Imam Abdessalam Yassine is the founder of the School of the Method (Madrasat as-Sulūk al-Minhāji), whose project is to reunify the Muslim world in light of the practical model of the Prophet (God bless him and grant him peace) and in fulfillment of the promise of the Last Messenger, who informed of the advent of a second Caliphate according to the Method of the Prophets.

The Imam’s project is elaborated in detail in more than thirty topselling books, as well as in many lectures, articles, and letters. His project expounds an authentic-yet-modern practical method of educating, training, and organizing Muslim activists in order to work for the reconstruction of the shattered edifice of the Muslim community around the world. That is obviously not the ultimate goal since the Muslim community around the world has been depository of the ultimate Divine Message -the Last Testament- which it is enjoined to transmit to the whole world through exemplary behavior, earning thus God’s grace and favor in the Hereafter and the incomparable bliss of contemplating His Face for eternity.

The fundamentals of the Imam’s revivalist, societal project may be summed up in the following:

¨       The method of change is to be progressive, flexible, and indulgent.

¨       It needs a theoretical background so as to be efficient in practice.

¨       Violence and underground activity are to be condemned vehemently and avoided at all costs. As the adage has it: “Kindness succeeds where violence will fail.”

¨       Islam is not the exclusive property of Arabs. Its Message must thus be transmitted to the whole world in the most appropriate, lenient, attractive, and peaceful manner.

¨       To make change, the Muslim man and woman should start with themselves, purifying their hearts and souls from evil intentions and sentiments, educating their minds through drawing inspiration from the perfect model of the Prophet Muhammad (God bless him and grant him peace)-a model of mercy, peace, human respect, equality, and fraternity.

In short, the aim of the project is to establish justice in society and spirituality in the hearts of its citizens. Al-‘Adl and al-Ihsān (Justice and Spirituality) mean at once peace with the Creator and all the creatures, moral rectitude and integrity, spiritual transcendence, social justice, economic prosperity, political stability, and decent life for all human beings-brothers and sisters in faith or in humanity.