World Islamic Call Society (Abbreviated: W.I.C.S) (Arabic: جمعية الدعوة الإسلامية العالمية) is a non-profit entity established in 1972 that comprises more than 250 Islamic Organizations from around the world who are members of its General Congress.
The General Conference of WICS is held once every four years. Its task is to set the outlines for the Society's programs and activities in religious, cultural, social and economic development for the following four years. The General Congress chooses 36 members from among its affiliates to be part of the International Council for Islamic Call.
The WICS was led and funded by leading elements of the Gaddafi regime. The WICS was generally used to promote Libyan soft-power and interests. After the end of the Libyan civil war, the National Transitional Council announced a plan to purge elements of the WICS but still preserve its existence as a religious charity.
Read more about World Islamic Call Society: Financing and Income Sources, WICS and Women, Cooperation With The United Nations, Interfaith Activities
Famous quotes containing the words world, call and/or society:
“And though the shady gloom
Had given day her room,
The sun himself withheld his wonted speed,
And hid his head for shame,
As his inferior flame
The new-enlightened world no more should need;
He saw a greater Sun appear
Than his bright throne or burning axle-tree could bear.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“Wheeler: Aren’t you the fellow the Mexicans used to call “Brachine”?
Dude: That’s nearly right. Only it’s “Borracho.”
Wheeler: I don’t think I ever seen you like this before.
Dude: You mean sober. You’re probably right. You know what “Borracho” means?
Wheeler: My Spanish ain’t too good.
Dude: It means drunk. No, if the name bothers ya’ they used to call me Dude.”
—Jules Furthman (1888–1960)
“I had withdrawn so far within the great ocean of solitude, into which the rivers of society empty, that for the most part, so far as my needs were concerned, only the finest sediment was deposited around me. Beside, there were wafted to me evidences of unexplored and uncultivated continents on the other side.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)