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I needed some information on the Ithna’Ashari sect in West Africa.

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I am a Muslim convert of eight years and have obtained my PhD in the U.K. London, in Islamic mystical and francophone literature of West Africa. I am trying to put a new research proposal together, and I am thinking of writing on the growth of the Ithna'ashari madhhab in West Africa. Please give me some information about the Shia Ithna'ashari Islamic Movement in West Africa.

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We apologize for the delay in responding to you. Information like that which you are looking for can only be found in specific centers, and although our researchers tried their best, they weren’t able to get the desired results for your request. At the same time, we will introduce some centers in which might be able to help you out and maybe entirely give you what you are looking for.

The Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly

Internet address: http://www.hozeh.net/en.php

E-mail: info@ahlul-bayt.org

World Forum for proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Internet address: www.taghrib.org

E-mail: Mtmtbmi@yahoo.com

Islamic World center

E-mail: Islamic_world.center2@noornet.net

The Institute for Shi'ite Studies

Internet address: http://www.shistu.org

E-mail: info@shistu.org

The Imam Ali Institute

Internet address: www.rafed.net

E-mail: imamali@rafed.net

This institute also has a branch in Nairobi, Kenya

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