Jeddah, Safar 12, 1436, Dec 4, 2014, SPA -- The Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad bin Amin Madani, has held several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 10th session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers of Information and Communication in the OIC Member States, which was hosted by the Iranian capital, Tehran, from 1 to December 4, 2014. The meetings stressed the need for media cooperation in Islamic countries to confront the challenges facing the Muslim world, especially the discourse of extremism and hatered against Islam and Islamophobia. --SPA 12:05 LOCAL TIME 09:05 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w