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OIC elects new secretary-general

ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 18 November 2016 Newly elected OIC Secretary-General Yousef Ahmed Al-Othaimeen. (Photo courtesy of Saudi-US Relations Information Service.)   JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s former Social Affairs Minister Yousef Ahmed Al-Othaimeen was elected on Thursday as the new secretary-general of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). […]

OIC chief: Muslims expect a 10-year action plan

Iyad Madani. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 15 April 2016 ISTANBUL: Muslims nations must stand together to help the Palestinians suffering under Israeli occupation, fight terrorism and resolve conflicts across the region, Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said here Thursday. In a speech at […]

WorldViews: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic military alliance’ against terrorism makes no sense

By Adam Taylor  – December 17, 20115 Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and defense minister Mohammed bin Salma on Tuesday announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism. (Reuters) This week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was forming a new “Islamic military alliance” devoted to fighting global […]

OIC supports military action in Yemen

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed the military action in Yemen and slammed the Houthis for undermining the country’s legitimate government. Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the OIC, said here Thursday that military action was inevitable to save the country from “the chaos unleashed on it by […]

Extremists have hijacked Islam, says Madani

Extremist voices and groups have hijacked Islam and misappropriated the right to speak on its behalf, according to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani. In his address at the inaugural session of the 25th Session of the Arab Summit held in Kuwait recently, he stressed that […]