Supreme Islamic Shia Council (in Lebanon)

Supreme Islamic shia Council (in Lebanon)'was established on 1967[1] by Sayyid Musa al-Sadr.[2]

Establishment

The aim of Imam Musa al-Sadr was the decrease of poverty and deprivation in Lebanon. So he needed to found new political, economics and educational institutes. As the first step, Imam Musa al-Sadr established the Supreme Islamic shia Council (SISC).Imam Musa al-Sadr was formed a social movement by religion. He as the representative of ’Supreme Islamic shia Council organized resource by using his effective and established institutes such as occupational institutes.[3]

Supreme Islamic shia Council (in Lebanon) is the Shia independent organizations from Sunnis. The shii intelligentsia and customary elites had participated in this council actively. Demands of Supreme Islamic shia Council was in related to defenses in southern Lebanon, development funds, construction and improvement of schools and hospitals, an increased number of shia appointees into government positions in order to improve living conditions and prospects for future employment for shia and provide more proportional representation in government.[2]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Nawal, Mustafa. "Amal and Harakat Al-Mahrumun: The Rise of Shi’a Social Movements in Lebanon". http://auislandora.wrlc.org. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 Esposito, John L. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0195125597.
  3. ↑ Simbar, Reza; Zibaei, Mehdi. "Political Islam: Moderation or Radicalism? Case Study of Political Islam with Respect to Lebanon Hezbollah". jstor.
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