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Social Welfare System

Solutions: Reformation of OIC & IDB

Muslims have two main duties:-

1. To collectively resolve their internal problems in the muslim world through common unified action based on an agreed set of islamic principles. Problems that can only be resolved together include poverty, illiteracy, corruption, security, injustice, social & moral decline and so on.

2. It is a core belief of muslims that Islam and therefore Muslims should not be an inward looking group of people but one that have a divine duty to help alleviate the suffering of mankind in general irrespective of faith, race, gender or geography. Problems that should be addressed include global poverty, injustice, insecurity, social & moral decline, removal of tyranny & hegemony and so on.

The OIC and IDB, are the political and financial bodies that muslims have established to address & resolve the problems within the muslim world on an agreed set of Islamic principles.

However, to date, if we analyse the socio-economic, political and security situation of the muslim world it is very clear that these bodies have been largley ineffective. Consequently, these bodies need to be fundamentally reformed to bring them back into line with both the islamic ideals and to have the political & executive authority to resolve the muslim world's problems. Once it is in a position to effectively and properly resolve the muslim ummah's problems, only then will it be able to move to the next stage of assisting in the alleviation of mankind's sufferring generally and stand up for justice.

List of the 57 OIC Member States:-

• AFGHANISTAN (joined 1969)
• Republic of ALBANIA (joined 1992) 
• People’s Democratic Republic of ALGERIA (joined 1969) 
• Republic of AZERBAIJAN (joined 1992) 
• Kingdom of BAHRAIN (joined 1972) 
• People’s Republic of BANGLADESH (joined 1974) 
• Republic of BENIN (joined 1983) 
• BRUNEI-DARUSSALAM (joined 1984) 
• BURKINA-FASO (then Upper Volta) (joined 1974) 
• Republic of CAMEROON (joined 1974) 
• Republic of CHAD (joined 1969) 
• Union of The COMOROS (joined 1976) 
• Republic of COTE D'IVOIRE (joined 2001)
• Republic of DJIBOUTI (joined 1978) 
• Arab Republic of EGYPT (joined 1969) 
• Republic of GABON (joined 1974) 
• Republic of The GAMBIA (joined 1974) 
• Republic of GUINEA (joined 1969) 
• Republic of GUINEA-BISSAU (joined 1974) 
• Republic of GUYANA (joined 1998) 
• Republic of INDONESIA (joined 1969) 
• Islamic Republic of IRAN (joined 1969) 
• Republic of IRAQ (joined 1975) 
• Hashemite Kingdom of JORDAN (joined 1969) 
• Republic of KAZAKHSTAN (joined 1995) 
• State of KUWAIT (joined 1969) 
• KYRGYZ Republic (joined 1992) 
• Republic of LEBANON (joined 1969) 
• LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA (joined 1969) 
• MALAYSIA (joined 1969) 
• Republic of MALDIVES (joined 1976) 
• Republic of MALI (joined 1969) 
• Islamic Republic of MAURITANIA (joined 1969) 
• Kingdom of MOROCCO (joined 1969) 
• Republic of MOZAMBIQUE (joined 1994) 
• Republic of NIGER (joined 1969) 
• Federal Republic of NIGERIA (joined 1986) 
• Sultanate of OMAN (joined 1972) 
• Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN (joined 1969) 
• State of PALESTINE (joined 1969) 
• State of QATAR (joined 1972) 
• Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA (joined 1969) 
• Republic of SENEGAL (joined 1969) 
• Republic of SIERRA LEONE (joined 1972) 
• Republic of SOMALIA (joined 1969) 
• Republic of The SUDAN (joined 1969) 
• Republic of SURINAME (joined 1996) 
• SYRIAN Arab Republic (joined 1972) 
• Republic of TAJIKISTAN (joined 1992) 
• Republic of TOGO (joined 1997) 
• Republic of TUNISIA (joined 1969)
• Republic of TURKEY (joined 1969) 
• Republic of TURKMENISTAN 1992)
• Republic of UGANDA (joined 1974)
• State of The UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (joined 1972)
• Republic of UZBEKISTAN (joined 1996)
• Republic of YEMEN (joined 1969)
   

Further Information on each member state can be found at:   http://www.sesrtcic.org

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