Supreme Islamic Shia Council (abbreviated as SISC), ( ar, المجلس الإسلامي الشيعي الأعلى pronounced as Al Majles al Islaami al Shi'i al A'la) is the supreme body of the

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

s of

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

and an official entity meant to give the Shia more say in government. It was established in 1967 by Sayyid Musa al-Sadr.

Establishment

The aim of Imam Musa al-Sadr was the decrease of poverty and deprivation in Lebanon. So he needed to found new political, economics and educational institutes. As the first step, Imam Musa al-Sadr established the Supreme Islamic Shia Council (SISC). Imam Musa al-Sadr was formed a social movement by religion. He as the representative of ’Supreme Islamic Shia Council organized resource by using his effective and established institutes such as occupational institutes. The first council was made up of 9 individuals with 3 representing the religious establishment and 6 from the notable Shia figures in Lebanon with five being members of the Lebanese Parliament. They were Imam Musa al-Sadr (as president), Sheikh Suleiman al Yahfoufi, Sheikh Khalil Ibrahim Yassin, MPs

Sabri Hamadeh Sabri Hamadeh, also written as Sabri Hamadé or Hamada ( ar, صبري حماده) (1902–1976) was a Lebanese politician and long-time Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament. Sabri Hamadeh served as a pioneer in the Lebanese Independence. He worked ...

Hussein el-Husseini Sayyid Hussein El-Husseini ( ar, حسين الحسيني) (born 15 April 1937) is a Lebanese politician and former speaker of the Lebanese parliament, whose efforts in brokering and fathering the Taif Agreement led to the end of the Lebanese Ci ...

, Fadlallah Dandache, Mohammad Abbas Yaghi, Mahmoud Ammar and the journalist

Riad Taha Riad Taha, ( ar, رياض طه) (1927 – 23 July 1980), was a Shia Lebanese people, Lebanese journalist and president of the Lebanese Publishers Association ( ar, نقابة الصحافة اللبنانية). He was assassinated when gunmen op ...

. Also prominent in the establishment of the Council were Sheikh

Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine Ayatollah Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine ( ar, محمد مهدي شمس الدين) was a Lebanese Twelver Shia scholar. Shahid Awwal who known as Shamseddine, sun of the faith, was ancestor of Muhammad Mahdi. Biography Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine ...

who later headed the Council after the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr as well as Sheikh Mahmoud Rida Farhat who was the General Director of the Council. Supreme Islamic Shia Council (in Lebanon) is the Shia independent organizations from

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. The Shii intelligentsia and customary elites had participated in this council actively. Demands of Supreme Islamic shia Council was related particularly to defenses in southern Lebanon, development funds, construction and improvement of schools and hospitals, an increased number of Shia appointees into Lebanese government positions in order to improve living conditions and prospects for future employment for the Lebanese Shia and provide more proportional representation in the Lebanese government.

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