How the situation related to Islamophobia develops from time to time?

 

The OIC Islamophobia Observatory is a specialized Unit, or Center, currently operating under the supervision of Political Affairs Department at the OIC General Secretariat. The Observatory has been functioning for almost 15 years now, started in 2007, precisely since the 34th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held in Islamabad. Its establishment was driven by 3 (three) main factors: the massive wave of anti-Islam sentiments in the West after 9/11; the growing trend of Islamophobia that seeks to defame and denigrate Islam through distortion and misperception; and by the introduction of laws in some non-Islamic countries that specifically discriminate, or target Muslim minorities. Altogether, that was an issue of great concern for the Muslim world, hence the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah in 2005, affirmed the need to counter Islamophobia. Brief, the OIC Islamophobia Observatory was an implementation of Recommendation put-on by the Leaders of Muslim world during the third Session of Extraordinary Islamic Summit. Particular mandate given to the Observatory is to monitor all forms of Islamophobia, to report to all Member States, and to cooperate with Governments, and NGOs. Based on this mandate the OIC Islamophobia Observatory monitors manifestations of Islamophobia on daily basis, reading the trend, and drawing maps on how the situation related to Islamophobia develops from time to time; by which reports, policy recommendation, and measures to address the issue of Islamophobia are initiated thereafter. Read the full report!