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What is Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Handbook of Research on Chaos and Complexity Theory in the Social Sciences
The Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC, formerly The Organization of the Islamic Conference) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has membership of 57 states spread over four continents. The organization is the collective voice of the Muslim World which covers almost one fifth of humanity, and ensuring to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim World in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among various people of the world.
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The Role of OIC in the Social Policies of Its Members
Sema Bölükbaş (Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0148-0.ch004
Abstract
The fragmented structure of Muslim countries and the lack of political will to solve their problems with a real collaboration prevent Muslim societies to form an active union. Although most of the documents of OIC are in line with the universal human right principles and there is some organs within the organization to carry out the decisions, the deep clash of interests between the Muslim countries and the fact that the implementation of the provisions in these documents are up to the member countries' initiatives and there is no sanction about the implementation of these provisions are the main reasons of the failure and ineffectiveness of the organization. As the organization is unable to protect even the basic human rights of the Muslims in the member states, inefficacy about social policies, except for some humanitarian aids, is not surprising. As all of the intellectuals agree, the political will should be consolidated among member states, lack of which seems to be the main reason behind the organization's failure.
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