The Formation of the ISCC

The Formation of the Islamic Scholars Council of California (ISCC)
Since the Summer of 2005, Islamic scholars from around Southern California have met together to discuss the many issues that Muslims in California deal with on a daily basis. Though there are, by the grace of Allah, many organizations and individual scholars working independently and within their respective capacities, there are yet many areas requiring a great deal more work. Many important ingredients essential for building a healthy, strong, and educated Muslim society are needed, and more contributions must be made to revive and preserve the Muslim Umma (Muslim community). California has been blessed with many scholars who have spent years of their lives seeking advanced knowledge of the Islamic sciences around the world, sitting at the feet of great scholars who had similarly acquired their knowledge from other scholars, an so on, forming a continual chain to the Messenger of Allah (upon him be peace). However, this group of scholars realized that although many scholars have been working in their own cities and states and providing different services to their communities as imams in masjids, or as teachers in schools, or as members of various organizations, it was necessary to form of a common national platform through which thescholarscould combine their efforts and expertise together in order to assist and complement existing organizations working in North America, and also to attempt to fill the void that still existed in various areas. These gatherings, which took place in Southern California, finally culminated in the formation of this Scholars Council.

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