The GIC’s stated mission is to encourage interfaith dialogue, promote peace and unity, and address contemporary challenges for the Muslim world through responsible leadership.
The first to join the Network was his Holiness Ganzevra Sattar Jabbar Hilo al-Zahrony, the worldwide head of The Sabean Mandeans, followed by numerous other prominent religious leaders, including HRH Prince Gharios El Chemor, the Hon.
[12] The unprecedented declaration “states that Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, "bears responsibility for its own reign of corruption and terror against Palestinian civilians within Gaza" and deems "it prohibited to pray for, join, support, finance or fight on behalf of Hamas.”[13] In 2021, the Global Imam Council was recognized by U.S. Special Envoy Elan S. Carr in the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s annual report for adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
[17][18] In 2024, GIC representatives participated in the National Prayer Breakfasts in Washington, DC, and Ottawa, Canada, discussing international religious freedom and fostering interfaith relations.
In December 2022, the GIC took part in the First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit, a gathering of world Leaders, ambassadors, diplomats, entrepreneurs, lawmakers, academics, and clergy from over thirty countries.
[20] In the United Arab Emirates the GIC was received by the UAE’s Grand Ayatollah Khaqani in the capital of Abu Dhabi, alongside the leader of the Islamic Seminary in Iraq (Hawza).
[21] In July of 2024, the Global Imams Council signed a memorandum of understanding with TRENDS Research and Advisory, a UAE-based think tank headed by Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali.
[24] In 2024, the GIC’s Vice President spoke on a panel at the World Economic Forum, delivering a keynote address focused on creating a Peace Curriculum for the nations that signed the Abraham Accords.
[29] These groups have threatened members of the GIC, attempted to interfere with the operation of the council, and have launched campaigns to delegitimize the organization, calling into question the credentials of its top Imams, even those ordained by the preeminent seminaries in the Middle East.
As a testament to this newly granted authority, the GIC has launched a 128-page Islamic magazine titled The Council, which bears the official seal of the Najaf Seminary.
[33] In April 2024, GIC Imams participated in a Jurisprudential Conference alongside the Prime Minister of Iraq and led prayers in Karbala, one of the holiest shrines in the nation.
The meeting revolved around the importance of solidifying the relationship between the Islamic Seminary of Najaf, Iraq, and the religious authorities within Saudi Arabia; as well as the broader Sunni Muslim world.