The United Nations was a celebrated institution when first established. Since then, it has become clear that the UN is not as influential as people hoped it would be, due to both personal & structural obstacles. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, however, is not subject to the structural limitations of the United Nations, and members have more power to address their countries problems abroad. The OIC could easily replace the UN.
Before the Srebrenica genocide in 1995, the United Nations was tasked with oversight of thousands of Bosnian Muslims. Bosnian Muslims had been terrorized by Serbia, a country who hates Muslims. The United Nations sent ‘peacekeeping forces’ to ensure the safety of these innocent people, however, these ‘peacekeeping forces’ stood aside while a Serbian Crusade massacred nearly all of the Bosnian Muslim refugees.
How Serbia murdered 8,000 Bosnian Muslims despite U.N. intervention
Even before this, the UN approved a settlement between ‘Israel’ & Palestine which allowed Israel to steal half of the Palestinian state.
The UN has an absolutely terrible track record of providing mediation between nations. Thanks to the structure of the organization, only members of the ‘security council’ have influence over the decisions of the institution. As you might expect, the security council consists of a small group of powerful people. Only China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are permanent members.
It should not come as a surprise that the UN lets us down every single time. There is not a single Muslim country in the security council to represent our interests.
Having accepted these facts, rather than wasting time & energy trying to earn acceptance & approval from organizations like the UN & IMF, Muslim countries should be focused on creating their own security councils. In a perfect world, all Muslim countries would have one singular security council, and every countries interests would be taken seriously. While this might seem impossible, it would actually be very easy if Muslim leaders could give the OIC the same effort they give the United Nations.
Money is the only real advantage that the UN has over the OIC, and they are not good at using this money efficiently. We learned this in 1948, 1995, and many times between. Genuine Muslim countries would be much more trustworthy stewards over a humanitarian institution such as the UN. While the UN has made some positive strides in global stability, they are truly not qualified enough to do the job. The world needs the ordinance of Allah, and that is something the UN will always be unable to provide.
The first step in establishing dominance in the field of human rights is to set a better example. While the UN has totally floundered on the world stage, the OIC could be making progress to take their spot as the most trusted humanitarian authority.
One progressive action the OIC could take immediately is send peacekeeping forces to Jerusalem. Thanks to their cowardice avoidance of all conflict, UN peacekeepers have essentially legitimized the theft of Palestinian land, and allowed Serbian Christians to massacre 8,000 Bosnian Muslims. A Muslim UN would do much better.
The OIC could either delegate the task of Jerusalem to a single nation, or send a unified peacekeeping force. If there is one sole protector of Jerusalem, all other members of the OIC should finance that member. If there is a unified force, then financial responsibilities would be shared. Either approach would cause Israel to hesitate before going on bloodthirsty rampages against the Ummah.
To those people who might think this is an inflammatory idea that involves too much sacrifice, I suggest they think about the reward instead of the consequence. As it is right now, nobody knows about the OIC. Instead, the UN dominates the field of human rights, even as the world watches them fail in their role. Muslims could easily steal the trust away from this toothless & deceitful organization, simply by doing what Allah has already commanded that we do.
The OIC should begin working to replace the UN as soon as possible. Please share this article if you agree.
Website of Organization of Islamic Cooperation: https://www.oic-oci.org/
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