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World Islamic Mission

Word Islamic Mission
AbbreviationWIM
Formation1972
Founder
TypeReligious organisation, NGO
Legal statusActive
PurposePromote Islam
HeadquartersManchester, United Kingdom
Region
Global
Official language
Urdu, Arabic and English, and other languages,
President (Sadr in Urdu)
Qamaruzzaman Azmi

World Islamic Mission (WIM) is an international Muslim organisation of Sufi-inspired Barelvi Sunni Muslims.[1] It was established in the United Kingdom by Allama Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, Pir Syed Ma'roof Hussain Shah Arif Qadri Naushahi and Allama Arshadul Qaudri in Bradford in 1972.[1] It is active in Europe, the United States of America, North America, Africa, and Asia. The headquarters is in Bradford, UK.

Leadership

The movement is led by Qamaruzzaman Azmi, a Sunni Muslim scholar who was named in 2011 by Georgetown University as one of the "500 Most Influential Muslims in the World".[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Ballard, Roger; Banks, Marcus (1 January 1994). Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. Hurst. ISBN 9781850650911.Breivik's sanity|date=April 28, 2012|publisher=Fox News|agency=AP|access-date=April 29, 2012}}
  2. ^ "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). Gwu.edu. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Download | The Muslim 500". Themuslim500.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

This information is adapted from Wikipedia which is publicly available.

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