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Established in 1969 to safeguard global Muslim interests, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental body after the UN.
Guess who initiated the Goldstone Commission
Guess who initiated the Goldstone Commission
israelmatzav.blogspot.com — I'm sure you'll all be shocked, just shocked, to hear who initiated the Goldstone Commission. In an... interview with Al-Jazeera (English), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) spills the beans. Al ... (more) Guess who initiated the Goldstone Commission
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OIC Official Claims They Initiated Goldstone Report
Solomonia — Of course they did: AlJazeera: 'OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry' ...Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: Let me first start by completing the story of the history of the Goldstone report. What I would like to put on record is that the OIC was the initiator of this ...

Oh, It's Definitely Over Between Israel and Turkey. The OIC Initiated the Goldstone Report.
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — For the "knock me over with a feather" file. (Al Jazeera's reporter's text is in italics.) Al Jazeera: The UN's Goldstone report has been in the headlines in the past few weeks - not without controversy - and has brought to light the conduct of the Israelis and Hamas during the war on Gaza earlier in the year. Does the OIC see this as a step forward in recognising what transpired during that war and in bringing the plight of the Palestinians to the fore on an international scale? Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: Let ...

Guess who initiated the Goldstone Commission
Israel Matzav — ... I'm sure you'll all be shocked, just shocked, to hear who initiated the Goldstone Commission. In an interview with Al-Jazeera (English), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) spills the beans . Al Jazeera: The UN's Goldstone report has been in the headlines in the past few weeks - not without controversy - and has brought to light the conduct of the Israelis and Hamas during the war on Gaza earlier in the year. Does the OIC see this as a step forward in recognising what transpired during that war and in bringing the plight ...

Ah, that explains it: OIC initiated the Goldstone Report
Jihad Watch — ... been initiated by the Organization of the Islamic Conference -- which explains why it was egregiously pro-jihad and anti-Israel. The OIC, don't forget, is the chief foe of the freedom of speech around the world today, and is making a concerted effort to criminalize any honest discussion of the Islamic motives and goals of the Islamic jihadists. The winners, if they succeed, would only be those same jihadists. As with the Goldstone Report. "'OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry,'" from Al-Jazeera, October 28 (thanks to David Littman): ...

Conceived in sin
Yourish.com — ... According to Al Jazeera, the impetus for the Goldstone Commission report came from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). (h/t ...

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