The World Muslim Congress (''Motamar al-Alam al-Islami'') (Arabic: مؤتمر العالم الإسلامي) is an
Islamic
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organization based in
Karachi
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. Its co-founder and Secretary-General for over four decades was
Inamullah Khan. It was the recipient of the 1987
Niwano Peace Prize, and Khan was the recipient of the 1988
Templeton Prize
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.
['']New York Times
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'', 19 April 1988
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/ref> It has general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The Congress was founded at the 1949 World Muslim Conference in Karachi, following the creation of Pakistan
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in 1947. Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who presided over the Conference, was elected President of the Congress
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.[Husain Haqqani (2005), May 19, 2005]
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'' Current Trends in Islamist Ideology'', vol. 1 Its cofounder and Secretary-General for over four decade
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s was Inamullah Khan.[
Although formally founded in 1949, the Congress traces its roots to a Congress hosted in ]Mecca
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in 1926 hosted by Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia shortly after his occupation of Mecca and Medina
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; he "hoped twould confer Islamic sanction upon his administration of the holy cities, instead tleveled many criticisms, and he did not reconvene it." Mohammad Amin al-Husayni had also been a leading figure at this Congress.[World Muslim Congress]
History
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President of World Muslim Congress
* Abdullah Omar Nasseef
Vice - President of World Muslim Congress
* Abdullah omer naseer
Secretary General of World Muslim Congress
* Senator Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
Executive Director of World Muslim Congress Nigerian Office
* Mallam AbdulRazzaq Ibrahim Salman
See also
* General Islamic Congress
References
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International Islamic organizations
Islam in Karachi
Islamic organisations based in Pakistan