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Mission
Statement of
the Minaret of Freedom Institute
"Those who, of their own free will and
without any compulsion,
act according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah wear
the turban of freedom."
-- Khwaaja-i-Jahaan Mahmuud Gawaan.
The Minaret of Freedom Institute was
founded in 1993 with a dual
mission for educating both Muslims and non-Muslims. For non-Muslims our
mission is:
- to counter distortions and
misconceptions about Islamic beliefs
and practice
- to demonstrate the Islamic origins of
modern values like the
rule
of law and sciences like market economics
- to advance the status of Muslim peoples
maligned by a hostile
environment
in the West and oppressed by repressive political regimes in the
East
For Muslims, in fulfillment of the obligations laid upon them by the
Qur'an
and the Sunnah, our mission is:
- to discover and publish the
politico-economic policy
implications
of Islamic law (shari`ah) and their consequences on the economic
well-being of the community,
- to expose both American and
Islamic-world Muslims to free
market
thought
- to educate Islamic religious and
community leaders in economics
and in the fact that liberty is a necessary, though not sufficient,
condition
for the achievement of a good society,
- to promote the establishment of free
trade and justice (an
essential
common interest of Islam and the West)
To build upon the words of Thomas Jefferson, in fulfilling these goals
we are pledged to wage unending holy struggle (jihâd)
against
every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
We shall implement these goals through:
- independent scholarly research (ijtihâd)
into policy
issues of concern to Muslim countries and/or to Muslims in America;
publication
of scholarly and popular expositions of such research;
- translation of appropriate works on
the
free market into the languages
of the Muslim world with introductions and commentaries by Muslim
scholars;
- and the operation of a scholars exchange
program both to allow
institute
associates to make presentations to academics and policy makers in
Muslim
countries and to permit libertarian Muslims from abroad to spend time
in
contact with market-oriented Muslim scholars in America and to have
access
to resources not available in their home countries.
The Minaret of Freedom Institute is classified as a tax-exempt entity
under
§ 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. It relies
upon voluntary contributions from private corporations, foundations,
and
individuals to continue its work. |
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