Global Forum for Moderation ( in Brief )

1-1: Establishment

• The idea of establishing the Global Forum for Moderation started in the First international Conference held in Amman , the Capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , in 2004 .
•  The decision to establish Global Forum for Moderation was made in the Second of the Global Conference in 2006.
•  Outstanding Islamic figures from all parts of the world signed the establishment decision .
•  The Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan agreed to host the Forum Headquarters in Amman in 2007 and to assign Amman as permanent headquarters of the Forum General Secretariat.

1-2:  Vision

Towards a world dominated by moderation and tolerance , free of extremism,  violence, exaggeration , and terrorism of all names and shapes.

1-3:  Mission

To focus on the true image of Islam , concerning thought , culture , and behavior, to spread the moderation message in understanding Islam as a religion and civilization , to spread the tolerance spirit and human debate, to propagate  the intellectual and culture identity of Islamic humanity , to refuse extremism concepts of all shapes, to have a world dominated by moderation depending on debate to reach its noble goals towards  a world free of extremism and terrorism.

1-4:   Forum Objectives

• To deep-root concepts of Islamic moderation as means to right thinking ,intellect production , practical actions among the nation's individuals and institutions , to enhance the nation's ability to play its major cultural role through moderation. 

 • To spread the Islamic human mission and introduce it to all nations and peoples. 

• To confront the nation's issues and to offer programs and   solutions   to overcome them through the Islamic moderation vision . 

• To empower all values of freedom , justice, and human   rights    and to defend them as a basic principle of Islam.

• To call for tolerance , debate , and violence rejection among nations and peoples through widening the circles of communication and debate with others. 

• To face and handle exaggeration phenomena in religion and deviation in text interpretation, according to   what is established by Islamic moderation, tolerance, and comprehensiveness : faith , sharee'a ,  worship, transactions , intellect , and behavior . 

• To strengthen the woman's role in community building through her participation in all activities. 

• To call for guaranteeing the rights of national minorities of special cultural ,ethnic , religious , and sectarian identities , provided by the welcoming tolerance Islamic environment. 

• To   strengthen  bonds of  cooperation , meeting ,  consultation ,with integration among all Islamic forces and personalities. 

•  To preserve the Islamic identity of the nation, to remain a moderate nation , witnessing over people , commanding what  is good , forbidding what is evil,  refraining from overaction and negligence  . 

• To unify the nation's forces, with all sects and trends, to unify scholars , efforts, and intellectual attitudes towards the major issues of the nation in order to confront challenges as one front , and to ban de-islamizing   a Muslim from the eight approved sects . 

• To  found   an   office to collect fatawa  that   unify    the   nation   from    a   moderation prospective and to work on spreading them. 

1-5:  Means

1. To connect with Muslim leaders , effective and  decision-making  figures ,and those able to steer public opinion wisely , to make people  stand in the general Islamic ranks and show   them the risks  on  the  nation ,  identity ,varied interests , and expected positive roles.

2. To debate with cultural , intellectual , and political trends  in  the   Islamic world , whoever they are , in order to crystallize Islamic trends and Islamic intellect .

3. To hold  conventions and seminars to discuss issues  related to Islam   and Muslims  and  common  human  issues  and  to  unify  the  Islamic   public opinion on such issues.

4. To publish   books ,   periodicals  , and pamphlets  which discuss differen issues that concern our nation and the world wide of today.

1-6:  Organizational structure

The organizational structure consists of :

1. General body.
2. board of Trustees
3. Executive  Office
4. Administrative staff.

1-7: Forum Sections

1. Center of Studies , Consultations , and Training

2. Renewal – Writers Union

3. Women affairs Center

4. Quran – Recitation Center

5. Moderation – Youth association.

6. Moderation Periodical for Intellect and Culture

7. Global Acquaintance Centre ( under construction )

1- 8: Forum Branches Abroad

The Forum has branches outside Jordan :

1. Tunisia Branch
2.  Algeria Branch
3.  Mauretania Branch
4. Yemen Branch
5. Morocco Branch
6. Sudan Branch
7. Nigeria Branch
8. Iraq Branch
9. Iraq – Kurdistan Branch
10. Pakistan Branch
11. Egypt Branch
12. Jordan's Branches ( Amman , Jerash , Salt , Karak )

1-9 : Foreign Relations and Global Cooperation

The forum has many cooperative relations with many organizations; bodies, research and study centers, and universities ,organized by agreements and understanding of memorandums, such as :

1. Membership of the organization of Islamic cooperation.  
2. Understanding memorandum with the international Islamic University( Malaysia)
3. Understanding memorandum with the international Islamic University Islamabad- (Pakistan)
4. Understanding memorandum with the Iraqi Sunnite  Endowment   Divan   (Iraq)
5. Understanding memorandum with the Malaysian  Moderation   Center
6.  Understanding memorandum with the Preachers' Center   ( Kurdistan)
7. Cooperation memorandum with Arab Renaissance Association for  Democracy and Development
8. Muslim Scholars Board in Iraq
9. Universal Center for Human Justice, Palestine
10. Jordan University  
11. Mu'ta University
12. Doha Global Centre for interfaith dialogue.
13. Global Shafite University, Indonesia
14. Ukrainian Center for Communication and Debate
15. Guidance-Reform Association
16. Qatar University
17. ministry of religions affairs in Maldives
18. Harmon Centre for Contemporary Studies
19. Human Center for Studies and Administrative Development
20. Higher institute of Islamic civilization – Zaytouna University- Tunisia.

    1-10:  Financial Resources

The Forum's resources consist of :

1. Annual affiliation fees
2. Grants of Arab and Islamic governments
3. Returns and benefits from fund investments
4. Revenues of research , publications , and printed materials
5. Endowment income
6. Any other Resources approved by the board of Trustees