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The association

emphasises

peaceful

coexistence and

respect for the

laws of the land in

which one resides.

social services department aims to and help the poor, the orphaned, Michigan State
support Shi‘ah Muslims in North the under privileged, and all those
America in their pursuit of a vibrant whose situation requires assistance, Michigan is a state in the Great
and meaningful personal, spiritual, and, wherever IMAM is able through Lakes region of the Midwestern
religious, financial, and social life, any legal and proper means, United States. The name
through following the teachings to support and uplift the moral, Michigan is the French form of
of Shi‘ah Islam. Many individuals spiritual, and educational status of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa,
across the US and Canada contact such individuals, regardless of their meaning ‘large water’ or ‘large
IMAM in the hopes of receiving help geographic location, whether they lake’. Michigan is the ninth most
with the specific situations that they are local or international. populous of the 50 United States,
are dealing with. with the 11th most extensive total
There is also a humanitarian area (and the largest state by
services department that collects total area east of the Mississippi
and raises funds for the purpose River). Its capital is Lansing, and
of humanitarian aid to support its largest city is Detroit.

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