Civil Service Islamic Society (CSIS) is a British

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, voluntary society, representative of mainstream Islamic opinion.

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The Civil Service Islamic Society was launched in February 2005. It is a non-political, voluntary society, representative of mainstream Islamic opinion in central government, it is based in the United Kingdom. The organisation aims to build on common shared inter-faith values for the benefit of the

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. The mission is to raise awareness of Islam, influence areas of interests and empower its Muslim staff by acting as a representative body of mainstream Islamic affairs. The patron and ambassador of the organisation is

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and the president of the organisation is

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* Organizations established in 2005 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom Islamic organisations based in the United Kingdom Civil Service (United Kingdom) {{Islam-org-stub