| Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| Native Name: | Arabic: القمة الإسلامية لمنظمة التعاون الإسلامي French: Sommet islamique de l'Organisation de la coopération islamique |
| Nickname: | Islamic Summit |
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| Founding Location: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Type: | Principal organ |
| Status: | Declaration |
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| Headquarters: | Jeddah |
| Location Country: | Saudi Arabia |
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| Method: | --> Conference |
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| Membership: | 57 member states |
| Languages: | --> Arabic, English, French |
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| Leader Title: | Chief administrative officer |
| Leader Name: | Secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha |
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Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (Arabic: القمة الإسلامية لمنظمة التعاون الإسلامي; French: Sommet islamique de l'Organisation de la coopération islamique) is one of the five highest decision-making bodies of the OIC, the other four being the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, Standing Committees, Executive Committee, and the International Islamic Court of Justice. The Islamic Summit is a principle organ of the OIC, focused on formulation, development, and implementation of decisions made by 57 member states. The Summit is attended by the concerned heads of state such as prime ministers, presidents, emirs, and other equivalent heads.
The Summit is held once every three years, incorporated with achieving goals under the framework of the OIC's charter. They formulate policies and adopt resolutions at the end of each summit. Likewise, the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers sessions, an Islamic summit, is alternatively hosted by the concerned governments on geographical groups such as Arab, Asia, and Africa., a total number of 14 Islamic Summits and 7 Extraordinary Summits have been hosted in various countries across the three continents.
Likewise, the United Nations General Assembly have each Islamic summit participant table have their resolution on a specific matter which is decidedly adopted or declined by the member states under the voting system. Summits are considered declaration based on the common feeling of participants. The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation plays a significant role in declaration implementation.[1]
Turkey represents the OIC as a host and permanent member and has hosted one Islamic summit and two extraordinary summits, including 13th Islamic summit between 14 and 15 April 2016 titled Unity and Solidarity for Justice concerning the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Turkey has also hosted 6th on 13 December 2017 and 7th extraordinary summit on 18 May 2018 regarding the Israeli role in Palestine.[2]
Islamic summit is based on three principles; Final Communique, Resolution, and Declaration. The first summit was attended by the nations in September 1969 in Rabat, Morocco, while the latest was held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in May 2019.[3]
| Summit | Date | Country | Location | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 1969 |  | Rabat | 24 | ||
| 2nd | 2224 February 1974 |  | Lahore | 36 | ||
| 3rd | 2528 January 1981 |  | Mecca | 38 | ||
| 4th | 1619 January 1984 | | Casablanca | 42 | ||
| 5th | 2629 January 1987 |  | Kuwait | 44 | ||
| 6th | 911 December 1991 |  | Dakar | 45 | ||
| 7th | 1315 December 1994 | | Casablanca | 49 | ||
| 8th | 911 December 1997 | Tehran | 53 | |||
| 9th | 1213 November 2000 |  | Doha | 54 | ||
| 10th | 1617 October 2003 |  | Putrajaya | |||
| 11th | 1314 March 2008 | | Dakar | |||
| 12th | 67 February 2013 |  | Cairo | 56 | ||
| 13th | 1415 April 2016 |  | Istanbul | |||
| 14th | 31 May 2019 | | Mecca | |||
| 15th | TBD |  | Banjul | 57 |