World Islamic Mission

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The World Islamic Mission's mosque in Oslo, Norway

World Islamic Mission (WIM) is an international Muslim organisation of Sufi-inspired[1] Barelvi Sunni Muslims.[2] It was established in the United Kingdom and inaugurated by Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, Syed Ma'roof Hussain, Shah Arif Qadri Naushahi and Maulana Arshadul Qaudri in Mecca in 1972. In the United Kingdom and in parts of Europe it worked for countering a growing influence of Wahhabi and Deobandi organisations.[3]

Leaders

Qamaruzzaman Azmi is a scholar of mainstream Sunni Islam.[4] In 2011 Georgetown University[5] listed him as one of the "500 Most Influential Muslims in the World".[6][7]

Shahid Raza OBE[8] was born on 13 December 1950 in Fatahpur, India. 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. He is also Executive Secretary and Registrar of The Muslim Law (Shariah) Council UK.[9]

References

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  8. http://maulanashahidraza.com/
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