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public order, and sabotage, was adopted. One must say that this is not the only case of support 
actions from KSA to OIC, regardless of the true causes and clarification the positions of the 
parties. So, during the last summit of the OIC held on April 14-15 2016 in Turkey, the final 
communiqué condemning the actions of Iran for interfering to the internal affairs of its neighbor 
and support of terrorist groups was adopted, in connection with succession of events as the result 
of the execution of prominent Shia preacher in Saudi Arabia, named Nimr al-Nimr. 
Today, if nobody openly challenges the superiority of the KSA, it offers other models of an 
Islamic state same as Pakistan and Iran. It is important to note that Saudi primacy in the Islamic 
world is primarily a religious authority and financial support to developing economies. To 
achieve a dominant role in the Islamic world, the KSA uses a variety of methods including the 
financing of mosques and sending imams to the Muslim community, giving scholarships to 
students of Islamic Sciences in KSA, the opening of religious schools (madrasas) and centers 
that support Islamic studies in all universities of the world and other actions. To achieve its 
global mission, Saudi Arabia has opened a network of Islamic institutions such as the World 
Council of mosques, World Assembly of Muslim Youth, World
Muslim League, etc. 
It should be noted that before 1990 the role of KSA in OIC has not been challenged by anyone, 
whereas from this period on
new centers of Islamic power began to assert itself, increasingly 
acquiring their status in the OIC. For example, during the recent summit of the OIC in Turkey 
(April 14-15 2016) in Turkish press there were signals about the new leader of the OIC in the 
face of Turkey: "We should not forget that Turkey is the largest member-state of the OIC, its 
natural leader and big brother” (Kayaoglu, T.). For the return of their leading position and 
prevention of such statements, KSA has taken active measures, including giving the position of 
the Secretary-General of the former Minister of KSA Ayadu Madani. 
Today, Saudi Arabia uses OIC to legitimize its regime to its citizens and to the international 
community, most part of which is the Muslim world. The Kingdom is trying to limit 
participation and the growing influence of other countries claiming to be independent Muslim 
center in the world using their religious and financial benefits. The Saudi government is trying to 
prevent the formation of new Islamic centers, which potentially have the opportunity to 
challenge its leadership and unique position in the Islamic and Muslim world. 
We came to the conclusion that the KSA is taking active steps to lead the Muslim world, using 
its religious and financial capabilities. The Kingdom is also trying to prevent the emergence of 
new centers of power in the Muslim world, those which present a possible danger to its existence 
as the only leader of the entire Muslim world. To this end, KSA uses state and international 
structures that have everything in the Muslim world, such as the Saudi Development Fund and 
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to advance their soft power and implement their foreign 
policy ambitions. The leading role in the OIC provides Saudi Arabia with the role of an example 
for imitation and an exemplary model of state and social order for the rest of the Muslim world 
and the "unified voice of the Muslim world" in front of the world's centers of power. Also, the 
Kingdom legitimizes its vision of Islam to the subjects of the KSA and the world Muslim and 
non-Muslim community through participation in the OIC. 
In the short term, there will not be unity in the Muslim world as it is not in the OIC due to the 
vast geography of Islam and not modest foreign policy ambitions of some Muslim States. 
Despite the lack of a unified, recognized and exemplary center in the Muslim world, KSA has a 
privileged position over other states who seek to challenge the leadership of the KSA in the 
Muslim world and show their way of Muslim development as the most suitable. The so-called 
"unique" mission of the Kingdom is explained by the fact that the CSA sees itself as a "truly 
Islamic state" the duty of which is the dissemination and preservation of "pure Islam" among 
Muslim and non-Muslim countries of the modern world. In this context, it is proposed to 
strengthen the position of Saudi Arabia in the OIC, and the Islamic (Muslim) world as a whole. 

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