Five Core Functions

Religious Services

• Seeking religious edicts for new issues facing the North American community
• Answering individuals’ and communities’ jurisprudence questions
• Performing divorce by religious authority when other solutions have been exhausted

Religious Education

• Cultivating an Islamic lifestyle of faith and good citizenry for the North American community
• Providing Islamic education and practice through various mediums to the far reaches of our community
• Sponsoring ambitious students from our various communities to study in seminaries abroad

Managing Charity & Dues

• Accepting Khums and other religious dues
• Assisting Islamic Institutions in obtaining permission for accepting and utilizing Khums
• Distribution of charity and dues for religious needs and development in the North American community

Hawzah Liaison

• Establishing a connection, by bringing the messages of the Marjayea to the North American Community
• Inviting senior scholars from the Hawzah to visit North America to gain a better understanding of our community’s daily challenges and issues
• Creating a platform between local scholars and experts with those in the Hawzah to exchange scholarly expertise in order to enhance religious and social development

Community Cohesion

• Creating a nexus between the various places of worship to develop a cohesive support structure for each other
• Facilitating gatherings of scholars and experts to create unified strategies in order to address current issues facing our North American communities
• Mediating and arbitrating conflicts between different groups of believers and places of worship