Explanation

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, commonly known as Umar II, was the eighth Umayyad caliph

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz called the first Mujaddid

and sixth righteous caliph of Islam after Hasan Ibn Ali

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was Born 2 November 682 in Medina, Umayyad Caliphate

Died 5 February 720 (aged 37)

Hazrat Umar conquered Bait Ul Maqdas in 16 A.H.

Explanation

• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), founded on September 25, 1969.
• It has Arabic, English, and French as its three official languages.
• It initially had 25 founding members.
• It is headquartered in Jeddah.
• Formerly known as the Organization of the Islamic Conference, it changed its name on June 28, 2011.
• With 57 current member countries.
• Jakarta is the largest city among OIC member nations.

Explanation

The biggest Islamic country with the area is Kazakhstan.

The country with the largest number of Muslims overall is Indonesia, nearly 13% of the world's total population of Muslims.

Explanation

Pakistan hosted the Second OIC Summit Conference in February 1974 in Lahore.

An Extraordinary OIC Summit was also held in Islamabad in 1997 on the occasion of Pakistan's Golden Jubilee.

Explanation

The Emirates Mars Mission is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars.

The Hope probe was launched on 19 July 2020, and went into orbit around Mars on 9 February 2021

. The mission design, development, and operations are led by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

Explanation

Explanation

• The Organization was established upon a decision of the historical summit which took place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco on 12th Rajab 1389 Hijra
• Its headquarters is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• As the largest international organization outside the United Nations.
• The OIC has 57 member countries.
• The first summit was held in Rabat.
• The official languages are Arabic, English, and French.

Explanation

Indonesia is the largest while Pakistan is the second largest Islamic country in the world with regard to population.

Overall, China is the largest, India second, USA third, Indonesia fourth & Pakistan is the fifth largest country in terms of population.

Explanation

On 19 December 2021, an OIC session was held in Islamabad, to set up a Humanitarian Trust Fund and Food Security Programme to deal with the rapidly aggravating crisis.

List of Summits

Number	Date	Country	Place
1st	22–25 September 1969	Morocco	Rabat
2nd	22–24 February 1974	Pakistan	Lahore
3rd	25–29 January 1981	Saudi Arabia	Mecca & Ta’if
4th	16–19 January 1984	Morocco	Casablanca
5th	26–29 January 1987	Kuwait	Kuwait City
6th	9–11 December 1991	Senegal	Dakar
7th	13–15 December 1994	Morocco	Casablanca
1st Extraordinary	23–24 March 1997	Pakistan	Islamabad
8th	9–11 December 1997	Iran	Tehran
9th	12–13 November 2000	Qatar	Doha
2nd Extraordinary	4–5 March 2003	Qatar	Doha
10th	16–17 October 2003	Malaysia	Putrajaya
3rd Extraordinary	7–8 December 2005	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
11th	13–14 March 2008	Senegal	Dakar
4th Extraordinary	14–15 August 2012	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
12th	6–7 February 2013	Egypt	Cairo
5th Extraordinary	6–7 March 2016	Indonesia	Jakarta
13th	14–15 April 2016	Turkey	Istanbul
6th Extraordinary	13 December 2017	Turkey	Istanbul
7th Extraordinary	18 May 2018	Turkey	Istanbul
14th	31 May 2019	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
8th Extraordinary	19 December 2021	Pakistan	Islamabad
48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers	22 March 2022	Pakistan	Islamabad

Explanation

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on July 10, 2020.

officially the Hagia Sophia Mosque is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.

Beginning date:  346

Completion date: 360

Dedicated date: 15 February 360

Restored date: 415 

23 February 532–27 February 537

1847–1849

2002–2006

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Dedicated to:

The Holy Wisdom,

a reference to the second person of the Trinity,