Showing posts with label Makkah Summit. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

A look back at 50 years of OIC as it meets in Makkah for Islamic Summit

ARAB NEWS
MOHAMMED AL-KINANI
May 30, 2019

 Family photo from the 13th OIC ordinary summit in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2016 shows the heads of state and government who attended it. (AFP)

  • Makkah summit aims to build on highlighting Palestinian issue and unifying Islamic position on key issues
  • The OIC first met after an arson attack inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in 1969
JEDDAH: From defending Palestinian rights to taking a unified stand on threats against member states, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) — the world’s second-largest inter-governmental body after the UN — has been making a difference in the Muslim world for the last 50 years.