History of Islam National States
While the world of Islam has entered into the modern world in the
form of national states, continuous attempts are made to create closer
cooperation within the Islamic world as a whole and to bring about
greater unity. This is seen not only in the meetings of the Muslim heads
of state and the establishment of the OIC (Organization of Islamic
Countries) with its own secretariat, but also in the creation of
institutions dealing with the whole of the Islamic world. Among the most
important of these is the Muslim World League (Rabitat al-alam
al-Islami ) with its headquarters in Makkah. Saudi Arabia has in fact
played a pivotal role in the creation and maintenance of such
organizations.
