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General Islamic Conference (G.1.C.):

This Council  expresses the feelings of Muslim peoples around the world, as well as their aspirations towards achieving their higher goals. It is the highest policy making body of the Muslim World League and made up of senior Ulema (Muslim scholars) and preachers who frequently meet to discuss major issues concerning Islam and Muslims, and help solve their problems and achieve their benevolent aspirations.  G.I.C. has so far met for serval times as follows:

First: in 1381H(1962).
Second: in 1384H (1965).
Third: in 1408H (1987).
Fourth: in 1423 H (2002).

Constituent Council:

The Constituent Council is the highest authority in the Muslim World League. It approves the plans that have to be implemented by the Secretariat General. The Council consists of sixty (60) prominent Muslim scholars representing Muslim peoples and minorities. Members are appointed according to the decision of the Council. It is stipulated that a prospective member of the Constituent Council must either be a preacher to the path of God, or notably active in the field of Islamic  Dawah.

The Constituent Council meets periodically to review research works and issues submitted either by the Secretariat General or by three members of the Council. It also adopts appropriate resolutions concerning progress so far made by the 'League' in order to achieve its goals, and provides governments and Muslim communities with advice and counseling in the service of Islam and Muslims.

World Supreme Council for Massajid (MSCM):

The WSCM is an affiliate of the M.W.L.   It was formed following a recommendation by the Message of the Mosque Conference, which was organized by the M.W.L. in Holy Makkah between 15 – 18 Ramadan 1395 H. corresponding to 21 – 23 September1975.

The WSCM aims at carrying out the task of the maintenance of the Mosque and helping it undertake the function prescribed by Islam.


The WSCM consists of forty (40) members representing Muslim peoples and communities around the world.


  1. To build and maintain Mosques and attend them frequently for worshipping, and use them as Islamic Dawah, learning and guidance centers.
  2. To Protect the Mosque as well as the 'Waqf' (Islamic endowments) and 'Waqf' property against physical as well as criminal attack, and safeguard its sanctity and purity.
  3. To combat pernicious ideological infilteration, rectify deviant behaviour in the life of the Muslim individual , and to form Muslim public opinion concerning Islamic issues and topics.
  4. To render social, as well as educational services.
  5. To assist Muslim minorities in order to enable them to achieve their rights and practice their religious rites freely.
  6. To support and enable the Ulema (Muslim scholars) to conduct objective dialogues with others.

Duties & Responsibilities:

These include the following:

  1. Develop outlines for reviving the Massjid's  message, particulrly in the fields of guidance, education, Dawah  promulgation and rendering of social services.
  2. Publish a periodical magazine titled " Massjid's Message" focussing on elevating the competency level of  of Imams (spiritual leaders) and orators as well as their performance skill; and provide them with vivid examples of  orations , discourses  and lesssons  according to to the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah.
  3. Publish books, pamphlets and brochures that elucidate the principles of Islam.
  4. Conduct a comprehensive survey for massajids and record their data in a registry and publish them from time to time in the form of periodical publications.
  5. Select a group of preachers who are capable of carrying out  the task of Dawah and oration; and provide them with due training training to conduct guidance tour at the Massajid  the world over.
  6. Conduct continuously  regional and central training courses for Massajid's Imams and preachers with a view to enriching their culture and upgrading their competency.
  7. Form a commission or board of directors for each Masjid so as to supervise directly the Masjids and its  facilities as well as run and manage its affairs.
  8. Study ideas and conduct that conflict with the tenets of Islam and limit their impact.
  9. Contribute to qualification and training of Imams and orators as well as dispatch them to the concentration areas of Muslims for the guidance, enlightenment  and counseling of people and leading them  at prayer.

Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) Council:

 It was founded by a resolution of the Constituent Council in the year 1398 Hijra, and is made up of a selected group of Muslim jurists and scholars who meet periodically to consider serious jurisprudence issues concerning the Ummah (world-wide Islamic community), and issue appropriate rulings based on the texts of the Holy Qur'an and the immaculate Sunnah (tradition of Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him).

Aims and objectives:

The Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) Council aims at furthering the following goals:

  1. Provide authorartative and scientifically- based solutions for the current problems confronting Muslims .
  2. Project the supremacy of the rules of Sharia   (Islamic law) over man-made laws.  
  3. Disseminate  Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).


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