Muslim social service

The Muslim Social Service (abbreviation MSD; Bosnian : Muslimanska socijalna služba ; abbreviation MSS ) was an Islamic cultural association in Austria , in which Arabs , Turks , Bosnians and Egyptians were active. It was founded in Vienna in 1962 by a number of Bosnian Muslim intellectuals living in Austria . The quarterly journal The Straight Path or the follow-up publication under the title Islam and the West was published by him. An important figure in the association was the Bosnian Islamic theologian and scientist Smail Balić (1920–2002) , who lived in Germany .

The purpose and mission of the association was to strengthen the religious awareness of Muslims in Central and Western Europe and to promote and improve the contact and dialogue between Muslims and other religious communities. He took care of Muslim religious affairs and was involved in the coordination of social, cultural and religious activities of the Muslim community in Austria. The association founded mosques , Islamic cultural centers and other institutions and organized lectures on Islam. He was a member of the World Muslim Congress (Islamic World Congress) and closely associated with the Islamic World League and the World Islamic Call Society ( Libya ). Friendly relations were established with Muslims in the former Yugoslavia , Germany , Switzerland , Turkey and other countries.

“[Smail] Balić submitted a petition to the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (BMUKK) in 1971 in order to create the foundation for an“ Islamic religious community ”[...]. On the basis of the Islam Law of 1912 and the Recognition Law of 1874, the establishment of the "Islamic Faith Community in Austria" (IGGiÖ) was granted on May 2, 1979. "

The association became part of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria (IGGiÖ).

literature

• Oliver Pintz: From the Muslim Social Service to the Islamic Faith Community (IGGiÖ). A contribution to the genesis of institutionalized Islam in Austria . Dissertation, University of Vienna 2006 ( ÖNB )
• Smail Balić (Ed.): Austria and Islam; published on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the Muslim Social Service (MSS) in Vienna 1964-1971. Tuna boylarinda islâmiye ( BVB )
• Muslimanska socijalna sluzba = Muslim social service: Bosanskasekcija: Informativni list = information sheet . God. 1. Br. 5, 7, 10.- Vienna: Muslimanska Socijalna sluzba, 1979 ( catalog zbirke emigrantika )

Web links

• muslimische-milieus-in-oesterreich.univie.ac.at: Islam in Austria. A historical summary (with a table on the chronology of the history of Islam in Austria )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Gehler (Ed.): Tirol. "Country in the mountains". Between tradition and modernity (history of the Austrian federal states since 1945 = series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr.-Wilfried-Haslauer-Bibliothek, Dr.-Wilfried-Haslauer-Bibliothek (Salzburg), Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1999; ISBN 9783205987895 , Online excerpt ), p. 448
2. ↑ muslimische-milieus-in-oesterreich.univie.ac.at: Islam in Austria. A historical synopsis - accessed June 29, 2014
3. ↑ cf. ÖNB ( Memento of the original from July 14, 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. - Retrieved June 29, 2014 
4. ↑ portal.dnb.de - accessed on June 29, 2014
5. ↑ norislam.com: Aodili Musilin shehui fuwushe (Huang Lingyu) - accessed on June 29, 2014
6. ↑ muslimische-milieus-in-oesterreich.univie.ac.at: Islam in Austria. A historical synopsis - accessed June 29, 2014