Imran Nazar Hosein
| Imran Hosein | |
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 Imran Hosein at the 1st Islamic Retreat |
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| Born | 1942 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Residence | Trinidad |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, Author, Philosopher |
| Title | Shaikh, Mawlānā, Aalim |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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| http://www.imranhosein.org | |
Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein (Arabic: نزار عمران حسين) is an International Islamic Philosopher, Scholar and author, specialising in world politics, economy, eschatology, modern socio-economic/political issues and expert on international affairs. He is best-selling author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an.
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[edit] Biography
Imran Nazar Hosein was born on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and Tobago.
He worked for several years as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
He lived in New York for ten years during which time he served as the Director of Islamic Studies for the Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations of Greater New York. He lectured on Islam in several American and Canadian universities, colleges, churches, synagogues, prisons, community halls, etc. He also participated in many inter-faith dialogues with Christian and Jewish scholars while representing Islam in USA. He was the Imam, for sometime, at Masjid Dar al-Qur'an in Long Island, New York. He also led the weekly Jumu'ah prayers and delivered the sermon at the headquarters of the United Nations Organization in Manhattan, New York, once a month for ten years continuously.
He is a former Principal of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, Director of Research of the World Muslim Congress in Karachi, Pakistan, Director of the Islamic Institute for Education and Research in Miami, Florida, and Director of D'awah for Tanzeem-e-Islami of North America.
He has traveled extensively around the world on Islamic lecture-tours since graduating from the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies at age 29. And he has also written more than a dozen books on Islam . Jerusalem in the Qur'an - An Islamic View of the Destiny of Jerusalem has become a best seller and has been translated and published in several languages.
Prof. Dr. Malik Badri, Dean of the International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, wrote the Foreword to the book.
Imran's first book, entitled Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World is the only book on the subject by a Muslim scholar. That book was viewed favourably by Vice Chancellor of University of Karachi and renowned historian, Dr. Ishtiaq Husain Quraishi, Pakistani jurist and philosopher, A. K. Brohi, and Muslim sociologist, Dr. Basharat Ali.
Maulana Dr. Fazlur Rahman Ansari, a scholar of Islam of the modern age, wrote the Foreword to that book.
Imran Hosein's three new books, published in 2007, on 'Surah al-Kahf' of the Qur'an and on the subject of 'Signs of the Last Day in the Modern Age', offer insights into interpretation of the Qur'an and the Hadith of Muhammad in so far as they attempt to explain the modern age.
[edit] Books
- 'The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham - Islam and Future of Money'
- 'Dreams in Islam - A Window to Truth and to the Heart
- 'A Muslim response to the Attack on America'
- 'Jerusalem in the Quran'
- 'The Religion of Abraham and the State of Israel - A View from the Qur'an'
- 'The Caliphate, the Hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi Nation-State'
- 'One Ameer, One Jamaat - The Organization of a Muslim Community in the Age of Fitan'
- 'Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World'
- 'The Prohibition of Riba in the Qur'an and Sunnah'
- 'The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam'
- 'The Strategic Importance of the Fast of Ramadan and Isra & Mi'raj'
- 'The Qur'anic Method of Curing Alcoholism and Drug Addiction'
- 'George Bernard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar'
- 'Surah al-Kahf: Text, Translation and Modern Commentary'
- 'Surah al-Kahf and the Modern Age'
- 'Signs of the Last Day in the Modern Age'
- 'The Islamic Travelogue (Two different travelogues exist)'
- 'An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern Age'
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- Imran Hosein audio and video lectures from Halal Tube
[edit] Online Books
A complete listing of his books may be found here
- 'A Muslim response to the Attack on America'
- 'Jerusalem in the Quran'
- 'Surah Al Kahf - Arabic text - Translation and Modern Commentary'
- 'Dreams in Islam'
- 'The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam'
- 'Surah Al-Kahf and the Modern Age'
- 'An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World'
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- Trinidad and Tobago academics
- Muslim scholars of Islam
- Trinidad and Tobago diplomats
- University of the West Indies alumni
- University of Karachi alumni
- Al-Azhar University alumni
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Muslim philosophers
- Islamic studies scholars
- Muslim reformers
- Trinidad and Tobago Muslims
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriates in Pakistan
