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THE Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second-largest international organization after the United Nations and was created to ensure the unity of the ummah, defend it, and advance its interests. The OIC seeks to promote moderate Islam, interreligious dialogue, and sociocultural harmony both in Muslim countries and in non-Muslim countries where there are Muslim minorities. The OIC strives to combat Islamophobia, which for a long time has been a systematic policy in parts of the world, primarily in leading Western countries (the US, Canada and European Union nations), where there are old and growing trends to oust Islam from society, discriminate against it, and fan anti-Islamic sentiments...
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