Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation

Al-Iman School and Al-Khoei Foundation Representation in New York

The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation is an international religious foundation. The Shiite Grand Ayatollah Abulkassem al-Choei (born 1899 in Choi , Iran ; died 1992 in Kufa , Iraq , murdered), the head of the Hawza in Najaf (Iraq), established the foundation in 1989.

Its general secretary, was the list of signatories of the Amman Message ( Amman Message According), Sayyid Abd al-Sahib al-Choei from Iraq, Abbas Mahajarani from the United Kingdom is one of its senior members, Ghanem Jawad Director of Cultural Affairs.

According to the list of signatories of “ A Common Word Between Us and You ” (2007), the Shiite clergyman Seyyed Jawad Al-Khoei (جواد الخوئي) is the Secretary General of the Al-Khoei International Foundation (مؤسسة الإمام يالخوئي مالة) London is.

According to the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs website, Yosif al-Choei is the Executive Director of the Al-Khoei Foundation in London .

The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation's Shiite Jafari fatwa on the Amman embassy came from the UK .

The Al-Khoei Foundation began relief operations in parts of southern Iraq after the First Gulf War ; it delivered relief supplies in disregard of US sanctions.

The Guardian writes:

“Khoei was also concerned to put the Shia faith in a better light in the west, after its shameful misrepresentation, especially in the US press during the Iranian revolution and the Iran-Iraq war, when to be a Shia was virtually equated with being a fanatic - a time, when, as he recalled, there were those in the US who were "scared to shake hands with a man in a black turban".

The result of his efforts was that the al-Khoei Foundation became a UN-affiliated consultative body, and the voice of the worldwide Shia community was heard at last in the halls of power, both east and west. "

“Khoei was also concerned to put the Shiite faith in the West in a better light after its shameful misrepresentation, especially in the US press during the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, as practically equated with being a Shiite came to be a fanatic - a time when, as he recalled, there were people in the United States who "shrank from shaking hands" to a man in a black turban.

The result of his efforts was that the al-Khoei Foundation became a UN-affiliated advisory body, and the voice of the global Shia community was finally heard in the halls of power, both east and west. "

The head of the foundation, Abd al-Madschid al-Khoei , was murdered on his return in 2003 during a visit to the Imam Ali mosque by supporters of the Mahdi army of Muqtada al-Sadr and his companions who had been in exile.

Facilities

The foundation has facilities in many countries around the world:

• New York , USA , 8989 Van Wyck Expway East, NY 11435 40 ° 42 ′ 3 "N, 73 ° 48 ′ 54" W
  • Al-Iman School and Al-Khoei Foundation representation
• London , United Kingdom , Stone Hall, Chevening Road, London, NW6 6TN 51 ° 32 ′ 23 ″ N, 0 ° 12 ′ 34 ″ W
  • Al-Sadiq School (for boys) and Al-Zahra School (for girls)
  • Al-Khoei Mosque, Al-Khoei Foundation representation
• Montreal , Canada , 7085 Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, Québec H3R 2M1 45 ° 30 ′ 18 ″ N, 73 ° 38 ′ 32 ″ W.
  • Al Houda School and Al-Khoei Foundation Representation
• Paris , France , 5 Rue Paul Langevin, 93260 Les Lilas 48 ° 52 ′ 58 ″ N, 2 ° 25 ′ 29 ″ E
• Swansea , United Kingdom , 88A ST Helens Road, Swansea SA1 4BQ 51 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ N, 3 ° 57 ′ 27 ″ W
  • Arabic School, Imam Khoei Islamic Center
• Islamabad , Pakistan , F07 / 4 Islamabad, PO Box 2405

See also

• Sayyid Abd al-Madschid al-Khoei عبد المجيد الخوئي (died 2003), Iraq - Member of the Royal Aal-al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (web)
• World Organization of Pan-Islamic Jurisprudence (world organization for pan-Islamic jurisprudence) (web)

literature

• Lloyd Ridgeon: Shi'i Islam and Identity: Religion, Politics and Change in the Global Muslim Community (Library of Modern Religion) 2012 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
• Edwin, Joseph Victor: A common word between us and you: a new departure in Muslim attitudes towards Christianity . 2011. M.Phil. thesis, University of Birmingham ( online ) (see note 170)

Web links

• Imam Al-Koei Foundation (Jamaica, New York)
• Al-Khoei Islamic Institute
• ammanmessage.com: The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation, United Kingdom

References and footnotes

1. ↑ al-khoei.org - accessed June 11, 2017
2. ↑ Born in 1955, a son of Abu l-Qasim al-Choei.
3. ↑ All three were signatories to the Amman Message ( Amman Message ).
4. ↑ The son of Sayyed Mohammad Taqi al-Choei (d. 1994) and grandson of the Grand Ayatollah Abu l-Qasim al-Choei. A member of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought actively engaged in interreligious dialogue .
5. ↑ themuslim500.com: Sayyed Jawad Al Khoei
6. ^ Berkleycenter.georgetown.edu . - According to religionnews.com , he is the "director of public affairs at the London-based Al-Khoei Foundation"; Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. According to (World Economic Forum), Yousif Al Abualqassim Al Khoei is "Director, Al-Khoei Foundation, United Kingdom". 
7. ↑ ammanmessage.com: The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation, United Kingdom
8. ↑ Murdered cleric's family vow to continue his work The Guardian - accessed June 11, 2017
9. ^ Abdul Majid al-Khoei The Guardian , April 12, 2003 - accessed June 11, 2017
10. ↑ According to earlier information on the website al-khoei.org .

Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation (alternative names of the lemma)
Al-Khoei Foundation; Imam Al-Khoei Foundation; Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation; Al-Khoei Foundation; Al-Khoei Islamic Foundation

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