Al-Khoei Foundation also known as Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation is an international charity founded by His Late Eminence Grand Ayatullah Sayed Abulqasim Al-Khoei. Late Grand Ayatullah Al-Khoei was the spiritual leader of much of the Shi'a-Muslim world until his demise in 1992. Al-Khoei Foundation was founded in 1989 and guided by the late Grand Ayatullah to look after the welfare and cater for th
e needs of the Muslim communities, and Shi'a-Muslims in specific, around the globe. Al-Khoei Foundation is a registered charity which runs Islamic centres, schools and universities, lobbies governments to protect the rights of the Muslim communities and acts as an advisor with regards to religious matters, publishes books and magazines, organises various educational and spiritual programmes for the communities and the youth, sponsors and takes part in both inter-faith and intra-faith conferences and caters for the religious and spiritual needs of the Muslim and non-Muslim prisoners in different countries. The Foundation is also the only Shi'a-Muslim organisation that holds a General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the UN. The Foundations is headquartered in London, UK, but also holds branches in the US, Canada, France, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Iraq and Iran.
