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NAIF: The Federation to Support the Ambassadors of Islam
The North American Imams Federation (NAIF) is committed to and focuses on supporting Imams in their sacred loftiest mission, namely calling people to the way of Allah …

NAIF's Goals
NAIF has multiple goals that are basically focused on improving Imams' communicative skills as ambassadors of Islam, protecting their rights, organizing their collaborative efforts and addressing their needs and problems …

Why NAIF?
The main reason for establishing NAIF is the lack of organizations particularly concerned with Imams' prosperity. Extant organizations provide limited support only to Imams who serve their goals.

NAIF’s Organizational Structure
Board of Trustees (BOT )
-Committees

Executive Committe
-Newsletter Committee
-Media Handling Committee
-Licensing Committee
-Contracts Committee
-Regional Committees

NAIF Basic Achievements
-NAIF Study Abroad Initiative
-Establsihing A New Office in Washington DC
-Establishing a Strong and Regular Phone Conference System.
-Coordinating the Work of Imams through NAIF Virtual Office.
-Establishing a Link with a Contact Person at Each State.
-Preparing a Directory with a Complete List of Imams and Masajid.
-Participation in AMJA Workshops.
-Accomplishing Five Fundraising Initiatives.
-Services for Imams.

Partner Organizations
NAIF seeks establishing relationships with Islamic organizations (IOs) that are licensed to operate in North America. Its relationship with these IOs is collaborative, complementary, and cooperative.
The basic partner organizations that collaborate with NAIF are:
ICNA, ISNA, CAIR, AMJA, MLDF, LIFE, ISLAMIC RELIRF.


NAIF has more than 150 members serving in masajid of all sizes, which offer their communities the religious, social and cultural services that are integral to their lives as Muslims. NAIF is currently preparing a record that will include profiles of NAIF Imams and their mosques. This will enable the Shuyookh to be aware of the Imams working in other areas, help encourage communication between them, and also allow them to see the types of activities that different masajid have initiated, thereby drawing ideas and insights of the services available for Muslims and the potential for new projects. Listed below are some of the mosques that have NAIF members as Imams. (Information about the mosques is courtesy of the masajid websites and the Pluralism Project, www.pluralism.org. The masajid were selected at random to represent different regions of the United States and as a reflection of the exemplary work that we believe all masajid and Imams in general do wherever they may be.)