Mohamad Jawad Chirri
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{{Infobox religious biography|religion=Islam
| era = Contemporary history
| image =
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| name = Mohamad Jawad Chirri
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|10|1|df=y}}
Lebanon
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|11|10|1905|10|1|df=y}}
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
| denomination = Shia Islam
| Maddhab = Twelver Ja'fari jurisprudence
| school_tradition =
| ethnicity = Arab
| region = Middle East and the US
| notable_ideas= Islamic Center of America
| main_interests = Kalam, Tafsir, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul, Fiqh, Dawah
| influences = Ayatollah Khomeini{{cite web |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-08-18-8703020754-story.html|title= MECCA DEATHS SPLIT U.S. MOSLEMS|last= Franklin|first= Stephen|date= 18 August 1987|website= chicagotribune.com|publisher= The Chicago Tribune|access-date= 5 April 2019|quote=“Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri, the scholarly, Lebanese-born admirer of Iran`s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini“}}
| influenced =
| works = The Shi'ites Under Attack, others
}}
Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri ({{langx|ar|محمد جواد شري}}; October 1, 1905 – November 10, 1994) was the founder and director of the Islamic Center of America{{Cite web |url=http://www.icofa.com/aboutus/chirri.html |title=Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri |access-date=2006-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021173007/http://www.icofa.com/aboutus/chirri.html |archive-date=2006-10-21 |url-status=dead }} until his death.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
Books authored
In addition to writing The Shi'ites Under Attack:
Books about Islamic jurisprudence and its basis:
- Al-Riyad in the Basis of Jurisprudence
- Al-Taharah (the purity)
- Fasting
- The Book of Prayer
- The Islamic Wills-
A book about the caliphate:
- The Caliphate in the Islamic Constitution.
Books in English about Islam:
- Muslim Practice
- The Faith of Islam
- Inquiries About Islam
- Imam Hussein, Leader of the Martyrs
- The Brother of the Prophet Muhammad (the Imam Ali). (He also wrote this book in Arabic and named it Amir al-Mu'minin){{fact|date=November 2024}}
Mission
Imam Chirri's goal was to spread Islam in a country that had not known it and to a community that he felt was starving for it. The sizable Muslim community in the Dearborn/Detroit metro area can serve as an example of his influence.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
Biography
Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri was born in Lebanon to a Shi’a Muslim family. He was a graduate of the theological seminary of Najaf in Iraq. He then traveled to the United States of America in 1948 .{{fact|date=November 2024}}
Building the Islamic Center of Detroit
In 1959, Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri traveled to the United Arab Republic (Egypt) to meet with President Gamal Abdel Nasser to seek financial assistance in building a new mosque in America. The Islamic Center of Detroit (which would later be renamed the Islamic Center of America) opened its doors in 1962.{{fact|date=November 2024}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.al-islam.org/person/shaykh-muhammad-jawad-chirri Various works in English] by Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Chirri
- [http://www.icofa.com/ Islamic Center of America]
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Category:American Shia Muslims
Category:Lebanese Shia Muslims