World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities

World Federation of Khoja Shi'a 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.



Overview
Established in 1976, it is aimed to be a umbrella organization of global scale for uniting isolated Shi'a twelver Khoja communities under its leadership .

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
#improving the relationship between the Shia Muslim community with the West and Sunni Muslim community.

Its primary activity is publishing books (see below); the organization also holds annual conventions and participates in emergency relief efforts.

History

The World Federation was formed in 1976, in response to the diaspora of non-African Muslims from Uganda caused by Idi Amin's persecution .

Its current president is Ahmed Hassam

Members
Among the organization that constitute this organization are the following:

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*Africa Federation,
*Birmingham Jamat

The organization is recognized by the Muslim Council of Britain .

Publishing
It is specialized in publisher . Among its books is the book of Islamic jurisprudence 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:
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*Allamah Tabatabai
*Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari
*Mujtaba Musavi Lari
*Ali Shariati
*Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi
*Muhammad al-Tijani
*Ayatullah Mohamed Mehdi Shirazi
*Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei
*Ayatullah Ja'far Subhani
*Khomeini
*Ali Asgher Razwy
*Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
*Abu Mikhnaf
*Several others.

 
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