Good News In History September 25
Good News In History September 25 56 years ago today, the charter establishing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was signed in Rabat, Morocco. The OIC consists of 47 members that are either Islamic by law, Arab by lingua franca, or which contain a large Muslim population like Uganda. The opening preamble states that “Muslim governments would consult with a view to promoting among themselves close cooperation and mutual assistance in the economic, scientific, cultural and spiritual fields, inspired by the immortal teachings of Islam.” READ more about the union’s progress over the years… (1969) The OIC logo since 2011 – public domain On August 5th, 1990, after years of structuring, organizing, and building the skeleton of the OIC, 45 foreign ministers of the organization adopted the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam to provide guidance in matters of human rights in a way that was more resonant with the Islamic world, and was basically a re-write of the UN’s Universal Declara…
