Saudi named to head OIC

Was named A former Saudi Minister Iyad Madani, on Thursday next president of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to succeed in Turkey's Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.Madani was named at the conclusion of a two-day summit in Cairo from gathering the largest in the Islamic world and will be in January 2014 from Ihsanoglu, who heads since 2005 and the 57-member group based in the Saudi city of Jeddah.The diplomat said conservative Gulf kingdom nominated former Information Minister in a possible sign of strains between Saudi Arabia and Egypt after the revolution, which had been under close allies ousted President Hosni Mubarak.Saudi Arabia wants to "regain the initiative against the Muslim Brotherhood, led by Egypt, which (as it hosts the summit) holds the presidency of the group," the source said.