Ihsanoglu is Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)—the largest intergovernmental Muslim organization in the world, and the second largest public organization after the United Nations.
Voice for the Muslim World
Ihsanoglu is influential in that he leads the only pan-Islamic intergovernmental organization in the world. The OIC often has more influence over certain issues than other organizations do, and can have a key role to play in world events—being more inclusive than the Arab League and also able to tackle specific injustices that the United Nations Security Council cannot.
Reviving the OIC
Under Ihsanoglu’s leadership the organization’s remit has widened from its previously staple issues of Islamic solidarity towards more immediate humanitarian concerns of economic and social deprivation around the Muslim world, making the organization more akin to the United Nations in its work. In January 2010, Ihsanoglu called for the creation of a Peace & Security Council as well as an Islamic Court of Justice to adjudicate between member states of the OIC.
... the European Union's high representative for security and foreign policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Arab League Secretary-General Dr Nabil El Araby and Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.
JEDDAH — The city of Yozgat in central Anatolia, Turkey, held a grand ceremony for the groundbreaking of the “Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu History and Culture Research Center” held Friday. The did so in the presence of Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the ...and more »
Outgoing Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, IAS President and former Prime Minister of Jordan Dr Abdel Salam Majali, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni and University Grants Commission (UGC) ...and more »
... Competition at a ceremony organized for İhsanoğlu. The Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) has announced the results of the Ninth International Calligraphy Competition at a ceremony organized in the presence of Ekmeleddin ...
I am told that one of the opposition parties has petitioned the election results of the last November elections which saw His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma re-elected overwhelmingly as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. ... Other world ...and more »
Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Tarih ve Kültür Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi'nin temel atma töreninde konuşan TBMM Başkanı Cemil Çiçek, "Televizyonlarda bilgi yarışmaları var. Baktığınızda eğitimde kalitenin nasıl dibe vurduğunu orada görmek mümkündür.
Dr. İhsanoğlu'na teşekkür etti. İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı Genel Sekreteri Prof.Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, çok sevdiği bir ülke ve şehirde ödüllendirilmenin onurunu yaşadığı için mutlu olduğunu ifade etti. Prizren'in çok etnikli ve çok dinli yapısına ...
İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı'nın ilk Türk Genel Sekreteri Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, 2005'ten bu yana sürdürdüğü görevini yıl sonunda devretmeye hazırlanıyor. İslam coğrafyasında yaşanan gelişmeleri en iyi bilen isimlerden İhsanoğlu, Habertürk'ten ...
Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu adına organize edildi. İhsanoğlu'nun hat sanatına katkıları ve özel alakası kamuoyunca malum... Allah hizmetlerini en güzel bir şekilde kabul buyursun. Âmin. Bununla birlikte Ircica'nın, az önce arz ettiğimiz geleneği bozarak ...
İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı (İİT) Genel Sekreteri Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi öğrencilerine, 'Türkiye'de Üniversite'nin Kavram ve Kurum olarak Doğuşu' konulu konferans verdi. ... Dr. Tamer Uçar, günün anısına plaket takim etti ...
He has said: ‘How could the Middle East remain the same when everywhere else the world is changing? But change is going to differ from one country to another. It will take a long time and it will be painful. That is why I never called this process an ‘Arab Spring’ – because spring is just one season, and we will see the summer and winter. It will take a long time for the new regimes to take shape. But this [region] is definitely going to be [moving] in the direction of democracy’.
Citizen of: Turkey
Birth: 26 December 1943 (Age: 69)
Source of Influence: Administration of Religious Affairs, Political
Influence: Leader of an organization comprised of 57 Muslim-majority states.
School of Thought: Traditional Sunni
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