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SCHOLARS

Group Members:1:USAMA AMANAT ALI2:MUHAMMAD FARHAD ASGHAR3:YASIR MANAN GOHAR4:SHARYAR ARIF5: USMAN FAROOQ

Dr Nouman Ali Khan

 He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.Born: 1978Born Place: Berlin, GermanyNationality: AmericanOccupation: Islamic speakerInstitutes: Bayyinah Institute, Founder/CEOWebsite : bayyinah.com bayyinah.tv

 Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies, educational institution in the United States. Nouman Ali Khan teaches about the religion of Islam through his video speeches. He also frequently speaks at Islamic Circle of North America Conventions about Islam, family, and other life topics Bayyinah TV

Biography

TARIQ RAMADAN

Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer. He is the professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology.

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Biography:

BORN: August 26, 1962 (age 53), Geneva, SwitzerlandNATIONALITY: SwitzerlandProfessor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental

Institute, St Antony’s College) and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar) and the University of Malaysia Perlis; Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) and Director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) (Doha, Qatar).

AWARD: In January 2014, Ramadan was nominated for the title of Religious Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Award

BOOKS: Wrote over 30 books, mainly in French. He has also contributed writings to a number of books (not listed here), and prefaced a number of others. Many of his books have been translated into English, Arabic, Dutch, German and Italian. Other translations exist in Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malaysian, Tamil, Polish and Catalan.13 books in EnglishFAMOUS BOOKS:1:To Be a European Muslim(1999)2:Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity(2001)3:Globalisation : Muslim resistances (2004)4: In the Footsteps of the Prophet(2007)

"Tariq Ramadan The Muslim Martin Luther"

Mulana Tariq Jameel

BiographyBorn: 1 January 1953 (age 63)Born Place: Mian

Channu, Khanewal,PakistanMovement: Tablighi JamaatWebsite: http://alh.com.pk

Aao Jannat Pukarti Hai By Maulana Tariq Jameel   ہے پکارتی جنت آ ؤ

Sabaq Amoz Karguzarian By Maulana Tariq Jameel   کارگز ریاں آ موز سبق

Allah Ko Apna Banalo By Maulana Tariq Jameel   بنالو پنا کو للہ

Famous Books:

FARHAT HASHMI

BORN: 22 DEC, 1957PLACE: SARGODHANATIONALITY:PAKISTANIEDUCTION :1. MASTERS IN ARABIC (PU)2. PHD IN ARABIC (UNI OF GLASGO, UK)

Many traditionalist ulema maintain that she is not a qualified scholar because she is not traditionally trained.

FARHAT HASHMI

TEACHING: 1.INTERNATINAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, ISLBOOKS1.

CONTRIBUTION

 Founded in Pakistan in 1994 In Canada in 2004 AIMS 1.Al-Qur'an2.Al-Hadith and Seerah3.Fiqh4.Akhlaqiaat & Khusoosi MawaqayWebsite:www.alhudapk.com/

Al-Huda InstituteQURAN FOR ALL, I

EVERY HAND, IN

EVERY HEART

Imam Zaid Shakir

ResidenceNorthern California, United StatesNationalityUnited StatesAlma materRutgers University[3][ 

Born: Ricky D. MitchellMay 1956 (age 59) Berkeley, California, United StatesOccupation: Author ,Islamic Scholar, preacher, Title ImamReligion IslamWebsite: New Islamic Directions.com

According to The New York Times, Zaid Shakir is one of nine influential Muslim scholars who has appeared in a YouTube video denouncing militant Islam.

 The aftermath of 911 Shakir states, "People all over the world have felt the repercussions and the reprisals for the senseless brutality of 9/11’s perpetrators. Our best hope is to attempt to move beyond the pain, strife and hatred unleashed. Trusting in the power and promise of God we will be able to do just that." 

Where I'm Coming From: A Year In Review, 2010Agenda To Change Our Condition, (Co-authored with Hamza

Yusuf), 2007Scattered Pictures: A Reflection of An American Muslim, 2005 Treatise for The Seekers of Guidance, 2008Heirs of the Prophets, 2000 

Zaytuna.org – Imam Zaid Shakir co-founder and faculty member of College

New Islamic Directions – Official WebsiteLectures of Imam Zaid Shakir 

Dr Zakir Naik

Born 18 October 1965 (age 50)Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaResidence: Dubai, United Arab EmiratesEducation: MBBS from Topiwala National Medical College

and Nair Hospital

Introduction

1:QUR AN & MODERN SCIENCE(2001)

2:The Qur'an & Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible?( 2007)

3:Similarities Between Hinduism & Islam(2007)

4:Is non-vegetarian food permitted or prohibited for the human being? 2008

5:Concept Of God In Major Religions By Zakir Naik, Dr. 2008

6:UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD2008

7:QUR AN & BIBLE : In The Light Of Science 2008

8:Is non-vegetarian food permitted or prohibited for the human being? 20089:Rights of Women in Islam: Modern Or Outdated? 2009

BOOKS

Dr Israr Ahmed

Born: April 26, 1932, Hisar, IndiaDied: April 14, 2010, Lahorewas a prominent Pakistani Islamic theologian, philosopher and an Islamic

scholar followed particularly in South Asia as well as by the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America.

He was the founder of the Tanzeem-e-Islami and an offshoot activist of the rightist Jamaat-e-Islami. Ahmed wrote and published 60 books on different aspects of Islam and religion, nine of which were translated into English. Prior to that, he was a television personality and daily hosted a religious show on Peace TV.

INTRODUCTION:-

Tauheed-e-Amali [Surah Zumur-Surah Shuraa Ki Roshni Main]

Rah-e-Najat [Surah Al-Asr Ki Roshni Main]Azmat-e-Saom [Hadees-e-Qudsi Ki Roshni Main]

Islam Main Adal-e-Ijtimayi Ki AhmiatIslam Mai Aurat Ka MaqamIslam Ka Ma'ashi NizamIslam Ki Nash'at-e-Sania; Karnay Ka Asal Kam

Books:-

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Born: February 19, 1951  Born Place: JhangEducation: University of the PunjabOrganizations founded: Minhaj-ul-Quran, Minhaj University Lahore,Minhaj Welfare Foundation.

Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings  Translation of Quran into UrduCompendium of Sunna for Posterity (Urdu)Introduction to the Fatwa on Suicide Bombings and

Terrorism[91]

Islamic Concept of Intermediation (English)Islamic Concept of Human Nature (English) 

Books And Publications

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Born: October 5, 1943 (age 72), Born place: Deoband, IndiaBooks: An Introduction to Islamic Finance, moreEducation: University of Karachi, Darul 'Uloom Karachi 

Muhammad Taqi Usmani is a Hanafi Islamic scholar from Pakistan. He served as a judge on the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan from 1981 to 1982 and the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan between 1982 and 2002