Islamic Summit Conference
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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
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 Coat of arms
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Motto: "To safeguard the interests and ensure the progress and well-being of Muslims"
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Member states
Observer states
Suspended states
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| Administrative centre (Headquarters) |  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Official languages | |
| Type | Religious |
| Membership | 57 member states |
| Leaders | |
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• Secretary-General
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Yousef Al-Othaimeen |
| Establishment | |
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• Charter signed
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25 September 1969 |
| Population | |
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• 2015 estimate
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 1.8 billion |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
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• Total
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25.3 trillion (1st) |
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• Per capita
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$16,323 (77th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
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• Total
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9.19 trillion (4rd) |
| HDI (2018) |
0.610 medium |
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Website
www.oic-oci.org |
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (The OIC; Arabic: منظمة التعاون الإسلامي; French: Organisation de la coopération islamique) is an international organization founded in 1969, consisting of 57 member states, with a collective population of over 1.8 billion as of 2015. The organisation states that it is "the collective voice of the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony".
The OIC has permanent delegations to the United Nations and the European Union. The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.
On 21 August 1969 a fire was started in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Israel-controlled Jerusalem. Amin al-Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, called the arson a "Jewish crime" and called for all Muslim heads of state to convene a summit. (The fire, which "destroyed part of the old wooden roof and a 800-year-old pulpit" was blamed on the mental illness of the perpetrator — Australian Christian fundamentalist Denis Michael Rohan — by Israel, and on Zionists and Zionism in general by the Islamic conference.)
On 25 September 1969, an Islamic Conference, a summit of representatives of 24 Muslim majority countries (most of the representatives being heads of state), was held in Rabat, Morocco. A resolution was passed stating that
"Muslim government would consult with a view to promoting among themselves close cooperation and mutual assistance in the economic, scientific, cultural and spiritual fields, inspired by the immortal teachings of Islam."
Six months later in March 1970, the First Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 1972, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC, now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) was founded.
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