Arab-Islamic Leaders Meet in Doha as OIC’s 57 Nations Push for Gaza Ceasefire.
Leaders from across the Arab and Muslim world gathered in Doha on Monday for an emergency summit, held just a week after Israel’s unprecedented airstrike on Hamas leaders in Qatar that drew global condemnation. The summit, jointly organised by the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), sought to ramp up pressure on Israel to halt its military campaign and address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The Israeli strike in Doha killed six people, including five Hamas members and one Qatari national from the country’s Internal Security Force. Those attending the summit included Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The OIC: A Global Bloc of 57
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, founded in 1969 after the Al-Aqsa Mosque arson attack in Jerusalem, is the second-largest intergovernmental organisation after the UN. Originally known as the Organisation of Islamic Conference, it was renamed in 2011.
The bloc unites 57 member states spread across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and even South America, representing more than 2.1 billion people — about 26% of the world’s population. Collectively, OIC members account for roughly 8% of global GDP.
Its mission: safeguard Islamic holy sites, strengthen Muslim solidarity, and coordinate political, economic, and cultural cooperation on the global stage.
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