Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

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intergovernmental organization international organization

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international organization that brings together Muslim-majority countries to promote political, economic, and social cooperation and to represent the collective voice of the Islamic world.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Organization of Islamic Cooperation	20
Organisation of the Islamic Conference	2
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (observer)	1
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation institutions	1
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation system	1
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (via Libya)	1
Organization of the Islamic Conference	1

Statements (103)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ
abbreviation	OIC ⓘ
cooperatesWith	African Union ⓘ Arab League ⓘ surface form: League of Arab States United Nations ⓘ
formerName	Organisation of Islamic Cooperation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Organisation of the Islamic Conference
foundingDate	1969-09-25 ⓘ
foundingLocation	Rabat ⓘ surface form: Rabat, Morocco
foundingReason	response to the 1969 arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem ⓘ
hasMemberState	Afghanistan ⓘ Albania ⓘ Algeria ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Bahrain ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Benin ⓘ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Burkina Faso ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Chad ⓘ Comoros ⓘ Djibouti ⓘ Egypt ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ surface form: Gambia Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Indonesia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Libya ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Oman ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ surface form: Palestine Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ Somalia ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Syria ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Togo ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ Uganda ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
hasObserver	African Union ⓘ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Arab League ⓘ surface form: League of Arab States Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Northern Cyprus Russia ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
hasObserverStatusIn	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasOrgan	Council of Foreign Ministers ⓘ General Secretariat ⓘ International Islamic Fiqh Academy ⓘ Islamic Broadcasting Union ⓘ Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture ⓘ Islamic Development Bank ⓘ Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ⓘ Islamic Solidarity Fund ⓘ Islamic Summit ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Jeddah ⓘ surface form: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
memberCount	57 ⓘ
motto	Collective voice of the Muslim world ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ
purpose	combat defamation of Islam ⓘ coordinate and safeguard the interests of the Muslim world ⓘ encourage good governance and human rights in member states ⓘ promote Islamic solidarity among member states ⓘ promote economic cooperation among member states ⓘ promote political cooperation among member states ⓘ promote social and cultural cooperation among member states ⓘ protect and defend the true image of Islam ⓘ support the Palestinian cause ⓘ
regionServed	Muslim world ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Islam ⓘ
shortName	OIC ⓘ
website	https://www.oic-oci.org ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State of Palestine → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Syria → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Tajikistan → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Togo → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Tunisia → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (observer)

United Arab Emirates → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Yemen → memberOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Islamic Summit → organisedBy → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

International Islamic Fiqh Academy → parentOrganization → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Islamic Broadcasting Union → parentOrganization → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture → parentOrganization → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization → parentOrganization → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Council of Foreign Ministers → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

General Secretariat → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

subject surface form: General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Islamic Solidarity Fund → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Islamic Summit → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Libya → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Niger → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Sudan → partOf → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Federal Government of Somalia → recognizedBy → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

Palestine Liberation Organization → recognizedBy → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

The Gambia → regionalOrganizationMembership → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

The Gambia v. Myanmar → supportedBy → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Islamic crescent → usedBy → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation