World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities
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World Federation of Khoja Ithna-asheri Muslim Communities is an international umbrella organization of Shi'a twelver organization that engages in education and charity work, organizes conventions and publishes books.
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[edit] Overview
Established in 1976, it is aimed to be a umbrella organization of global scale for uniting isolated Shi'a twelver communities under its leadership [1].
Their scope and achievements been dramatically extended over the years, while their objectives remain the same:
- promoting the Shia faith worldwide
- alleviating poverty, disease and dependence
- educating community members
- facilitating, funding and supporting communal endeavours
- rising to the assistance of Shia communities internationally within its capacity
Its primary activity is publishing books (see #Publishing below); the organization also holds annual conventions and participates in emergency relief efforts.
[edit] History
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The World Federation was formed in 1976, in response to the diaspora of non-African Muslims from Uganda caused by Idi Amin's persecution [1], after 1500 Shi'a twelver families emigrated from East Africa to the United Kingdom and Canada, something that coincided with the 1979 Iranian Revolution [2].
Its current president is Hasnain Walji [3] and its vice president is Ahmed Hassam[4]
[edit] Members
Among the organization that constitute this organization are the following:
- Africa Federation, africafederation.org [5]
- Birmingham Jamat [5] [1]
- The Council of Gujarat [5]
- The Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri (South London - Hyderi) Jamat [5]
- Muslim Khoja Shia Ithana-Asheri Community of Leicester [5]
- Milton Keynes Jamat, zain.madressa.net [5]
- Muhammadi Welfare Association of Australia [5]
- NASIMCO, nasimco.org [5]
- Wessex Jamat, almahdi.org.uk [5]
- Muslim Shia Ithna-Asheri Association of Stockholm (Märsta), zainabiya.net [5]
- Bilal Muslim Mission, [5]
- Several others [5]
Their site contains a search engine to localize affiliated organizations in their database [6]
The organization is recognized by the Muslim Council of Britain [7].
[edit] Publishing
It is specialized in publisher Shi'a twelver books [8]. Among its books is the book of Islamic jurisprudence (Arabic: fiqh) of the most well known contemporary Grand Ayatollah, Ali al-Sistani, which they themselves translated and published under the name of Islamic Laws.
Other authors include:
- Allamah Tabatabai [9]
- Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari [10]
- Mujtaba Musavi Lari
- Ali Shariati
- Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi [11]
- Muhammad al-Tijani
- Ayatullah Mohamed Mehdi Shirazi
- Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei [12]
- Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani
- Khomeini
- Ali Asgher Razwy
- Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
- Abu Mikhnaf
- Several others.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.world-federation.org/AboutUs/
- ^ Mapping Women, Making Politics: feminist perspectives on political geography By Linda J. Peake, read online on Google Books
- ^ open letter by president on shianews.com
- ^ http://www.world-federation.org/Strategic+Plan/Strategic_Plan_VP.htm
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l world-federation President election
- ^ http://www.world-federation.org/Organisations/Directory/JamaatSearch
- ^ http://www.mcb.org.uk/library/hajjadvice.php
- ^ http://www.world-federation.org/Publications/
- ^ A Shi'ite Anthology
- ^ Islam and Religious Pluralism - Second Edition
- ^ A Shi'i-Sunni dialogue
- ^ Prolegomena to the Qur'an
