul, Turkey for a summit of the OIC’s Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC), with the agenda focused in intra-OIC trade and investment, economic empowerment of the OIC, which claims to represent the global Islamic community.