History
The Al-Khoei Foundation began relief work in parts of Southern Iraq after the first Gulf War, delivering relief supplies in defiance of US-imposed sanctions.
The Guardian writes:
| “ | Khoei was also concerned to put the Shia faith in a better light in the west, after its shameful misrepresentation, especially in the US press during the Iranian revolution and the Iran-Iraq war, when to be a Shia was virtually equated with being a fanatic - a time, when, as he recalled, there were those in the US who were "scared to shake hands with a man in a black turban".
The result of his efforts was that the al-Khoei Foundation became a UN-affiliated consultative body, and the voice of the worldwide Shia community was heard at last in the halls of power, both east and west. |
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On April 12, 2003, the Al-Khoei family revealed that they are determined to continue the work of their murdered Abdul Majid al-Khoei who was killed in Najaf.
Read more about this topic: Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation
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