How Powerful Is The Organization Of Islamic Cooperation?

In April 2016, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation met in Istanbul, Turkey for a
Summit focused on promoting
states is the second largest intergovernmental organization on earth, after the United Nations,
and claims to represent the collective voice of the Muslim world.
the OIC is made up of 57 member states, 49 of which have Muslim majorities. Though
the populations of these states are not inclusive of all Muslims in the world, the OIC does
comprise the largest Muslim nations, including Indonesia and Pakistan.
The group
Arab states, and occupied East Jerusalem. Two years later, in 1969, a famous mosque
in Jerusalem was set on fire by an Australian Christian evangelical. in a complaint submitted
to the United Nations by a group of 25 Muslim countries, it was alleged that Israel was
complicit in the arson, and soon after, these countries formed what was called the Organization
of the Islamic Conference. Their goals were centered around creating Muslim solidarity,
protecting Islamic holy sites, helping Palestinian causes, ending racial discrimination, and
improving economic cooperation among member countries.
Today their goals are similar, but Conference was changed to Cooperation in 2011. Members
of the OIC are also party to different Islamic and Middle Eastern groups, such as The Arab
League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, The Economic Cooperation Organization, and 56
of the 57 countries are UN members. Most military and economic partnerships come as a result
of these smaller alliances, while the OIC exists more as a forum for Muslim countries.
But despite their membership in the UN, they don
Nations announced their Universal Declaration of Human Rights announcing the fundamental
human rights which would be universally protected by all member nations. 42 years later, in
1990, the OIC released the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, on the basis that
the UN's 1948 Declaration did not take into account differing cultural and religious values.
The Cairo Declaration came under severe criticism from human rights groups, because it derives
all its inherent rights and freedoms from the Quran and Sharia law. Moreover, in observance
of Sharia law, the declaration does not allow freedom of religion, and it gives different
rights to men and women. For example, the rights of free movement and marriage are only
granted to men, with women subordinate to the wishes of their husbands or fathers. Many
have called these religious exceptions purely incompatible with basic human rights.
Additionally, when the United Nations held its first discussion on discrimination against
sexual orientation, representatives of the OIC staged a walkout in protest, calling homosexuality
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Overall, though member states have military and economic partnerships outside their group,
the Organization for Islamic Cooperation serves as a broad gathering of Muslim countries.
But despite claiming to represent the modern Muslim world, the OIC
may be incompatible with those of many modern Muslims.
Much of Muslim culture and religious law is based on what is called
In recent years, it has come under criticism for its rules on gender inequality. So what
exactly is
Sharia law?