THE COUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS PREAMBLE

We the Muslims, practicing Islam under the guidance of the Qur'an and the Sunna of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to foster religious, educational, economic, interfaith and social activities, and to promote mutually beneficial community affairs, we have established many community organizations. WE are desirous of coordinating the activities of such organizations to achieve a meaningful influence in the community at large. For this purpose, and with Allah's blessings, we resolve to establish the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan. Enacted on this 2nd day of December, nineteen hundred and ninety.

                Through community empowerment benefiting all the people of Michigan 

1)    Muslims are part of the diverse fabric of the United States and the State of Michigan.  

2)    Muslim Americans play a productive role in our society as neighbors, co-workers, colleagues, schoolmates, and friends. Michigan is home to one of the largest populations of America's Muslims, second only to California, New York and Illinois.   

3)    Michigan's Muslim population is economically diverse, utilizing a variety of academic specialties, professions and business skills, figuring prominently in Michigan, contributing to the betterment of our State. 

4)    Muslims from Michigan serve in the US armed forces and in the State's law-enforcement agencies.   

5)    Muslims in Michigan are important part of the State's landscape - Detroit Metro International Airport is named after a Muslim, Deputy Mayor of Detroit was a Muslim and the current Director of the Michigan Department of Human Services is a Muslim. Muslims are judges, city officials, school board members and appointees on many important State commissions.   

6)    Muslim children attend the same schools and universities as other children in Michigan. 

7)    Muslims share the same work places and living in the same communities as other Michiganians.   

8) Muslims of Michigan contribute in efforts to make Michigan a more moral, just, economically stronger, secure, and peaceful and a better place in which to live, worship, and prosper. Through its education, leadership, advocacy and outreach initiatives, the Council strives to empower its member organizations and the Muslim community for the collective benefit of all the people of Michigan and, hence, contribute to the betterment of American society.