Aliya Hassen: Transnational Networks, Ecumenism and American Islam by Thomas Simsarian Dolan

“…Because this organizing engaged both Arab and non-Arab American groups, including the Federation of Islamic Associations, Islamic Center of DC, the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the Nation of Islam, Muslim Mosque, Inc., Ahmadiyya missionaries, and the Muslim World League, it challenges the salience of American racial formations and even national frames as meaningful analytical categories. …”
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Workshop on lslamization of Knowledge by Tayyib Zain al-Abedin

“…It was jointly sponsored by the University's Center for Islamic Studies, the Islamic Education Trust of Nigeria, the Muslim World League, and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). …”
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Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching, and Politics by Christopher Anzalone

“…African and Saudi Salafis also forged relationships with local African partners, in- cluding powerful political figures such as Ahmadu Bello and his religious adviser Abubakar Gumi, by attracting them with the benefits of establishing ties with wealthy international Islamic organizations founded and backed by the Saudi state, including the Muslim World League. Nigerian Salafis returning from their studies in Saudi Arabia actively promoted their Salafi canon among local Muslims, waging an aggressive proselytization campaign that sought to chip away at the dominance of traditional political and religious elites, the Sufi shaykhs. …”
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