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Islamic states to “officially object” to .islam
The Organization for Islamic Cooperation has decided to “file an official objection to the use of gTLDs .Islam and .Halal”, following a summit of 56 foreign ministers.
In a resolution (pdf) from the OIC’s high-level summit in Guinea this week, the organization also said it will become “an effective member” of ICANN, closely monitoring its work.
As previously reported, ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee was unable to reach a consensus to object to .islam and .halal, leaving it to ICANN’s board of directors to decide whether to approve them.
The OIC’s resolution is expected to become an important input to that decision-making process, after GAC chair Heather Dryden asked ICANN to take note of the Guinea meeting’s output.
The resolution also calls for the OIC to investigate how to run its own Islamic gTLDs.
The OIC has of course missed the boat by several months if it wants to file an objection to these gTLDs within the rules of the new gTLD program.
Instead, it’s going to have to hope that its entreaties to the ICANN board will be effective.
Recent Comments
I would say that GAC was slammed, because although many reasons have been provided by Brazil, Peru, CGI.br and the Indep... read more
Exactly why registration numbers should not be relied upon completely to determine success. I wish more registries di... read more
It is quite a Junk Dump but it was definitely not unexpected. That China issue is far more serious than the 1c promotion... read more
Hmm, ntldstats does not show this crash yet: https://ntldstats.com/tld/xyz Nothing about this drop that anyone did n... read more
Not sure why .xyz did this to themselves. Look at .club. They're more believable at a little less one million registered... read more
But you can't buy co.ke, since they use it in the 3rd level.... read more
Only after 60 days of the drop catch.... read more
And the registrants are expected to go where? Will ICANN publish a list of those registrars that will be shut? Geoff... read more
The seller is Claim.Club not an austrian investor, see https://namebio.com/xn--v4h.com... read more
My problem with you Kevin is you're not blunt enough. Can you possibly be more direct and assertive please?... read more