Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
The Ambassadorial Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expresses its grave concern over the alarming reports about the seriously deteriorating health conditions and well-being of the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qiq who has been on a continuous hunger strike for 77 days in protest against his arbitrary punishment of administrative detention by the Israeli occupation authorities. It is being reported that Mr. Al-Qiq’s health is in serious danger due to torture and confinement conditions being imposed on him in Israeli detention. He has been hospitalized due to severe deterioration in his health, including internal bleeding of organs and low blood sugar....
10/02/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed its regret that the UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, had to suspend the negotiations aimed at settling the Syrian crisis to 25 February 2016. The Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani, invited all Syrian parties to place the interests of the Syrian people above all other considerations, to reach an agreement that would stop the bloodshed, ensure the security and unity of Syria and save it from external intervention in line with Vienna agreements, Geneva declaration and Security Council Resolution No 2254.
...At the last stop in Sydney of his four-day official visit to Australia, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani met the Governor of New South Wales, Hon David Hurley AC DSC at the Government House. They discussed issues concerning the Muslim community in light of events in the Middle East and how it is affecting them. The Governor stressed that all communities are respected, maintain their identity and are integrated in a multicultural society. The Secretary General on his part emphasized that citizens of any country should be loyal to that country and at the same time have rights that should be respected.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani stressed in his meetings with officials in Australia on the importance of multiculturalism in countering violence and intolerant discourse....
03/02/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms the attack carried out on 30 January 2016 by elements of the Boko Haram terrorist group on the village of Dalori near Maiduguri, in north eastern Nigeria in which 92 innocent lives were killed, 136 injured and some victims were burned alive in the village that was set on fire....
02/02/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the suicide bombing on Friday, 29 January 2016 at Al-Reda Mosque, Mahasen District, Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, which killed 4 and injured 18 others....
29/01/2016
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, will be traveling to Australia on Saturday, 30 January 2016, on an official visit where he is expected to meet the Prime Minister, several ministers and province governors as well as the Australian Special Envoy to the OIC....
29/01/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed hope that "Geneva 3" Conference on Syria to be held tomorrow, Friday, 29 January 2016 would lead to constructive and positive results that contribute to the settlement of the Syrian crisis whose serious repercussions have cast a shadow on Syria and the region as a whole....
28/01/2016
The Fifth and final Tripartite Review Meeting at ministerial level between the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was held under the auspices of the OIC Secretary Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani at the OIC headquarters from 25-26 January 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to continue efforts for the completion of the Review Process which was established to ensure the implementation of the 1996 peace agreement in the Southern Philippines....
27/01/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the suicide attack committed by elements of the terrorist group Boko Haram on the town of Bodo in northern Cameroon on 25/01/2016, which claimed the lives of 32 people and injured 84 others....
26/01/2016
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on all of its Subsidiary, Specialized and Affiliated Organs that specialize in women issues to participate in a specialist workshop to review the mechanisms of the OIC’s Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW) on 28-29 January 2016 to be held at the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Istanbul, Turkey....
26/01/2016
The Secretary General of the OIC Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani received the Director of United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) Mr. Jorge Chediek at the OIC Headquarters in Jeddah on 24 January 2016. ...
25/01/2016
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, strongly condemned the recent suicide bomb attack on a bus in Kabul carrying journalists of Tolo News of Afghanistan which killed all seven journalists travelling in the bus....
24/01/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the decision of the Republic of Indonesia to host an Extraordinary Islamic Summit in Jakarta on the 6th and 7th of March 2016 on the issue of Al-Quds and Palestine in light of the persistent apartheid Israeli policies of oppression of the Palestinian people; changing the demography and social make up of Al-Quds and encroachments on Al Aqsa Mosque....
23/01/2016
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation strongly condemned the violent attack carried out by gunmen from Al-Shabab Movement targeting a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least 20 people and injuring several others. The OIC Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani, expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Somali Government and families of the victims in the wake of this unfortunate incident and wished the injured speedy recovery....
23/01/2016
