The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the abolishment of the Caliphate after the first world war left a vacuum in the Muslim community. In 1969, a mentally ill person started a fire in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque. These were the catalysts for establishing a unified body for safeguarding the interests of Muslims globally.
The same year, a summit took place in Morocco, following which an 'intergovernmental organization' got established for ensuring the progress and well-being of Muslims worldwide. Today we know it as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Its present membership consists of 57 states, making it the second-largest global organization after the United Nations. OIC has its headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As the name suggests, OIC is a pan-Islamic institution that works as a collective voice of the Muslim world.
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