World Islamic Mission
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The World Islamic Mission (WIM) is an international Muslim organisation of Sunni Muslims. It was started by Qaid-e-Ahle Sunnat Hazrat Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi
Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi
Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi was a Barelvi Sunni spiritual and political leader in Pakistan. Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and later president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ....

, Hazur Aalmi Muballigh e Islam Pir Syed Ma'roof Hussain Shah Arif Qadri Naushahi and Ra'ees-ul-Qalam Hazrat Allama Arshadul Qaudri
Allama Arshadul Qaudri
Arshadul Qaudri was an Islamic scholar of the Barelvi movement in India.He founded a few institutions and organizations inside India. He earned international fame for two of his works Zalzala and Zer-o-Zabar....

 in Holy Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

 in 1972. The World Islamic Mission has grown to serve Muslims across Europe, the United States of America, North America, Africa, and Asia. The headquarters of World Islamic Mission is in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, UK.

Aims

Its aim is to spread the true teachings of Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 in the light of Hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....

s and Sunnah
Sunnah
The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...

 of Prophet Muhammad. In this regard it is active in at least 24 countries around the world. It aims to promote Islamic knowledge, enhance social development, spread the message of Islam, and inculcate sincere love and respect for Prophet Muhammad.

Leaders

His Eminence Huzoor Muffakir-e-Islam Hazrat Allama Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi
Qamaruzzaman Azmi
.Allama Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi is a prominent scholar in the Ahle sunnah wal jamah and Sufism. Millions of people across the Indian Sub-Continent, Middle East, Europe, America and Canada revere and respect him...

 is a great prominent scholar of mainstream Sunni Islam. Millions of people across the world revere and respect him. His work in India, Middle East, South Africa, America, Canada, UK, Holland, Norway, Belgium and Germany is most notable. In India his speeches attract a crowd of 150,000-250,000 people which is unthinkable in Europe and America. His Eminence's great selfless work throughout the world was recognised by the great scholars when he was awarded the Mufti-e-Azam Gold Medal Award at a major event held in Mumbai, India on 3 April 2011. Leading scholars and key figures across the world wrote articles to highlight the contributions that His Eminence has made in their respective countries and fields which was collated and published in a book by the Raza Academy, Mumbai and launched at the event.

Hazrat Allama Maulana Shahid Raza OBE was born on 13 December 1950 in Fatahpur, India. He graduated in Science from University of Agra in 1969 and post-graduated from University of Meerut in 1974. He went to Moradabad for higher Islamic education leading to a degree of Alim (MA Islamic Studies) from Jaimia Naimia (an Islamic college established in 1909) in 1976 where his Father Moulana Mufti Habibullah (1917-1975) was Shiekh-ul-Hadith and Principal. At the invitation of the management council of Islamic Centre Leicester, he arrived in the UK in February 1978 and joined the centre to serve as its Head Imam. He moved in 1984 to London at the invitation of the late Dr. Zaki Badawi (1922-2006) to join The Muslim College, at the time a pioneering institution in Western Europe for the training of Imams and community leaders. He is also Executive Secretary and Registrar of The Muslim Law (Shariah) Council UK.

Shah Muhammad Anas Noorani Siddiqui Madani, the son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqui (R.A) was born in August 1966 in Madina Munawwarah. The place where he was born has now been included in Masjid Nabawi. After his secondary studies, he followed Islamic studies in Tafsir Quraan (Quranic Sciences), Hadith and Fiqh at Nadratul Uloom in Karachi. Later on he obtained a Bachelor and Master in Islamic Studies. He then went to Tripoli University, Libya, to follow a high level course in Arabic. He also went to one of the most prestigious universities in Iraq, Saddam University, Baghdad where he carried out researc studies in Tafsir and Fiqh.

WIM Welfare Trust

The WIM Welfare Trust was established by Qaid-e-Millat-e-Islamia Hazrat Moulana Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui Qadri Chishty to help needy people and especially Muslims around the world.

See also

  • Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi
    Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi
    Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi was a Barelvi Sunni spiritual and political leader in Pakistan. Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and later president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ....

  • Qamaruzzaman Azmi
    Qamaruzzaman Azmi
    .Allama Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi is a prominent scholar in the Ahle sunnah wal jamah and Sufism. Millions of people across the Indian Sub-Continent, Middle East, Europe, America and Canada revere and respect him...

  • North Manchester Jamia Mosque
    North Manchester Jamia Mosque
    North Manchester Jamia Mosque, is a Mosque in the Cheetham Hill, area of Manchester, England, run under the headship of His Eminence Muffakir-e-Islam Hazrat Allama Maulana Qamaruzzaman Azmi by the Ibadur-Rahman Trust. It is one of the largest Muslim centres in Europe...

  • Al-Jame-atul-Islamia
    Al-Jame-atul-Islamia
    Al-Jame-atul Islamia is one of the largest and most reputable Islamic seminaries of the Ahle sunnah wal jamah Muslims in India. It is located in Raunahi near Lucknow, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India.-History:...

  • Sunni Dawat-e-Islami
    Sunni Dawat-e-Islami
    Sunni Dawat-e-Islami is a non-political Sunni movement to propagate the Quraan and Sunnah.-Foundation:Sunni Dawat-e-Islami was founded by Maulana Shakir Ali Noori in 1991 in India...

  • Sunni
  • Barelwi
    Barelwi
    Barelvi is a term used for the movement of Sufi , Sunni Islam originating in the Indian subcontinent.The Movement is known as Ahle Sunnat movement to its followers....

  • Allama Arshadul Qaudri
    Allama Arshadul Qaudri
    Arshadul Qaudri was an Islamic scholar of the Barelvi movement in India.He founded a few institutions and organizations inside India. He earned international fame for two of his works Zalzala and Zer-o-Zabar....

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