Supreme Islamic Shia Council (abbreviated as SISC), ( pronounced as Al Majles al Islaami al Shi'i al A'la) is the supreme body of the
Shia
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
s of
Lebanon
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and an official entity meant to give the Shia more say in government. It was established in 1967
by
Sayyid Musa al-Sadr.
Establishment
The aim of Imam Musa al-Sadr was the decrease of poverty and deprivation in Lebanon. So he needed to found new political, economics and educational institutes. As the first step, Imam Musa al-Sadr established the Supreme Islamic Shia Council (SISC). Imam Musa al-Sadr was formed a social movement by religion. He as the representative of ’Supreme Islamic Shia Council organized resource by using his effective and established institutes such as occupational institutes.
The first council was made up of 9 individuals with 3 representing the religious establishment and 6 from the notable Shia figures in Lebanon with five being members of the Lebanese Parliament. They were Imam Musa al-Sadr (as president), Sheikh Suleiman al Yahfoufi, Sheikh Khalil Ibrahim Yassin, MPs
Sabri Hamadeh,
Hussein el-Husseini, Fadlallah Dandache, Mohammad Abbas Yaghi, Mahmoud Ammar and the journalist
Riad Taha. Also prominent in the establishment of the Council were Sheikh
Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine who later headed the Council after the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr as well as Sheikh Mahmoud Rida Farhat who was the General Director of the Council.
Supreme Islamic Shia Council (in Lebanon) is the Shia independent organizations from
Sunnis
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. The Shii intelligentsia and customary elites had participated in this council actively. Demands of Supreme Islamic shia Council was related particularly to defenses in southern Lebanon, development funds, construction and improvement of schools and hospitals, an increased number of Shia appointees into Lebanese government positions in order to improve living conditions and prospects for future employment for the Lebanese Shia and provide more proportional representation in the Lebanese government.
See also
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List of people who disappeared mysteriously
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List of Shi'a Muslim scholars of Islam
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Modern Islamic philosophy
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Ismail as-Sadr
Ismail as-Sadr () (born 1842 - died 1919–1920) was a Lebanese-Iraqi Grand Ayatollah, a title which is used in Iran and Iraq referring to a Twelver Shi'a scholar who is a fully qualified mujtahid who asserts authority over peers and followers b ...
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Haydar al-Sadr
Ayatollah Haydar al-Sadr (; 1891–1937) was born in Samarra, Iraq. His father, Ismail as-Sadr (d. 1920) was a Grand Ayatollah and the first to be use the as- Sadr surname, which came to be associated with a long line of religious scholarship wit ...
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Sadr al-Din al-Sadr
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Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a ...
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Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
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Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
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Lebanese people in Iran
References
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Supreme Islamic shia Council
1967 establishments in Lebanon
Islamic political parties in Lebanon
Political parties established in 1967
Political parties in Lebanon
Shia Islamic political parties