Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought

The Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) is an islamistic think tank dedicated to "a common commitment to developing the social and political ideology of Islam", and to promoting the "global Islamic movement" as "an alternative worldview to that of the western civilization".[1]

It was established in 1998 by the associates of Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), Director of the The Muslim Institute in London. Members include director Zafar Bangash of Toronto, Canada, Muhammad al-Asi and Imam Abdul Alim Musa of Washington DC, and Iqbal Siddiqui of London, now the editor of the Crescent International magazine.

Crescent International a biweekly magazine associated with the ICIT, published in Canada.[2][2][3] It is the continuation of a local Toronto Pakistani community paper founded in the early 1970s,[3] converted to an international news magazine by Kalim Siddiqui in 1980. Siddiqui acted as editor from 1975 to 1998. An Arabic edition, called Al-Hilal Al-Dawli, was published from 1986–89. Between 1998 and 2008, Crescent International was edited by Iqbal Siddiqui. It is now managed by an editorial board consisting of Zafar Bangash, Afeef Khan and Imam Muhammad al-Asi.

Other major contributors include Imam Muhammad al-Asi of Washington, D.C., whose tafsir is being serialised, M A Shaikh in London, and Perwez Shafi in Pakistan. Former editor Iqbal Siddiqui is now a columnist. Crescent International is also published online, under the name "Muslimedia", and with a daily news analysis under crescent-online.net.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Global Islamic Movement: Outline of a Grand Strategy, Kalim Siddiqui 1992
  2. 1 2 Tony Ruprecht (14 December 2010). Toronto's Many Faces. Dundurn. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4597-1804-3. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Crescent International, 1980-". Kalim Siddiqui. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Crescent International is a publication of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT)

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