Islamic Assembly of North America
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The Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA) is a Muslim
Muslim
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organization headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Activities
According to its website, IANA's goals include to "unify and coordinate the efforts of the different dawahDawah
Da‘wah or Dawah usually denotes the preaching of Islam. Da‘wah literally means "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation", being the active participle of a verb meaning variously "to summon" or "to invite"...
oriented organizations in North America and guide or direct the Muslims of this land to adhere to the proper Islamic methodology."
IANA's activities include conventions, general meetings, dawah-oriented institutions and academies, books of an academic, dawah-oriented or Islamic thought nature in both Arabic and English, magazines and other periodical literature, technical programs, youth programs, investment projects and other means possible in this country.
IANA's principles
Principles
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include presenting "the correct Islamic methodology derived from the Book of Allah and the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, according to the understanding and application of the early pious forefathers is the basic premise and framework for the work of IANA."