Mozdahir

International non-governmental organization

Mozdahir International Institute
*Institut international de Mozdahir*
Founded	2000
Founded at	Dakar, Senegal
Type	International non-governmental organization
Focus	Sustainable development agriculture education
Headquarters	Dakar, Senegal
Area served	West Africa
Director	Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara
Website	mozdahir.sn

Mozdahir (also known as the Mozdahir International Institute; French name: Institut Mozdahir International, IMI or Institut international de Mozdahir) is an international non-governmental organization based in Dakar, Senegal.^[1]^[2]

Overview

It has branches in different African countries, such as Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and other countries.^[3] Mozdahir was founded in 2000 by Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, one of the main Shi'i religious leaders of Senegal.^[4] The NGO works on development projects relating to education, health, agriculture, environment, reforestation, and solar energy, and has partnered with other major NGOs such as the World Food Programme.^[5]^[6]

Mozdahir is headquartered in Dakar, near the University of Dakar's campus. The NGO's main campus in Dakar includes a library and educational facilities. Mozdahir also has a quarterly magazine, regularly hosts conferences, and hosts a radio station called Mozdahir FM 93.2 in Guédiawaye, Dakar, which is the only Shi'i radio station currently being broadcast in Senegal. It carries out many development projects in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, as well as in various parts of West Africa. The organization manages diverse rural development projects, including the creation of new banana plantations in villages such as Nadjaf Al Ashraf.^[7]

Projects

To date, Mozdahir has built:^[8]

Lycées in Bamako, Mali and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
CAPE Maimouna Diao orphanage in Kolda, Senegal
Al Mahdi School, a private school in Kolda, Senegal
an Islamic center in Bafatá, Guinea Bissau
a cultural center in Vélingara, Senegal
new forests in Kolda Region, southern Senegal and Thiès Region, western Senegal

References

^ Chérif Mohamed Aly Aidara, président de Mozdahir International : « L'islam ne peut pas être une religion de violence » Seneweb.
^ Sénégal : 127 jeunes de Vélingara s'informent sur l'islam chiite. Shafaqna.
^ APPEL Chérif Mohamed Ali Aïdara, guide des chiites : «Partout dans le monde, les musulmans sont opprimés» Le Quotidien.
^ Finance Islamique : « C'est un moyen de lutte contre la pauvreté » (Chérif Mohamed Aly Aïdara, Président de l'Institut Mozdahir International). Politique221.
^ Le chiisme au Sénégal Mozdahir. Shia Africa.
^ Leichtman, Mara A. 2015. Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal. Indiana University Press.
^ Leichtman, Mara A. (2017). The NGO-ization of Shi'i Islam in Senegal: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide. ECAS7: 7th European Conference on African Studies. Basel, 29 June - 1 July 2017.
^ A propos de l’IMI. Institute Mozdahir International.