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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; Arabic: ; French: ) is an international organisation consisting of 57 member states. The organisation attempts to be the collective voice of the Muslim world () and attempts to safeguard the interests and ensure the progress and well-being of Muslims.

The OIC has a permanent delegation to the United Nations, and describes itself as the second largest international organisation after the United Nations. The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French. It changed its name from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (Arabic: ; French: ) on 28 June 2011.

History and goals

Since the 19th century, many Muslims had aspired to ''ummah'' to serve their common political, economic, and social interests. Despite the presence of secularist, nationalist, and socialist ideologies, in modern Muslim states, they have cooperated together to form the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. The formation of the OIC happened shortly after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Leaders of Muslim nations met in Rabat to establish the OIC on September 25, 1969.

According to its charter, the OIC aims to preserve Islamic social and economic values; promote solidarity amongst member states; increase cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.

The flag of the OIC (shown above) has an overall green background (symbolic of Islam). In the centre, there is an upward-facing red crescent enveloped in a white disc. On the disc the words "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "The Almighty God") are written in Arabic calligraphy.

On August 5, 1990, 45 foreign ministers of the OIC adopted the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam to serve as a guidance for the member states in the matters of human rights in as much as they are compatible with the Sharia, or Quranic Law.

On 24 February 2009, the International Zakat Organization in cooperation with the Organization of the Islamic Conferences announced the selection of the BMB Group to head up the management of the Global Zakat and Charity Fund, with its CEO Rayo Withanage becoming the co-chairman of the zakat fund. The fund is expected to contain 2 billion ringgits in 2010, about US$650 million.

Members

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference has 57 members, 56 of which are classed by the United Nations as member states. Many, mostly in Africa, are not Muslim majority countries. A few countries with significant Muslim populations, such as Russia and Thailand, sit as Observer States, though others, such as India and Ethiopia, are not members.

! Member State	!Joined	!Notes
	1969	Suspended 1980 - March 1989
	1969
	1969
	1969	Suspended May 1979 - March 1984
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969	Blocking India from membership
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969
	1969	From 1990 as Republic of Yemen united with People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
	1970
	1970
	1970
	1970
	1970
	1972
	1974
	1974
	1974
	1974
	1974
	1975
	1975
	1976
	1976
	1976
	1978
	1982
	1984
	1986
	1991
	1992
	1992
	1992
	1992
	1994
	1995
	1995
	1996
	1997
	1998
	2001
Suspended or Withdrawn
	1993	Withdrew August 1993
Observer States
	1994
	1997
as 'Turkish Cypriot State'	1979	Designation changed in 2004
	1998
	2005
Observer Muslim Organisations and Communities
Moro National Liberation Front	1977	Blocking membership of the Philippines
Observer Islamic institutions
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States	2000
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation	2005
Observer International Organisations
League of Arab States	1975
United Nations	1976
Non-Aligned Movement	1977
Organisation of African Unity	1977
Economic Cooperation Organisation	1995

The collective population of OIC member states is over 1.4 billion as 2008.

Literacy and scholarship

OIC members on average are countries with lower literacy rates. Though some members such as the former CIS states, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have over 99% literacy, literacy rates are as low as 54% in Pakistan and Bangladesh and under 30% in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, etc. The bottom 5 countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are all OIC members.

Also, while some Islamic countries like Islamic Republic of Iran exhibited a high scientific publication growth rate in 2009-10, this is still only a fraction of scientific papers published by any OECD nation. Some OIC countries have tried to kick-start scientific research. Saudi Arabia has established KAUST and UAE has invested in Zayed University, United Arab Emirates University, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, etc. Dubai's Prime Minister and UAE Vice-President, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has also endowed a foundation with $10 billion for invigorating Arab scientific research. However, these investments are yet to yield any significant results.

Economy

The OIC members have a combined GDP (at PPP) of USD 10,140,000,000,000. Turkey had the highest GDP in 2010 among OIC members at $729 billion at nominal exchange rates. The richest country on the basis of GDP per capita is Qatar at USD 103,204 per capita.

Positions

The Parliamentary Union of the OIC member states (PUOICM) was established in Iran in 1999, and its head office is situated in Tehran. Only OIC members are entitled to membership in the union.

President George W. Bush announced on June 27, 2007, that the United States would establish an envoy to the OIC. Bush said of the envoy, "Our special envoy will listen to and learn from representatives from Muslim states, and will share with them America's views and values." Sada Cumber became the U.S. representative on March 3, 2008. Individual organisation members vote against the United States on over 86 percent of United Nations resolutions.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference on March 28, 2008, added its voice to the growing criticism of the film 'Fitna' by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which features disturbing images of violent acts juxtaposed with verses from the Quran.

Ninth meeting of PUOICM

The ninth meeting of the Council of PUOICM was held on 15 and 16 February 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The speaker of Malaysia's House of Representatives, Ramli bin Ngah Talib, delivered a speech at the beginning of the inaugural ceremony. OIC secretary-general Prof Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said prior to the meeting that one main agenda item was stopping Israel from continuing its excavation at the Western Wall near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine. The OIC also discussed how it might send peacekeeping troops to Muslim states, as well as the possibility of a change in the name of the body and its charter. Additionally, return of the sovereignty right to the Iraqi people along with withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq was another one of the main issues on the agenda.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri told reporters on 14 February 2007 that the secretary general of OIC and foreign ministers of seven "like-minded Muslim countries" would meet in Islamabad on 25 February 2007 following meetings of President Musharraf with heads of key Muslim countries to discuss "a new initiative" for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kasuri said this would be a meeting of foreign ministers of key Muslim countries to discuss and prepare for a summit in Makkah Al Mukarramah to seek the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Human rights

OIC created the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam. While proponents claim it is not an alternative to the UDHR, but rather complementary, Article 24 states, "All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shari'ah." and Article 25 follows that with "The Islamic Shari'ah is the only source of reference for the explanation or clarification of any of the articles of this Declaration." Attempts to have it adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council have met increasing criticism, because of its contradiction of the UDHR, including from liberal Muslim groups. Critics of the CDHR state bluntly that it is “manipulation and hypocrisy,” “designed to dilute, if not altogether eliminate, civil and political rights protected by international law” and attempts to “circumvent these principles [of freedom and equality].”

Human Rights Watch says that OIC has “fought doggedly” and successfully within the United Nations Human Rights Council to shield states from criticism, except when it comes to criticism of Israel. For example, when independent experts reported violations of human rights in the 2006 Lebanon War, “state after state from the OIC took the floor to denounce the experts for daring to look beyond Israeli violations to discuss Hezbollah’s as well.” OIC demands that the council “should work cooperatively with abusive governments rather than condemn them.” HRW responds that this works only with those who are willing to cooperate; others exploit the passivity.

The OIC has been criticised for diverting its activities solely on Muslim minorities within majority non-Muslim countries but putting a taboo on the plight, the treatment of ethnic minorities within Muslim-majority countries, such as the oppression of the Kurds in Syria, the Ahwaz in Iran, the Hazars in Afghanistan, the Baluchis in Pakistan, the 'Al-Akhdam' in Yemen, or the Berbers in Algeria.

Antisemitism

The OIC attracted attention at the opening session of the meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on 16 October 2003, where Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia in his speech argued that the Jews control the world: "They invented socialism, communism, human rights, and democracy, so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong, so that they can enjoy equal rights with others. With these they have gained control of the most powerful countries and they, this tiny community, have become a world power.” He also said that “the Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.”

The speech was very well received by the delegates, including many high ranking politicians, who responded with standing ovations". International, non-Muslim reactions, however, were appalled. "We view [the remarks] with contempt and derision," said a U.S. State Department spokesman. The foreign minister of Italy, who was the chairman of the European Union, called the incident "gravely offensive." Malaysian officials later clarified that Mahathir had been trying to say that despite having been a marginal and persecuted community the Jews have survived—by use of brains, not brawn. The former prime minister said this in relation to the decline of Muslim knowledge in the 20th Century.

Terrorism

In 1999 OIC adopted the OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. Human Rights Watch has noted that the definition of terrorism in article 1 describes “any act or threat of violence carried out with the aim of, among other things, imperiling people’s honour, occupying or seizing public or private property, or threatening the stability, territorial integrity, political unity or sovereignty of a state.” HRW views this as vague and ill defined, and includes much that is outside the generally accepted understandings of the concept of terrorism. In HRW's view, it labels, or could easily be used to label, as terrorist actions, acts of peaceful expression, association, and assembly.

Legal scholar Ben Saul of University of Sydney argues that the definition is subjective and ambiguous and concludes that there is “serious danger of the abusive use of terrorist prosecutions against political opponents” and others.

Furthermore, HRW is concerned by OIC’s apparent unwillingness to recognise as terrorism acts that serve causes endorsed by their member states. Article 2 reads: “Peoples’ struggle including armed struggle against foreign occupation, aggression, colonialism, and hegemony, aimed at liberation and self-determination.” HRW has suggested to OIC that they embrace “longstanding and universally recognised international human rights standards”—a request that has as yet not led to any results.

Contradictions between OIC's and other U.N. member’s understanding of terrorism has stymied efforts at the U.N. to produce a comprehensive convention on international terrorism.

On a meeting in Malaysia in April 2002, delegates discussed terrorism but failed to reach a definition of it. They rejected, however, any description of the Palestinian fight with Israel with terrorism. Their declaration was explicit: "We reject any attempt to link terrorism to the struggle of the Palestinian people in the exercise of their inalienable right to establish their independent state with Al-Quds Al-Shrif (Jerusalem) as its capital." In fact, at the outset of the meeting, the OIC countries signed a statement praising the Palestinians and their "blessed intifada." The word terrorism was restricted to describe Israel, whom they condemned for "state terrorism" in their war with the Palestinian people.

At the 34th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM), an OIC section, in May 2007, the foreign ministers termed Islamophobia the worst form of terrorism.

Dispute with Thailand

Thailand has responded to OIC criticism of human rights abuses in the Muslim majority provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat in the south of the country. In a statement issued on 18 October 2005 secretary-general Ihsanoglu vocalised concern over the continuing conflict in the south that "claimed the lives of innocent people and forced the migration of local people out of their places". He also stressed that the Thai government's security approach to the crisis would aggravate the situation and lead to continued violence.

On 18–19 April 2009, The exile Patani leader Abu Yasir Fikri (see PULO) was invited to the OIC to speak out about the conflict and present a solution to end the violence between the Thai government and the ethnically Malay Muslims living in the socioeconomically neglected south, that has been struggling against Thai assimilation policy and for self governance since it became annexed by Thailand in 1902. Abu Yasir Fikri presented a six-point solution at the conference in Jiddah that included getting the same basic rights as other groups when it came to right of language, religion, and culture. In the solution Abu Yasir Fikri also suggested that Thailand give up its discriminatory policies against the Patani people and allow Patani to at least be allowed the same self-governing rights as other regions in Thailand already have, citing that this does not go against the Thai constitution since it has been done in other parts of Thailand and that it is only a matter of political will. He also criticised the Thai government’s escalation of violence by arming and creating Buddhist militia groups and questioned their intentions. He added Thai policies of not investigating corruption, murder, and human rights violations perpetrated by Bangkok-led administration and military personnel against the Malay Muslim population was an obstacle for achieving peace and healing the deep wounds of being treated as third-class citizens.

Thailand responded to this criticism over its policies. The Thai foreign minister, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, said: “We have made it clear to the OIC several times that the violence in the deep South is not caused by religious conflict and the government grants protection to all of our citizens no matter what religion they embrace.” The Foreign Ministry issued a statement dismissing the OIC’s criticism and accusing it of disseminating misperceptions and misinformation about the situation in the southern provinces. “If the OIC secretariat really wants to promote the cause of peace and harmony in the three southern provinces of Thailand, the responsibility falls on the OIC secretariat to strongly condemn the militants, who are perpetrating these acts of violence against both Thai Muslims and Thai Buddhists.”

HRW" and Amnesty International have echoed the same concerns as OIC, rebuffing Thailand's attempts to dismiss the issue.

Dispute with India

India has also hit out at the OIC for supporting UN demands for a plebiscite in Kashmir. Further to this, during the 2008 Amarnath land transfer imbroglio the OIC’s condemnation of the “ongoing excessive and unwarranted use of force against the Kashmiri people” was met by an Indian response that said: “The OIC has once again chosen to comment upon Jammu and Kashmir and India’s internal affairs on which it has no locus standi. . . . To call for international involvement in the sovereign internal affairs of India is gratuitous [and] illegal, and [it] only reflects reversion to a mindset that has led to no good consequences for Pakistan in the past.” The UN stated that it was “concerned” about the “violent protests” in Kashmir and the reaction from the Indian state and called for restraint from both sides.

Although, it contains the second largest number of Muslims in the world, India has been blocked by Pakistan from joining the OIC.

Structure and organisation

The OIC system consists of:

Islamic summit

The largest meeting, attended by the kings and the heads of state and government of the member states, convenes every three years.

Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers

It meets once a year to examine a progress report on the implementation of its decisions taken within the framework of the policy defined by the Islamic Summit.

Permanent Secretariat

It is the executive organ of the Organisation, entrusted with the implementation of the decisions of the two preceding bodies, and is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The current secretary general of this international organisation is Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, from Turkey, since January 1, 2005.

Standing committees

Standing Committee on Information and Cultural Affairs (COMIAC).

Standing Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC).

Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH).

Islamic Committee for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs.

Permanent Finance Committee.

Financial Control Organ.

Subsidiary organizations

The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), located in Ankara, Turkey.

The Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), located in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Islamic University of Technology, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade, located in Casablanca, Morocco.

The Islamic Fiqh Academy, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Executive Bureau of the Islamic Solidarity Fund and its Waqf, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic University in Niger, located in Say, Niger.

The Islamic University in Uganda, located in Mbale, Uganda.

Specialised institutions

The Islamic social, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), located in Rabat, Morocco.

The Islamic States Broadcasting Organisation (ISBO) and the International Islamic News Agency (IINA), located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Affiliated institutions

Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), located in Karachi, Pakistan.

World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Organisation of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC), located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Sports Federation of Islamic Solidarity Games, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Islamic Committee of the International Crescent (ICIC), located in Benghazi, Libya.

Islamic Shipowners Association (ISA), located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

World Federation of International Arab-Islamic Schools, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

International Association of Islamic Banks (IAIB), located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation,(ICYF-DC)located in Istanbul, Turkey.

General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions,(CIBAFI)located in Manama, Bahrain.

Secretary General of the OIC

Hassan Al-TouhamiAmadou Karim GayeHabib ChattySyed Sharifuddin PirzadaHamid AlgabidAzeddine LarakiAbdelouahed BelkezizEkmeleddin İhsanoğlu

+ style="padding-top:1em;"	Secretaries-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference	No. !! Name !! Country of origin !! Took office !! Left office
1	Tunku Abdul Rahman	|	1971	1973
2	|		1974	1975
3	|		1975	1979
4	|		1979	1984
5	|		1985	1988
6	|		1989	1996
7	|		1997	2000
8	|		2001	2004
9	|		2005	Incumbent

Member states

The OIC has 57 member states.

Past Islamic Summit Conferences

Number	! Date	! Country	! Place
1st	September 22–25, 1969				Rabat
2nd	February 22–24, 1974				Lahore
3rd	January 25–29, 1981				Mecca	Makkah Al Mukarramah and Taif
4th	January 16–19, 1984				Casablanca
5th	January 26–29, 1987				Kuwait City
6th	December 9–11, 1991				Dakar
7th	December 13–15, 1994				Casablanca
1st Extraordinary	March 23, 1997				Islamabad
8th	December 9–11, 1997				Tehran
9th	November 12–13, 2000				Doha
2nd Extraordinary	March 5, 2003		Doha
10th	October 16–17, 2003		Putrajaya
	December 7–8, 2005		Mecca	Makkah Al Mukarramah
11th	March 13–14, 2008		Dakar
12th	2011		Cairo
13th	2012		Palembang

See also

Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam

Islamic University of Technology

List of largest cities in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries

List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by population

Rashad Hussain

Pakistan-OIC relations

Notes

References

Further reading

Ankerl, Guy Coexisting Contemporary Civilisations: Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western. Geneva, INUPress, 2000, ISBN 2-88155-004-5

Al-Huda, Qamar. "Organisation of the Islamic Conference." ''Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World''. Edited by Martin, Richard C. Macmillan Reference, 2004. vol. 1 p. 394. 20 April 2008

External links

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Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman is a Filipino politician and current party-list representative of Anak Mindanao (AMIN) in the House of Representatives (2001-present). He started as a protege of slain leader Wahab Akbar, but broke with him around 2007 and was even implicated in his death, although charges were eventually dropped. His two brothers are also influential politicians; older brother Hadjiman "Jim" Hataman is the representative from the lone district of Basilan, and younger brother "Boy" Hataman was previously mayor of Sumisip.

Together, the Hataman brothers constitute a powerful political bloc in Basilan. Former Lamitan mayor Roderick Furigay is considered one of their allies. Until recently, Gerry Salapuddin was also an ally, but they may have had a falling out after the accusations associated with the Akbar assassination.

Background

Hataman was born in 1972 in Buli-Buli, Sumisip. In 1994 he graduated from the AMA Computer University, where he was the leader of the Muslim Youth and Students Alliance. He is married to Sitti Djalia Turabin.

Political Activity

The Hatamans and their allies constitute one of the powerful familial political blocs of Basilan, and frequently come in conflict with the Akbar family in competing for elected office. Frequently this conflict turns violent; in December 2008, two of Mujiv's cousins were shot dead in an attack, and Mujiv was one of several politicians fingered in Akbar's assassination in November 2007.

Early Akbar Protege

Hataman started as an ally of Akbar; he served as Akbar's chief of staff while he was Governor, and in 2001 was supported as the main party-list Anak-Mindanao candidate to the House of Representatives. Under the party-list system, an underrepresented group or party can obtain one House seat for every two percent that it gets of the party-list votes, with a maximum of three. AMIN achieved the minimum threshold despite election irregularities that nullified some if its votes, but the Supreme Court then issued a temporary restraining order that prevented the party-list representatives from being sworn in. Mujiv served as spokesperson for AMIN in the intervening period. After a two-year delay, the Supreme Court in July 2003 lifted the order and he was finally installed as a representative from Basilan at age 30.

Poorest of the Rich

In a 2004 Philippine Daily Inquirer report, Mujiv was cited as one of the "poorest" congressmen serving in the House of Representatives, with a net worth of only P420,000. The same report noted that out of 225 members of the House, only six were not millionaires, with the richest worth upward of P500 million. By 2006 Mujiv's net worth had increased to P690,000, but was still in the bottom tenth.

Human Rights Advocacy

Mujiv served as a member of the Kahapan Foundation--Moro Human Rights Center (Kahapan-MHRC). He sponsored the Anti-Discrimination Bill in the Congress in affirmation of INternational Convention against All form of Racial Discrimination.

Fallout with Akbar

Being a human rights advocate Hataman opposed Gov, Akabar's implementation of indiscriminate warrantless arrests in Basilan. This started the disagreement between the two. This angered Gov. Akbar that ultimately lead to the falling out of the two.

Accusations in Akbar Assassination

Captured suspect and former Tuburan town mayor Hajuron Jamiri fingered both Mujiv and his brother Jim as being the masterminds of the November 2007 bombing at the House of Representatives that killed four people including Wahab Akbar. Jamiri claimed in a two-page affidavit that Mujiv and Jim wanted Akbar dead because Basilan would "not be at peace" under his administration.

The Hataman brothers denied the allegations, however, and Jimiri's statement was eventually retracted. Mujiv claimed that Jimiri had been tortured and that his "confession" came under duress. Fellow conspirator Ikram Indama likewise later claimed that Salapudin, Bayan Judda, Caidar Aunal, Adham Kusain, Jang Hataman, Jim Hataman and Mujiv Hataman were all not involved in the Batasan blast, and that he was forced by the Akbars to admit to the bombing and to implicate the others.

Run for Governor

In 2010 Mujiv ran for Governor of Basilan, with former vice governor Boni Balamo as his running mate.

Alleged Appointment As De-Facto governor

A Manila Standard report in February 2011 asserted that President Benigno Aquino would move to postpone the August 8, 2011 elections in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and instead appoint Mujib Hataman as an "officer-in-charge" to ensure clean elections and reform the current system of governance. The priority bill, if passed, would postpone the elections until 2013 to synchronize it with other mid-term elections. Sources of the paper claimed it was newly-designated political affairs adviser Ronald Llamas who had advised Pres. Aquino to push for the postponement of the ARMM election and the appointment of Hataman, putting Muslim Mindanao in his own sphere of influence.

Business Activities

According to a BusinessWorld article, Hataman in 2004 started a company with his brother that distributes fresh fish from Mindanao to businesses in Manila. He said the business is not his, but that of his brother and a brother-in-law, and he only shares his managerial and marketing expertise. "I only help in the marketing. It's really my brother who runs the business," he said. The business started with only P20,000 in capital and now earns P30,000-P40,000 a month. His distribution network includes wet markets in Manila and Quezon City.

References

Category:Mindanao politicians Category:Filipino politicians Category:Hataman bloc Category:Living people

Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
Name	Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
Office	9th Secretary-General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference
Term start	1 January 2005
Predecessor	Abdelouahed Belkeziz
Birth date	December 26, 1943
Nationality	Turkish
Party	Independent
Alma mater	Ain Shams UniversityAnkara University
Profession	Science historian
Religion	Islam
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Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish academic, diplomat and currently the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the second largest intergovernmental organisation after the United Nations. He is known in particular for his qualities as diplomat, international officer, academician, intellectual, founder and member of academic institutions, author and editor of publications on chemistry, history, history of science, arts and culture and advocate of intercultural dialogue. Ihsanoğlu was born of Turkish family in Cairo, Egypt, where he later studied science at the Ain Shams University, receiving his BSc in 1966. He obtained his MSc in 1970 from Al-Azhar University and his PhD from the Faculty of Science at the Ankara University in 1974.

He was founder and chairman (1984 to 2000) of the Department of History of Science at the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. His special interest focuses on history of scientific activity and institutions of learning in Islam, cultural exchanges between Islam and the West, relationship between science and religion and development of science in its socio-cultural environment. He was lecturer and visiting professor at various universities, including Ankara University, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (1975–1977), Faculty of Science (1970–1980), Inönü University, Malatya (1978–1980), Istanbul University (1984–2000), Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany (2003).

He is the first by-vote-Secretary General of the OIC. After taking the office as the ninth Secretary General in January 2005, he coordinated the preparations, drafting, adoption and implementation of an essential reform program for the OIC aiming to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the 57-member Organisation. The reform program’s components included such essential instruments as the “Ten-Year Programme of Action to Face the Challenges of Twenty-first Century” which was adopted and put into implementation by the Third Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference convened for the purpose in 2005 and the new OIC Charter which was adopted by the Eleventh Islamic Summit Conference, 2008. Ihsanoğlu combined his international functions with his scholarship in history of cultures towards a dialogue of civilizations. He is one of the signatories of A Common Word, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding.

Academic career

Ihsanoglu founded jointly with Prof. Celal Tuzun the ‘Research Institute for Organic Chemistry’, when he was a faculty member at the Faculty of Science of the University of Ankara.

Ihsanoğlu is the founder and first chair (1984–2000) of the first Department of History of Science in Turkey, which he established at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Istanbul .

The scholarly positions he fulfilled also include: Visiting professor at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, 2003; Lecturer and associate professor at Ankara University, Faculty of Science, Turkey 1970-1980; Research fellow at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom 1975-1977. Earlier, at the very beginning of his career Ihsanoğlu was lecturer of Turkish Literature and Language at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1966–1970, research assistant at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 1966–1970 and part-time cataloger of printed and manuscript Ottoman books, Cairo National Library, Dept. of Oriental Catalogues, Egypt, 1962-1966.

As part of his academic career Ihsanoğlu also has the following positions: Member of Academie Europea; Member of the Académie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences, Paris; Member, Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, Russia; Honorary Member of Gesellschaft Der Freunde Islamischer Kunst und Kultur e. V., München, Germany; Honorary Member, Hungarian Orientalistik Society, Budapest; Correspondent Member, Arab Language Academy, Cairo; Royal Academy of Islamic Civilization Research, Jordan; Member, International Society for History of Arabic and Islamic Sciences and Philosophy, Paris; Governing Board member, Centre of Manuscripts, Library of Alexandria, Egypt, 2003, Advisory Board Member, Tufts University, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Boston; Member of the Scientific Committee of ALECSO for the preparation of “Encyclopaedia of Renown Arab & Muslim Scholars”, 2001; Member of the Board of Publications and Translations of the Ministry of Culture, Turkey, 1974–1980 and 1999 - ; Advisory Board Member, Centre of Islamic Studies, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, England, 1998 – ; Advisory Board Member, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Harvard University, USA, 1992–1996; OMETAR Project Director (history of science, education & technology databank collection), IRCICA, Istanbul, 1995 – ; Member of Scientific Council and Board of Consultants of Encyclopaedia of Makkah al-Mukarrama and Medina Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1994- ; Member of Advisory Board and Experts Board of Al Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, London, 1991 – ; Project Director and editor of UNESCO’s Work on Various Aspects of Islamic Culture, 1988- , published in 2004; honorary Member, Egyptian History Society, Cairo; Member, Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts “Beit al Hikma”, Tunis; Member, International Society for History of Medicine, Paris, France; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Islamic-American College, Chicago. He has an excellent command of English and Arabic in addition to Turkish and a working knowledge of French and Persian.

Diplomatic career

In 1970s, Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu took part in Turkey’s various diplomatic and cultural missions and committees formed for conducting international consultations or talks at bilateral and multilateral levels.

Prof. Ihsanoglu was the founding Director General of the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture IRCICA. an intergovernmental research centre and subsidiary organ of the OIC. When IRCICA started its activities in 1980, it was the first international organization established in Istanbul. Ihsanoglu as the head of diplomatic mission in this organization and as a cultural diplomat has served more than twenty-four years in promoting intercultural dialogue, relations, tolerance and understanding.

Ihsanoglu participated in various projects, activities and committees of UNESCO, and acted as the project director and editor of UNESCO’s Work on Various Aspects of Islamic Culture, in 1988, published in 2004.

Ihsanoglu was appointed ‘Ambassador at Large’ by the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović in 1997 for his services to Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is also serving as ‘Honorary Consul’ of the Gambia since 1990.

Ihsanoglu lived the most significant leap in his diplomatic career in 2004 when he succeeded to win the election for the position of the OIC Secretary General out of three candidates. He has become the first by-vote-elected Secretary General of the OIC.

In his current position, since January 2005, as the Secretary General of the 57-member Organisation, the second largest organisation after the UN, Prof. Ihsanoğlu initiated new schemes and strategies of international cooperation with regard to promotion of understanding, tolerance, principles of human rights, democracy, and establishment of dialogue between the OIC’s Member States and with other countries and communities of the world.

The Heads of State and Government of the OIC Member States, convened at their 11th Islamic Summit Conference (Dakar, Senegal, March 2008), unanimously decided to renew Ihsanoğlu’s mandate for another term of office.

Secretary General of the OIC

Within the framework of his mission as Secretary General of OIC, Prof. Ihsanoğlu took several initiatives to reform the OIC’s agenda and strategies in various fields, with the motto: “modernisation and moderation”. As of his first year in the office, he guided the preparation of the “Ten-Year Programme of Action to Face the Challenges of Twenty-first Century” which was adopted by the OIC Member States at their Extraordinary Summit Conference in Mecca, December 2005. Through this programme and the new Charter of the OIC which was adopted by the Eleventh Summit Conference in March 2008, he introduced the application of some concepts and principles for the first time in the OIC. Thus, for example,

the issue of human rights was introduced to the new Charter of the OIC and the Ten-Year Programme of Action. The new Charter of the OIC stipulates the establishment of an independent Permanent Commission on Human Rights to promote the civil, political, social and economic rights enshrined in the Organisation’s covenants and declarations and in universally agreed human rights instruments;

definition of and action to combat the problem of terrorism was introduced to the Ten-Year Programme of Action (Chapter VI on Combating terrorism);

objectives were adopted in the same Programme of Action emphasizing cultural dialogue (Chapter III on “Islam- The religion of moderation and tolerance”).

Ihsanoğlu attached importance to increasing the role and effectiveness of the OIC in solving problems and contributing to progress and cooperation among the OIC Member States in various areas of development, including science and technology, transport and communications, tourism, and fostering trade among the Member States, with particular attention to the least developed countries (LDCs) among them.

The achievements realised during his tenure in the field of economic and commercial cooperation is of particular significance. First, he had assigned priority to the entry into force of the cooperation agreements and the statutes of some institutions in the field of economy and trade, pending for signing and ratification. As a result, a number of agreements and statutes which would govern the OIC’s ‘Trade Preferential System’, entered into force after completion of the necessary number of ratifying countries. The OIC aims to increase the level of intra-OIC trade up to 20 percent of the OIC total. He has also initiated the OIC cotton programme. to help develop economies of, in particular, the West African Member States of the OIC. A similar program in the domain of tourism was also developed which secured active participation of the OIC Member States. He gave importance to transport projects, such as the ‘Dakar-Port Sudan Railway Project’, the ‘Dushanbe - Mazari Sharif - Herat Railway link’, etc.

At the same time he made efforts to enhance the OIC activity in conflict resolution and peace-building in its Member States and in the world. In view of stopping the sectarian conflicts in Iraq he initiated and coordinated the signing of a ‘Makkah Al-Mukarramah Declaration on the Iraqi Situation’ by Iraqi scholars of Sunni and Shia traditions with a view to interdict and outlaw sectarian killing in Iraq, and declaring such practices as crimes, prohibited and proscribed by Islam (2006). Based on another initiative of Ihsanoğlu towards reinforcing mutual understanding between schools of thought and belief, the Islamic Fiqh Academy elaborated a practical plan to deepen the dialogue between the Islamic schools of thought (2008) which would lead to series of meetings of scholars (“ulema”) from the Member States.

As Ihsanoglu assumed the office on 1 January 2005, he immediately launched an emergency appeal to the OIC Member States to provide the victims of the destructive earthquake and the following tsunami that hit South and South Asia on 26 December 2004 with humanitarian aid. He also took necessary measures to coordinate and channel the relief efforts. In view of the huge scale of such disasters and the resulting severe humanitarian crisis situation which go well beyond the capabilities of the affected countries, Ihsanoglu focused on establishing a unit within the OIC General Secretariat to coordinate relief efforts. As a result, the Humanitarian Affairs Department (ICHAD) was created in 2008. It has been formally coordinating and channelling the successful humanitarian assistance programmes under the OIC umbrella, including the programmes in Indonesia-Banda Aceh, Niger, Sudan-Darfur, Afghanistan, Yemen, Gaza and Pakistan. In Pakistan, Prof. Ihsanoglu inaugurated the construction of 100 housing units in a village in the Punjab province, being the first phase of a project totaling 600 housing units funded by the OIC in six provinces in the country on 11 January 2011.

Ihsanoğlu also gave importance to enhancing the role of the OIC in treatment of global issues. He initiated schemes of action with regard to promotion of understanding, tolerance, principles of human rights, democracy, and establishment of dialogue between the OIC’s Member States and with other countries and communities of the world. These strategies address North-South/East-West relations with a problem-solving approach aiming to promote proper mutual understanding among the different faiths and cultures. Another main objective of Ihsanoğlu was to develop cooperation between the OIC and other international organizations; in the first place, the UN. During the period of the United Nations General Assembly Meetings in September 2010, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon for the first time referred to the OIC as “a strategic and crucial partner of the United Nations” and said that it “plays a significant role in helping to resolve a wide range of issues facing the world community”. During Ihsanoğlu’s tenure the OIC also initiated cooperation in the field of health with the WHO, the Global Fund and the US Government. Furthermore, for the first time OIC Ministerial Conferences were held on health (twice), women (three times), children (twice, in cooperation with UNESCO). Furthermore he ensured the organization for the first time of NGO Forums within the OIC system.

The OIC’s expanded vision and larger sphere of influence during İhsanoğlu’s term are reflected among others, in the Russian Federation’s applying for and admission as an Observer State with the OIC (2005) and the US President’s appointing a Special Envoy to the OIC (2008).

his lectures at universities in Europe and the USA, including Padua University (Italy), Oxford University (UK), Columbia University, Georgetown University and New York University (USA). His lecture delivered on 29 January 2007 at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), titled “Is Islam an Intruder to Europe?” touched on the numerous positive interactions between Europe and Muslims over the centuries which helped develop sciences and values in all fields. He delivered a speech at School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University on 18 September 2008 on the subject of “The OIC’s new Charter, and its new visions and objectives, as well as its increasing role in international conflict resolution and prevention”. On 25 September 2008 he delivered a speech at the Centre for Dialogues, Islamic World-U.S.-The West of New York University, on relations between Islam and Europe. He gave a lecture, on 21 May 2009, at the University of Damascus, titled "The Organization of the Islamic Conference and 21st Century Challenges”. He addressed the issue of the Islamic action at present and in future in a lecture titled “The Future of Islamic Action” delivered at the Cairo Book Fair on 7 February 2010. He delivered a speech at the 1037th Wilton Park Conference focusing on Science Diplomacy on 24 June 2010, and a lecture on “Building Bridges: Intercultural Dialogue Identities and Migration” at the Assembly Hall of the United Nations in Geneva on 16 September 2010.

his addresses and statements in forums of dialogue, such as the international conference on the Role of Education for Intercultural Understanding and Dialogue which was inaugurated on 21 October 2008 in Copenhagen and co-organized by the Danish Centre for Culture and Dialogue, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNESCO, the OIC General Secretariat, ISESCO, ALECSO, UN Alliance of Civilizations Secretariat, Anna Lindh Foundation and Council of Europe; and at the Ministerial Segment of the Third Annual Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations held in Rio de Janeiro on May 28–29, 2010.

his addresses at international bodies: the UN General Assembly (New York), sessions of the UN Human Rights Council, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) and the OSCE Permanent Council, among others. He gave special importance to promoting relations with European intergovernmental organisations: the European Union, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and others, and opened with them lines of communications, particularly in fields of mutual interest.

his collaborative efforts; he initiated and supported the OIC's participation at the British Council project “Our Shared Europe”;

at the initiative of the OIC General Secretariat, Wilton Park Conference was held in London on 2 May 2006 on the theme of "Challenging Stereotypes in Europe and the Islamic World: Working Together for Constructive Policies and Partnerships" that brought together senior policy-makers from Europe and OIC Member States, officials from the UN, EU and OSCE and the Council of Europe with representatives of Muslim communities, academics and experts to seek to open a new era of political dialogue between Western governments and their Muslim counterparts by focusing on the role of the media in promoting dialogue between the West and the East.

Cultural diplomacy and advocacy of dialogue

Ihsanoğlu was active in promoting intercultural and interfaith dialogue around the world in general and between the European and the Muslim worlds in particular from the 1980s onwards and increasingly from the 1990s when the question of encounters of cultures in the age of globalisation came to the fore more evidently. Before assuming the post of OIC Secretary General, from 1980-2004 Ihsanoğlu was the founding Director General of the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA, Istanbul), an intergovernmental research centre and subsidiary of the OIC. In that context he actively participated in intercultural and interfaith forums, including the following:

Spoke on behalf of the Muslim participants at the Religious Summit Meeting on Mt. Hiei, 3–4 August 1987, Kyoto, Japan, organised under the auspices of the Japan Conference of Religious Representatives with the collaboration of the World Conference on Religion and Peace and the Japan Religious Committee for the World Federation, with five hundred participants

Meetings of the Inter-Religious Dialogue on Business Ethics and Monotheistic Religions in the Contemporary World, Saint George's House in Windsor Castle, UK, 1987

Conferences of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, 1988- , organised by the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival and attended by spiritual leaders from all major religions

Global Forum on Environment and Development for Survival (Moscow, 1990) hosted by the Supreme Soviet, the Religious Communities of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and the International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity, under the patronage of President Mikhail Gorbachev, and attended by two hundred parliamentarians from around the world and religious representatives, scientists, environmentalists, together with two hundred of their counterparts from within the Soviet Union.

Convened and chaired a meeting of the leaders of the different faiths represented in Turkey on the occasion of the visit of Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, then First Lady of the USA, to Istanbul on 28 March 1996. The following representatives of religious communities were present: the Grand Mufti of Istanbul; the General Secretary of the Bishops' Conference in Turkey; the Greek Orthodox Patriarch; the Metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Community; the Chief Rabbi of Turkey; the Armenian Patriarch in Turkey; the Chaldean Archbishop.

His activities also included the following:

he established international research programs including a congress on “Islamic Contributions to Universal Civilisation” covering sciences, philosophy and arts, and instituted series of lectures on historical or current issues pertinent for relations between Europe and the Muslim world.

in his lectures and addresses he stressed the importance of producing objective research and creating public awareness on cultural interactions between peoples. This is reflected in the following quote from Ihsanoğlu’s lecture at Padua University, Italy, on the occasion of the University’s presenting him with the title of Dr. h.c. (11 Dec. 2006): “History of science offers an immense and fertile field of study from where one can infer evidence of the innumerable common elements inherent to the various cultures and civilisations. Highlighting these factors as the substrata of a shared legacy of mankind can bring an element of rapprochement into a world that is fraught with controversies and conflicts. It can help to combat stereotypes and misinformation, in particular those related to Islam and the Muslim world. Therefore, it is both a moral and an academic duty to create consciousness in public opinion on the common heritage of mankind. An objective history of science is most effective to this aim.”

As OIC Secretary General since January 2005 Ihsanoğlu carries on with advocacy of dialogue. While he underscores the particular features of the Muslim world, he objectively points to the socio-economic reforms urgently needed in order to achieve progress in the course of development and pass its benefits to the man in the street. He unfailingly supports the rights of Muslim minorities, ardently calls for the respect of human rights at global level, and clearly expresses his views on these subjects in his writings and speeches.

Ihsanoğlu has been active in the treatment of global issues concerning solidarity, tolerance, development and dialogue. Combining his background in science and humanities and his experience with both the western and the eastern cultures, he coordinated projects relating to research, restoration and preservation of cultural heritage with participants from various disciplines and cultural backgrounds. These activities contributed in spreading and reinforcing awareness among peoples, especially youth, on concepts relating to shared history and heritage.

In this global context Prof. Ihsanoğlu underlines the need to move forward from “definition” to “action” in the efforts to bridge the gap of understanding between cultures, particularly where such need is felt in the context of relations between the Western and the Muslim worlds. He views this gap as one that has been built over time by preconceived attitudes, misperceptions, misgivings, prejudices and ignorance and above all, the failure to recognize its perilous implications. He stresses the need for a strong and determined collective political will to address the challenge: the first and foremost action would be to determine the priorities and to bring focus of the international community to the core of the issue, which is accepting the reality of the peaceful coexistence in diversity.

In this context Ihsanoğlu pioneered a call for a “Historic Reconciliation between Islam and Christianity”, as was the case between Judaism and Christianity during the last century. In his address at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 4 October 2005, Prof. Ihsanoğlu made a set of proposals to the European Parliamentarians to build a “Historic Reconciliation Pact”. He reiterated his call for a “Historic Reconciliation” in his statement at the first session of the Second Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilisations held in Istanbul in April 2009. He points to the need to:

Give official recognition to Islam as given to other mainstream religions in the European states which would infuse confidence and inter-faith harmony.

Revise educational syllabi at all levels on both sides, particularly in key disciplines such as history, philosophy, social and human sciences with the aim of presenting a balanced view of other cultures and civilizations.

Establish genuine inter-cultural dialogue at local, national, regional and international levels.

Promote tolerance and encourage debate within the intelligentsia and media about their responsibility to avoid perpetuating prejudices.

Develop campaigns to foster and disseminate respect for culture, religious pluralism, and cultural diversity.

Ensure freedom of religious practices without prejudice to secular laws.

Address the root causes of terrorism including political conflicts.

Exert an effort to engender a positive sense of belonging and responsible citizenship among Muslim youth and give them more incentives to participate in the mainstream of public life.

Prosecute and punish for racial discrimination and acts of violence through the framework of appropriate legislation.

Strengthen existing legislation on discrimination and discriminatory and “unequal treatment” adopted by EU Council directives.

Publications

Ihsanoğlu has books, articles and papers in different languages on science, history of science, relations between the Muslim world and the Western world, some of which are as follows:

Author, co-author and editor, 17 volumes of bio-bibliographies in the series of History of Ottoman Scientific Literature: Astronomy, Mathematics, Geography, Music, Military Arts, Natural and Applied Sciences, Medical Sciences, Astrology, and the classification of sciences.

Editor and co-author, ''History of the Ottoman State and Civilization'' (published in Turkish, English, Arabic, Bosnian, Russian, Albanian).

Editor, ''The Art of Calligraphy in Islamic Heritage'' (published in English, Turkish, Arabic, Malay, Japanese); Cultural Contributions in building A Universal Civilisation: Islamic Contributions, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2005; UNESCO: The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, Vol. 5: Culture and Learning in Islam, UNESCO, 2003.

The Turks in Egypt and Their Cultural Heritage (published in Turkish, Arabic, English).

Author, ''The Islamic World in the New Century: The Organization of the Islamic Conference, 1969–2009'', 2010; Darulfünun. The Focus of Ottoman Cultural Modernisation (in Turkish, Eng. forthcoming); The Turks in Egypt and Their Cultural Heritage (published in Turkish, Arabic, English).

Darulfünun. The Focus of Ottoman Cultural Modernization, 2010, 2 v., (in Turkish, Eng. forthcoming).

Membership in editorial boards: Editor-in-Chief of ''IRCICA Newsletter'', 1980–2004; ''Journal of Qur’anic Studies'', SOAS, London, UK; ''Journal of Islamic Studies'' (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies) Cambridge, UK; ''Arts and the Islamic World'', London, UK; ''Archivum Ottomanicum'', Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany; ''Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies'', Jordan; ''Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilization'', Barcelona, Spain; Contributions to Oriental Philology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Advisory Board member of ''Studies in History of Medicine and Science'', Hamdard University, India.

Honorary professorships and doctorates

International Islamic University Malaysia (Political Science), 2010;

Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Russia, 2010;

Islamic University of Technology (IUT) 2009;

Islamic University Uganda, 2008;

Uşak University, Turkey, 2008;

Near East University (TRNC), 2008,

University of Exeter, UK, 2007;

Islamic University of Islamabad, 2007;

University of Padua, Italy, 2006;

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow, 2006;

Tatarstan Academy of Science, 2004;

University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001;

University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2001;

Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, 2000;

Dowling College, Long Island, New York, U.S.A., 1996;

Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1994.

Awards and medals

Ihsanoğlu’s services in the fields of development, intercultural dialogue and understanding were acknowledged through the following medals and awards presented to him by Heads of State, associations and academies:

Medal "27 June First Class” by Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti on 5 December 2010.

Medal "Crescent of Pakistan” by Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 23 March 2010

"State medal” by Mohamad Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 10 March 2009.

"Award of the Panglima Setia Mahkota" by The Yang Di Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and the title of “Tan Sri”, 6 June 2009

Alexandre Koyré Medal conferred by the International Academy of the History of Science, Paris, December 2008

"Building Bridges Award 2007" by the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS) based in UK, April 2008.

"South-South Cooperation Award for Innovation" by UNDP, December 2007

"Polio Eradication Champion" Award by the Rotary International, June 2007

“Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Lion” conferred by the President of the Republic of Senegal, 2006

"Medal of Glory" conferred by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2006

"Medal of Glory” conferred by the President of the Republic of the Russian Fed. (presented by the President of Tatarstan), 2006

"Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite” conferred by the President of the Republic of Senegal, 2002

The World Prize for the Book of the Year, presented by Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2000

"Medal of Distinguished State Service” conferred on by the President of the Republic of Turkey, March 2000

"Independence Medal of the First Order” conferred on by King Hussein Bin Tallal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1996

""Certificate of Honour and Distinction” by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, 1995

Medal of "Distinction of the First Order” from the President of Arab Republic of Egypt in 1990.

Awards named for Ihsanoglu

“Ihsanoglu Gold Medal” award was initiated by the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) for the name of Ihsanoglu; the first of which was awarded to Barcelona University faculty member Dr. Jose Bellver Martinez for his work in the field of the history of astronomy. It was presented at a ceremony in Budapest on 1 August 2009, in which Ihsanoglu himself participated.

References

External links

Interview with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu about London conference on Libya - broadcast on Radio France Internationale, March 29, 2011

Interview with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu about Interfaith Dialogue conference - broadcast on Al Jazeera, October 20, 2009

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Mari Wilson
born	September 29, 1954
background	solo_singer
alias	Miss Beehive, Neasden Queen of Soul
origin	Neasden, London, England
genre	Pop, jazz
years active	1980–present
label	Compact Records
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Mari Wilson (born Mari MacMillan Ramsey Wilson, 29 September 1954, Neasden, London) is an English singer, best known for her sometimes quirky, early 1960s-influenced pop music songs, and her beehive hairstyle.

Career

Recording on the Compact Records label, she scored six UK hit singles in the early 1980s, including her biggest hit, "Just What I Always Wanted" (UK #8) in 1982. The following year she scored a Top 30 hit with a cover of "Cry Me a River" and released her debut album ''Showpeople'' - also a Top 30 hit.

Her band was colloquially known as The Wilsations, and her backing vocalists were called The Marionettes. Occasional featured artists were Michelle Collins (Cindy from ''EastEnders''), Julia Fordham and bassist 'Thumbs' Cunningham.

Wilson's fourth studio album ''Emotional Glamour'' was released on her Beehive label in October 2008.

She is a long time resident of Crouch End in North London.

Discography

Singles

"Loveman" (1980)

"Dance Card" (1981)

"Beat the Beat" (1982) UK #59

"Baby it's True" (1982) UK #42

"Just What I Always Wanted" (1982) UK #8

"(Beware) Boyfriend" (1982) UK #51

"Cry Me a River" (1983) UK #27

"Wonderful" (1983) (Mari Wilson and The Wilsations) UK #47

"Ain't That Peculiar" (1984)

"Let's Make This Last" (1984)

"Would You Dance with a Stranger" (1985)

"The Rhythm" (1991)

"My Funny Valentine" (1991)

"Storyline" (2005)

EPs

"I'm Coming Home" / "No Moon at All" / "Out of the Blue" / "It's Got to Be You" (10" maxi-single) (1992)

Albums

''Showpeople'' (1983) (Mari Wilson and The Wilsations) (1983 - UK #24)

''Rhythm Romance'' (1991)

''Beat The Beat'' (Compilation) (1992)

''Dolled Up'' (2005)

''The Platinum Collection'' (2007)

''Emotional Glamour'' (2008)

References

External links

The official Mari Wilson web site

Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:People from Neasden Category:People from Crouch End