The International Islamic Council for Da'wah and Relief, (IICDR and variously Dawa'a, Dawaa, Dawah or Da’wa) (Arabic: المجلس الإسلامي العالمي للدعوة والإغاثة), headquartered in Cairo, Egypt consists of 86 Islamic organizations. Its stated purpose is to promote the message of Islam, improve relations between Islamic peoples, and provide aids and assistance for the needy, orphans, and widows.
IICDR includes more than one hundred Islamic NGO's and GO's all over the world. The Presidency Staff Council consists of H.E. Sheikh Al Azhar (president), H.E. Marshal AbdelRahman Sowar Al Dahap (vice-president), H.E. Al Sheikh Yousf Al Hegy (vice-president), H.E. Dr. Abdulah Salih Al Obeid (vice-president), H.E. Prof. Kamel Al Sharif (secretary-general), and Excellencies Presidents of Specialized Committees in the council, Dr. Abdullah Nasif (IICI) Mr. Abdulmalik Al Hamar (IICHR) Dr. S. Abdien (IICW&CH), and Prof. Hamid Bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie (pres. of IIFD).
Goals include guiding the Islamic work and its activities, organizing the efforts of the Islamic Umma (Muslim Nation) to be in service of the fair Islamic issues, developing Islamic acts that are on a mission level of the Islamic civilization which calls on it, assuring unity of the human family, fostering acquaintance among people, and activating the divine values to achieve human dignity, security, and justice on Earth according to the will of Allah.
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