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New Vision of the OIC
Protecting the Rights of Muslim Minorities

In addition to undertaking a strategy of proactive engagement with governments of countries hosting Muslim Communities, the New Vision seeks to cooperate regularly with regional and international organizations to guarantee the rights of Muslim Minorities and Communities in non-OIC countries that face increasing levels of persecution and profiling in defiance of their civil and religious rights.

In recent years the OIC has actively engaged with the Government of China, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand to protect the rights of the Muslim minorities in these countries. Utilizing Thailand’s Observer Status at the OIC and its membership in Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the OIC-SG has initiated dialogue with pertinent Thai authorities and Muslim Representatives from Southern Thailand in advancing necessary socio-economic reforms in the region.  Based on the findings of the OIC’s fact-finding mission to the Southern Philippines in May 2006, the OIC-SG will engage ASEAN and the Filipino authorities in a tripartite conference in Jeddah in 2007 to concretize the peace process.

In protecting the right of Muslim Minorities in Europe, the OIC has undertaken serious efforts to coordinate with regional organizations including the OSCE and the new Council on Human Rights in Geneva. The OIC Secretary General has also undertaken missions to China, Russia, UK and France to undertake dialogue with authorities on the creation of relevant structures and safeguards for Muslim minorities. Additionally the OIC will organize an international conference to resolve the challenges facing charitable Islamic organizations globally.



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