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OIC demands the protection of Palestinian civilians in Hebron and condemns Israeli attack on Gaza
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, expressed his grave concern over the tragic conditions facing the Palestinians in Hebron due to the suffocating siege imposed by Israel on more than a hundred and eighty thousand Palestinians living in the occupied city in a bid to protect a handful of settlers who wreak havoc and devastation in the city. ...more
05/11/2008
OIC Secretary General condemns detention of the Kashmiri leaders
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has expressed his deep concern over the new wave of detention of the Kashmiri leaders by the Indian forces. ...more
04/11/2008
New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh presents his credentials to the OIC Secretary General
The Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, received in his office today 3 November 2008, H. E. Mr. Fazlul Karim, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of his country to the OIC. ...more
03/11/2008
OIC Secretary General condemns Israeli decision on Maman Allah graveyard
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, expressed his strong condemnation of the decision made by an Israeli court to allow bulldozing Maman Allah cemetery in the City of Al Quds, as the graveyard is an Islamic Waqf [endowed land] that includes Islamic endowed buildings and the remains of tens of thousands of Muslims, notably the Prophet's Companions, Muslim martyrs and scholars. ...more
01/11/2008
OIC Secretary General congratulates people of the Maldives
The Secretary General of the OIC, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has congratulated the people of the Maldives on the historic presidential election in the Maldives which represented an important landmark in the ongoing political reform process in the country. ...more
01/11/2008
OIC Secretary General concludes his visit to Tunisia
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, concluded his visit to the Republic of Tunisia, during which he attended together with the Tunisian Minister of Trade and Traditional Industries the opening of the International Congress on the ‘Employment of Traditional Handicrafts within Architectural Projects’, which wrapped up yesterday in Tunis, the capital....more
30/10/2008
OIC Secretary General calls for relief assistance for Pakistan earthquake victims
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, conveyed his profound sympathy to the government and people of Pakistan following the earthquake that hit the region of Baluchistan on 29th October 2008, causing loss of lives and massive destruction of property....more29/10/2008
Ihsanoglu calls for the supply of helicopters to deliver aid to flood victims in Yemen
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, announced that, based on information received from the OIC mission to Yemen, the scope and size of material and human losses in areas affected by the floods which swept through eastern Yemen, exceeded what had been reported by the media. ...more29/10/2008