Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Map of the World showing the member states of the OIC.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has 57 member states.

Member State	Joined	Notes
Afghanistan	1969	Suspended 1980 - March 1989
Algeria	1969
Chad	1969
Egypt	1969	Suspended May 1979 - March 1984
Guinea	1969
Indonesia	1969
Iran	1969
Jordan	1969
Kuwait	1969
Lebanon	1969
Libya	1969
Malaysia	1969
Mali	1969
Mauritania	1969
Morocco	1969
Niger	1969
Pakistan	1969	Blocking India from membership
Palestine[1]	1969[2]
Saudi Arabia	1969
Senegal	1969
Sudan	1969
Somalia	1969
Tunisia	1969
Turkey	1969
Yemen	1969	From 1990 as Republic of Yemen united with People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Bahrain	1970
Oman	1970
Qatar	1970
Syria	1970
United Arab Emirates	1970
Sierra Leone	1972
Bangladesh	1974	Pakistan recognized it as 2nd summit's main issue inviting Mujib ur Rehman to Lahore.
Gabon	1974
Gambia	1974
Guinea-Bissau	1974
Uganda	1974
Burkina Faso	1975
Cameroon	1975
Comoros	1976
Iraq	1976
Maldives	1976
Djibouti	1978
Benin	1982
Brunei	1984
Nigeria	1986
Azerbaijan	1991
Albania	1992
Kyrgyzstan	1992
Tajikistan	1992
Turkmenistan	1992
Mozambique	1994
Kazakhstan	1995
Uzbekistan	1995
Suriname	1996
Togo	1997
Guyana	1998
Côte d'Ivoire	2001
Suspended or Withdrawn
Zanzibar	1993	Withdrew August 1993
Observer States
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1994
Central African Republic	1997
North Cyprus as 'Turkish Cypriot State'	1979[3]	Designation changed in 2004[4]
Thailand	1998
Russia	2005
Observer Muslim Organisations and Communities
Moro National Liberation Front	1977	Blocking membership of the Philippines
Observer Islamic institutions
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States	2000
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation	2005
Observer International Organisations
League of Arab States	1975
United Nations	1976
Non-Aligned Movement	1977
Organisation of African Unity	1977
Economic Cooperation Organisation	1995

Membership attempts

•  South Africa (since 2002)^[5]
•  India - India, which has the world's third largest Muslim population, has shown an interest in joining the OIC as an observer nation.^[6] While India's candidacy is supported by some OIC members including Saudi Arabia,^[7] Pakistan's strong opposition and threat to boycott the OIC have led to India's inclusion into the OIC being blocked. The Pakistan Foreign Office argued that India's inclusion in OIC would be against the rules of OIC, which state that an aspirant should not have an ongoing conflict with a member state.^[8]
•  Philippines (since 2008)^[5] - The Philippine government has made attempts to join the OIC, but this is opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front, an OIC observer located in the Philippines. The MNLF claims that Philippine membership is unnecessary^{[citation needed]}. In 2009, the country's bid has received stronger support and has been advocated by Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others.^{[9][10][11][12]}
•  Sri Lanka (since 2008)^[5]
•  Serbia (since 2008)^[5]
•  Nepal (since 2008)^[5]
•  Democratic Republic of Congo (since 2008)^[5]

References

1. ^ The State of Palestine succeeded the seat of the Palestine Liberation Organization following the 1988 Palestinian Declaration of Independence.
2. ^ OIC member states
3. ^ OIC observers
4. ^ The Turkish Cypriot community of Cyprus became an OIC “observer community” in 1979 under the name “Turkish Muslim community of Cyprus”. The 31st OIC Meeting of Foreign Ministers which met in Istanbul in June 2004, decided that the Turkish Cypriot Community (represented by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) will participate in the OIC meetings under the name envisaged in the Annan Plan for Cyprus (i.e. “Turkish Cypriot constituent state of the United Cyprus Republic” or Turkish Cypriot State in short). Cyprus and the Organization of Islamic Conferences
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Applicants for OIC observer status
6. ^ Mustafa El-Feki: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/730/in1.htm An Indo-Arab blunder? Al-Ahram, February 17–23, 2005.
7. ^ Observer status for India at OIC: King Abdullah Expressindia.com, January 22, 2006.
8. ^ Pak disapproves Saudi king's comments on India's OIC entry Rediff News, January 23, 2006.
9. ^ "RP nears observer status in OIC - DFA - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Globalnation.inquirer.net. 2009-05-26. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20090526-207265/RP-nears-observer-status-in-OIC----DFA. Retrieved 2011-03-25. 
10. ^ "EZ2 Lotto Luzon | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online". Mb.com.ph. 2009-04-15. http://www.mb.com.ph/node/202546. Retrieved 2011-03-25. 
11. ^ "RP closer to becoming observer-state in Organization of Islamic Conference | Home >> The Filipino Global Community >> Philippines". Philstar.com. 2009-05-29. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=472375&publicationSubCategoryId=205. Retrieved 2011-03-25. 
12. ^ "DFA: ‘Technicalities’ blocking RP bid for OIC observer status - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News". Gmanews.tv. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/162925/DFA-Technicalities-blocking-RP-bid-for-OIC-observer-status. Retrieved 2011-03-25.