[chottala.com] Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC )

OIC Members

 

Country	Joined	Notes
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of	1969	Suspended 1980 - March 1989
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of	1969
Chad, Republic of	1969
Egypt, Arab Republic of	1969	Suspended May 1979 - March 1984
Guinea, Republic of	1969
Indonesia, Republic of	1969
Iran, Islamic Republic of	1969
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of	1969
Kuwait, State of	1969
Lebanon, Republic of	1969
Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1969
Malaysia	1969
Mali, Republic of	1969
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of	1969
Morocco, Kingdom of	1969
Niger, Republic of	1969
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of	1969
Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization	1969
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of	1969
Senegal, Republic of	1969
Sudan, Republic of the	1969
Somalia	1969
Tunisia, Republic of	1969
Turkey, Republic of	1969
Yemen Arab Republic	1969	From 1990 as Republic of Yemen united with People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Bahrain, State of	1970
Oman, Sultanate of	1970
Qatar, State of	1970
Syrian Arab Republic	1970
United Arab Emirates, State of	1970
Sierra Leone, Republic of	1972
Bangladesh, People's Republic of	1974
Gabon, Republic of	1974
Gambia, Republic of the	1974
Guinea-Bissau, Republic of	1974
Uganda, Republic of	1974
Burkina Faso	1975
Cameroon, Republic of	1975
Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the	1976
Iraq, Republic of	1976
Maldives, Republic of	1976
Djibouti, Republic of	1978
Benin, Republic of	1982
Brunei Darussalam, Sultanate of	1984
Nigeria, Federal Republic of	1986
Azerbaijan, Republic of	1991
Albania, Republic of	1992
Kyrgyzstan, Republic of	1992
Tajikistan, Republic of	1992
Turkmenistan, Republic of	1992
Zanzibar	January 1993	Withdrew August 1993
Mozambique, Republic of	1994
Kazakhstan, Republic of	1995
Uzbekistan, Republic of	1995
Suriname, Republic of	1996
Togo, Republic of	1997
Guyana, Republic of	1998
Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of	2001
Observer States
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1994
Central African Republic	1997
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish Cypriot State)	1979
Thailand, Kingdom of	1998
Russian Federation	2005
Observer Muslim Organizations and Communities
Moro National Liberation Front	1977
Observer Islamic Institutions
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States	2000
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation	2005
Observer International Organizations
League of Arab States	1975
United Nations	1976
Non-Aligned Movement	1977
Organization of African Unity	1977
Economic Cooperation Organization	1995

 

•  India - has the third largest Muslim population in the world and had shown its interest in joining the OIC, as an observer nation. While India's candidature is supported by several OIC members including Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Iran and Egypt, ^[1] some influential OIC members like Pakistan have blocked India's inclusion into the OIC

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