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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)1 is one of the largest international organizations in the world, second in size only to the United Nations. It is composed of 56 Muslim-majority states plus the Palestinian authority and constitutes the largest Islamic body in the world. It claims to represent approximately 1.5 billion Muslims across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.2
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Weiss, D. (2011). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Defamation of Religions, and Islamaphobia. In: Stern, S.N. (eds) Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230370715_12
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