Islamic Solidarity Games

The original idea for the Solidarity Games comes from Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, during the Third Islamic Summit in 1981.[1] The first Solidarity games was held in 2005 in Saudi Arabia and there are currently 57 members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.[3] In 2005, the games were male-only with 7,000 athletes from fifty-four countries competing in thirteen different sports.[4] Females are now allowed to participate in the games but compete on different days than men.[5] Non-Muslim citizens in the member countries are also allowed to take part in the Games. It was said to have the most participants for a sporting event aside from the Olympic Games.[1]

A second event, originally scheduled to take place in October 2009 in Iran, and later rescheduled for April 2010, was canceled after a dispute arose between Iran and the Arab World over the use of the term Persian Gulf in logos for the Games, as some countries in the Arab world use the term "Arabian Gulf" instead. Dispute over the name has been a recurring source of disharmony between Arab states and Iran.[6] The latest edition took place in Baku, on 12–22 May 2017.[7][8]

With the level of political fragmentation, the deficiencies in economic development in many Muslim countries, and the financial cost of the Islamic Solidarity games, the longevity of the games will be a big challenge.[1]

27 sports have been presented in the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Sport Years Archery () 2013 Athletics () Since 2005 Badminton () 2013 Basketball () Since 2005 Boxing () 2017 Diving (sport) () Since 2005 Equestrian () 2005-2013 Fencing () 2005-2013 Football () Since 2005

Sport Years Futsal () 2005 only Gymnastics () 2017 Goalball () 2005 only Handball () Since 2005 Judo () 2017 Karate () Since 2005 Rhythmic gymnastics () 2017 Shooting () 2017 Swimming () Since 2005

Sport Years Table tennis () Since 2005 Taekwondo () Since 2005 Tennis () Since 2005 Volleyball () Since 2005 Water polo () Since 2005 Weightlifting () Since 2005 Wrestling () 2017 Wushu () Since 2013 Zurkhaneh 2017

As of 2017

All-time Islamic Solidarity Games medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey (TUR)	95	100	110	305
2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	85	63	53	201
3	Iran (IRI)	79	52	56	187
4	Egypt (EGY)	46	51	49	146
5	Indonesia (INA)	43	64	59	166
6	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	35	21	31	87
7	Malaysia (MAS)	31	22	37	90
8	Morocco (MAR)	25	26	33	84
9	Algeria (ALG)	15	28	42	85
10	Uzbekistan (UZB)	15	17	31	63
11	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	15	13	18	46
12	Bahrain (BHR)	14	6	8	28
13	Iraq (IRQ)	13	17	13	43
14	Syria (SYR)	7	5	14	26
15	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	6	7	12	25
16	Jordan (JOR)	6	2	16	24
17	Qatar (QAT)	4	5	9	18
18	Tunisia (TUN)	4	3	23	30
19	Oman (OMA)	3	6	9	18
20	Turkmenistan (TKM)	3	5	15	23
21	Pakistan (PAK)	3	3	9	15
22	Kuwait (KUW)	2	8	8	18
23	Nigeria (NGR)	2	3	1	6
24	Senegal (SEN)	1	3	10	14
25	Cameroon (CMR)	1	3	7	11
26	Sudan (SUD)	1	3	2	6
27	Bangladesh (BAN)	1	2	2	5
28	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	1	4	6
29	Gambia (GAM)	1	1	0	2
30	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	1	0	1	2
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	1	2
32	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	4	9	13
33	Guyana (GUY)	0	3	3	6
34	Yemen (YEM)	0	1	6	7
35	Libya (LBY)	0	1	3	4
36	Suriname (SUR)	0	1	2	3
37	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	1	1	2
	Djibouti (DJI)	0	1	1	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
40	Brunei (BRU)	0	1	0	1
	Palestine (PLE)	0	1	0	1
42	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	7	7
43	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	5	5
44	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	1	1
	Sierra Leone (SLE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 NOCs)		559	555	723	1837

• Women's Islamic Games

• Official Website of Baku 2017