Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 11/12/2011
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took part in the 3rd Symposium on International Terrorism and Transnational Crime organized by the International Terrorism and Transnational Crime Research Center (UTSAM) over 9-11 December 2011 in Antalya, Republic of Turkey. The 3rd edition of the Symposium has pooled together academic experts and practitioners from 25 countries, together with representatives from a number of regional and international organizations and NGOs. The discussions focused on the challenges facing the prevention of and fight against terrorism and cross-border criminality, as well as the evolving patterns of terrorist acts and counter-radicalization efforts. An entire session was dedicated to an interactive exchange of views about the uprisings unraveling in a number of Arabo-Islamic states and their potential impact on the security and stability of the region and beyond. It is worth mentioning that the President of the Turkish National Police Academy, the host of the Symposium, lauded in his keynote address, the recent preparatory meeting held in Jeddah of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) as conveying a strong message against the skewed perception that Islam and human rights are not congenially compatible.
