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Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri (محمد جواد شري; October 1, 1905 – November 10, 1994) was the founder and director of the Islamic Center of America until his death.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Al-Azhar University, Arabs, Biographical evaluation, Contemporary history, Dawah, Dearborn, Michigan, Fiqh, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hadith, Hawza, History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit, Imam, Islam, Islamic Center of America, Ja'fari school, Kalam, Lebanese Shia Muslims, Lebanon, Mahmud Shaltut, Najaf, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Ruhollah Khomeini, Sheikh, Shia Islam, Tafsir, The Shi'ites Under Attack, Twelver Shi'ism, United Arab Republic, United States.

  2. American Shia Muslims
  3. American imams
  4. Lebanese imams

Al-Azhar University

The Al-Azhar University (1) is a public university in Cairo, Egypt.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Biographical evaluation

Biographical evaluation (ʿilm ar-rijāl; literally meaning 'Knowledge of Men', but more commonly understood as the Science of Narrators) refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within hadith terminology in which the narrators of hadith are evaluated.

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Contemporary history

Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present.

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Dawah

(دعوة,, "invitation", also spelt dâvah,,, or dakwah) is the act of inviting people to Islam.

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Dearborn, Michigan

Dearborn is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.

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Fiqh

Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970.

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Hadith

Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.

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Hawza

A hawza (حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah (حوزة علمیة) is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a madrasa (i.e. seminary) where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.

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History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area has one of the largest concentrations of people of Middle Eastern origin, including Arabs and Chaldo-Assyrians in the United States.

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Imam

Imam (إمام,;: أئمة) is an Islamic leadership position.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islamic Center of America

The Islamic Center of America (Arabic: ٱلْمَرْكَز ٱلْإِسْلَامِيّ فِي أَمْرِيكَا‎, al-Markaz al-ʾIslāmīy Fī ʾAmrīkā) is a mosque located in Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States.

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Ja'fari school

The Jaʿfarī school, also known as the Jafarite school, Jaʿfarī fiqh (الفقه الجعفري) or Ja'fari jurisprudence, is a prominent school of jurisprudence (fiqh) within Twelver and Ismaili (including Nizari) Shia Islam, named after the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq.

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Kalam

Ilm al-kalam or ilm al-lahut, often shortened to kalam, is the scholastic, speculative, or philosophical study of Islamic theology (aqida).

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Lebanese Shia Muslims

Lebanese Shia Muslims (المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيون), communally and historically known as matāwila (متاولة, plural of متوال mutawālin; pronounced as متوالي metouali or matawali in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite and Druze sects.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Mahmud Shaltut

Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut (محمود شلتوت; 23 April 1893 – 13 December 1963) was an Egyptian figure best known for his attempts in Islamic reform. Mohamad Jawad Chirri and Mahmud Shaltut are 20th-century imams.

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Najaf

Najaf or An-Najaf or Al-Najaf (ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf (ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), is the capital city of Najaf Governorate in central Iraq about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad.

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Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence (translit) are traditional methodological principles used in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) for deriving the rulings of Islamic law (sharia).

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. Mohamad Jawad Chirri and Ruhollah Khomeini are 20th-century imams.

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Sheikh

Sheikh (shaykh,, شُيُوخ, shuyūkh) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder".

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Tafsir

Tafsir (tafsīr; Explanation) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran.

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The Shi'ites Under Attack

The Shi'ites Under Attack is a book written by Sh'ia Twelver Islamic scholar Muhammad Jawad Chirri, late founder and director of the Islamic Center of America.

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Twelver Shi'ism

Twelver Shīʿism (ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة), also known as Imāmiyya (إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa, comprising about 90% of all Shīas.

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United Arab Republic

The United Arab Republic (UAR; translit) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1961.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

American Shia Muslims

American imams

Lebanese imams

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamad_Jawad_Chirri

Also known as Mohamad Chirri, Muhammad Jawad Chirri.