International Institute of Islamic Thought

The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) is a privately held non-profit organization concerned with issues of Islamic thought. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, the Institute was founded in 1981 AC (1401 AH) with seed money from the Muslim Brotherhood, and has branches and offices in a number of major cities worldwide.

Mission statement
Governed by a Board of Trustees that meets regularly and periodically elects one of its members to serve as President, the Institute describes itself as an intellectual forum working from an Islamic perspective to promote and support research projects, organize intellectual and cultural meetings and publish scholarly works. It has established a distinct intellectual trend in Islamic thought which relates to the vivid legacy of the greater Muslim community, or Ummah, and its continuous efforts of intellectual and methodological reform. This involves a large number of researchers and scholars from various parts of the world.

Notable personnel

 * Anwar Ibrahim
 * Jamal al Barzinji
 * Ahmad Totonji
 * Yaqub Mirza
 * Ismail al-Faruqi
 * Taha Jabir Alalwani

SAAR Network raid
The Institute's Herndon, VA, headquarters, located at 555 Grove St., were subject of a March 20, 2002 raid, along with 19 other business and non-profit entities allegedly related to an umbrella corporation known as the SAAR Foundation, as part of a joint FBI-Customs Service program known as Operation Green Quest. No arrests were made, and neither the Institute, nor any of the other entities were shut down, but numerous documents, computers, and electronic storage were seized. In the aftermath, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, with the help of Grover Norquist, arranged a meeting with representatives of the Muslim-American community, including Talat M. Othman and Khaled Saffuri.