The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the UN. It was formed in 1969 in response to the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The OIC aims to promote cooperation among its 57 Muslim-majority member states, address issues affecting Muslim communities worldwide, and combat Islamophobia. It is financed through member contributions and donations. The OIC is headed by a Secretary General and has various organs and committees focused on political, economic, social, and cultural issues. While it has addressed some conflicts between members and important issues like Islamophobia, it also faces criticisms over weaknesses in addressing the Palestinian issue and internal disagreements.

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4. INTRODUCTION
The organization of Islamic cooperation is the 2nd largest organization
after the united nations organization. It was formed on September 25,
1969 in response to fire-raising attack on mosque al Aqsa in Jerusalem
by Zionist extremist.
 The organization of Islamic cooperation (oic) is an intergovernmental
organization with a strong religious element that regroups 57 Muslim
or predominantly Muslim member states.
Its priorities are promoting the interests of Muslim communities
across the world and fighting islamophobia, especially in the western
world.

5. Conti…
 It is financed by contributions and donations of its members.
 Any Member State may withdraw from the Islamic Conference by
sending a written notification to the Secretariat General, to be
communicated to all Member States.

6. Members:

7. Secretary General
Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation H.E. Dr. Yousef
bin Ahmad Al - Othaimeen

8. Organizational structure of the OIC
• In order to achieve its objectives, the Organization has main organs,
secondary organs, committees and specialized institutions.
• Main Organs:
 The Conference of Kings and Heads of State and Government .
 The Conference of Foreign Ministers.
 The General Secretariat.

9. • Beside the above main organs, there are several standing committees and
specialized institutions;
 Standing Committees;
 The Al-Quds Committee
 The Standing Committee for Information and Cultural Affairs.
 The Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation.
 The Standing Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
 The Islamic Peace Committee.

10. Specialized institutions
The number and types of secondary organs and institutions, working toward the
achievement of the OIC objectives, have been steadily increasing, and cover
various areas of cultural, scientific, economic, legal, financial, sports,
technological, educational, media, as well as vocational, social and humanitarian.
Depending on their degree of autonomy. They are classified as subsidiary and
specialized organs, or affiliated institutions. To-date, four specialized institutions
have been established and they are located in different capitals and cities in the
Islamic World;
 Islamic Development Bank
 Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
 Islamic States Broadcasting Organization

12. Aims of the OIC
Enhance and consolidate the bonds of fraternity and solidarity among the
Member States.
Safeguard and protect the common interests and support the genuine problems
of the Member States and coordinate and unify the efforts of the Member States
in view of the challenges faced by the Islamic world in particular and the
international community in general.
Respect the right of self-determination and non-interference in the domestic
affairs and to respect sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each
Member State.

13. Principles of the OIC
 Total equality between Member States.
 Respect of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each
Member States.
 Settlement of any conflict that may arise by peaceful means such as
negotiation, mediation, reconciliation or arbitration.
 Abstention from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity,
national unity or political independence of any Member States.

14. A chronology of key events of OIC
1979 - Egypt suspended from OIC after signing peace agreement with
Israel.
 1981 - OIC summit calls for broad struggle "for the liberation of Jerusalem and
the occupied territories", including an economic boycott of Israel; general
agreement for economic, technical and commercial cooperation comes into
force. 1982 - OIC foreign ministers resolve to create Islamic offices for boycotting
Israel and for military cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO).

15.  1987 - OIC summit resolves that Islamic Peace Committee should make efforts to
prevent the sale of military hardware to Iraq and Iran; requests holding of UN
summit to define international terrorism and to differentiate it from legitimate
struggle for freedom.
 1990 - OIC condemns Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and demands the withdrawal of
Iraqi troops.

16. 2000 - OIC summit pledges solidarity with Palestinian people and accuses Israel
of large-scale systematic violations of Palestinian human rights.
2001 October - OIC emergency session held in Qatar to discuss September 11
attacks and US strikes against Taliban in Afghanistan. Delegates urge Washington
not to target other countries in its campaign against terrorism.
2002 February - OIC rejects US President George W Bush's assertion that
member countries Iran and Iraq are part of an "axis of evil".

17. Achievements
 In 1970 when a conflict broke out between Jordan and Palestine Liberation
Organization, the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Naseer and Saudi Arabia’s
King Faisal jointly led the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab
League initiative to resolve the clash.
 In 1974, the conflict between the newly formed Bangladesh and Pakistan was
successfully solved by the Organization.

18.  The organization of Islamic Cooperation leadership also gained confidence on
the issue of Ramadan War in 1973 against Israel. OIC leadership also
successfully solved the issue of oil restriction against the supporters of Israel in
1974.
 The Organization also adopted various resolutions declaring the Jihad in
numerous fields against the Israeli occupation of Palestine land and to force
Israel to follow the United Nation resolutions on the matter.

19. COUNTI..
• Two third of the planet natural reserves such as Gas, Coal and
Crude Oil are maintained by the OIC member of the country.

20. Programs of OIC
• Dealing with Islamophobia.
• Preventing Defamation of Religion.
• Establishing a unified Hijri Calendar and Unifying Islamic
Festivals.
• Providing equal equality for women in terms of quality
education, health care and enhanced participation.

22. Drawbacks of OIC
• One of the most visible failures of OIC is the non-resolution of the Palestinian
problem.
• It remains an issue of argument and dissatisfaction for the Muslim world.
• The recent Israel-Lebanon conflict again demonstrated this paralysis and the
sidelining of OIC in international affairs.
• Not taking action on LGBT relationships(lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender)
• In 13 countries, being gay or bisexual is punishable by death. These countries
take this action on its own.

23. Some Reasons
• Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are
oil and capital rich
• But their billions of dollars worth are carted away for
investment and safekeeping in Europe and the United States .
• This high degree of economic and financial dependency of
these countries make them vulnerable to European and
American domestic and foreign policies
• thus further reducing their utility in empowering the OIC and
elevating it to a respected intergovernmental organization.

24. • OIC in many of its summits have produced various “action
plans” intending to increase cooperation in economic, financial
and developmental matters.
• In practice , however, this was hampered by many obstacles.
• Suggestions to create a common currency for OIC countries
trading purposes and for the purpose of switching from the
dollar has not materialised .

25. Weakness of OIC
The weakness of OIC is also surprising when we see that a
number of its members are militarily strong.
Iran , Pakistan , Egypt , Turkey and Indonesia have large armies
, with Iran and Pakistan having nuclear ambition.
A number of Muslim countries— Malaysia , Pakistan ,
Bangladesh and Turkey have participated in many of the UN
Peacekeeping missions, demonstrating their ability to
contribute towards international peace and security.

26. Conti…
• However, any suggestion that OIC countries converge towards an
alliance with military implication would be politically suicidal.
• Prevailing circumstances will not allow OIC to develop any form of
common security policy or arrangements.
• Moreover , the event of September 11, 2001 has made Islam, and
the Muslim world suspects.
• Therefore, any attempt on the part of OIC to promote a military
cooperation would be seen as threatening to the rest of the world.

27. Events of Dissatisfaction
 Afghanistan crisis;
₰ OIC played a minimum role by giving support of ethical and materialism to Afghanistan
during the Soviet Aggression.
 Failure of advancement economic and build up relation;
₰ since the establishment OIC has taken few steps to build infrastructure of economic and to
increase economic cooperation between the member states of OIC.
 Except these crises OIC has more failure like Balkan crisis, Gulf crisis, Egypt crisis
and Libya crisis as well as Syria crisis OIC is playing minor role to mitigate of
these crises.

28. Conclusion
All the summit conferences clearly shows that the prime objective of O.I.C is to promote
greater harmony and co-operation amongst the Muslim world and to protect their
interest in international system. It is also aimed at the Islamic countries and to create co-
operation amongst them in these spheres. The O.I.C also stood for the fraternal feelings
which had existed for centuries amongst the Muslims of the world.

29. Reference videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Rwp73MGnw

30. Thank You….