Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri papers 1959-2005

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Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri papers 1959-2005

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Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri was the director of the Islamic Center of America and the writer of many renowned works on Islam. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorandums, board minutes, writing drafts, publications and newsletters related to Chirri and the Islamic Center of America.

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Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri was born in Lebanon on October 1, 1905. He was a graduate of the theological Institute of An-Najaf Al-Ashraf University in Iraq. In 1948, the small Muslim community in the Detroit area invited Imam Chirri to the United States of America. As the spiritual leader to the primarily Lebanese-American community, Imam Chirri envisioned the construction of a new mosque which would help strengthen the local Muslim population as well as enlightened non-Muslims throug...

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