World Islamic Call Society
The World Islamic Call Society (WICS) ( Arabic جمعية الدعوة الإسلامية العالمية, DMG ǧamʿīyat ad-daʿwa al-islāmīya al-ʿālamīya ) was founded in 1972 in Tripoli , Libya , where its headquarters are to this day. It brings together 250 Islamic organizations from all over the world. Your goal is to carry out missionary work or da'wa all over the world.
She goes from a precursor institution - founded in 1970 Libyan Islamic Missionary Society ( Islamic Mission Society ) - indicates the " public funds for the construction and repair of mosques and Islamic centers in cities as far away as Vienna ( Austria ) and Bangkok ( Thailand ) “Used.
After the end of the Libyan civil war , the National Transitional Council announced that it wanted to cleanse the WICS of its dark side, but would continue to run the religious foundation.
literature
- Martin Kramer: "The Invasion of Islam". In: Ami Ayalon (Ed.): Middle East Contemporary Survey , Volume 14 (1990), ISBN 0-8133-1449-6 , pp. 177 ff. ( Partial online view )
Web links
- www.wics-projects.com Website of the World Islamic Call Society
- World Islamic Call Society (WICS) ( Memento from October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Brief description
- World Islamic Call Society (WICS) in UNESCO NGO database
- reuters.com: Special Report: Gaddafi's secret missionaries
References and footnotes
- ^ Attacks in Moscow: Chechen separatist leader responsible stern.de (according to Reuters), April 1, 2010
- ^ World and Its Peoples . Marshall Cavendish 2007, p. 1221 ( online excerpt )
- ↑ Special Report: Gaddafi's Secret Missionaries By Tom Heneghan, Reuters, Mar 29, 2012