The world's largest Islamic body is modernising its charter to combat extremists and poverty and to emphasise values of tolerance and understanding amid concerns over an anti-Islam backlash. If last-minute differences can be ironed out, the revamped charter of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will be adopted at a summit in Senegal on Thursday and Friday, OIC officials said.
"The new charter embraces the United Nations language to reflect moderation and tolerance of Islam and focus on development and solidarity in action between members," OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told a news conference late on Tuesday after a meeting of foreign ministers.