Yusuf Estes
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| Born | Skip Estes January 1, 1944 Ohio, United States |
| Religion | Islam |
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| YusufEstes.com GuideUS TV |
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Yusuf Estes (born in 1944) is an American Muslim preacher and teacher who converted from Christianity to Islam in 1991. He was a Muslim Chaplain for the United States Bureau of Prisons through the 1990s.[1] He was a Muslim Delegate to the United Nations World Peace Conference for Religious Leaders held at the U.N. in September 2000.[1]
Active in Islamic missionary work in the United States, Estes is often featured as guest presenter and keynote speaker at various Islamic events as well as frequently appearing on various Islamic satellite TV channels. Estes takes a dim view of today's public school system in the United States for any children, and highly recommends schools where they might receive a religious education combined with more advanced scholastic education.[2]
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[edit] Personal life
Yusuf Estes was born in Ohio, and was raised in Houston, Texas in a Anglo-Saxon Protestant family.[3] From 1962 to 1990, his career was in the music, entertainment and marketing fields. He also taught music and served as a music minister. He owned several musical instrument companies including the Estes Piano and Organ Company. He produced and directed live entertainment programs in the United States from the mid 1960s until his last endeavor for cable TV in Florida, entitled 'Estes Music Jamboree'.[4]
Yusuf Estes became a Muslim in the early 1990s after meeting an Egyptian named Mohamed.[1] Following his conversion, Estes entered the field of Dawah, or evangelizing the Islamic faith. Estes denies the theory of Darwinian evolution and instead professes creationism as described by Islamic scriptures.[5]
[edit] Islamic Activities
After embracing Islam, Estes pursued Arabic language and Quranic studies in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey.[6] From 2004, Estes regularly appeared on the Islam Channel, as well as Peace TV and on Huda TV which are 24/7 Islamic channels broadcasting in many countries around the globe, via satellite and via the website WatchIslam.
Estes has started a free-to-air Internet and satellite TV channel called GuideUS TV which currently broadcasts commercial-free programming on Islam 24/7. He has also set up various websites directed toward English speaking Muslims which include TubeIslam (a Muslim video sharing site), ChatIslam (a Muslim chat room), and WorldPreschool (a defunct preschool learning site for young children).[7]
Estes produced a video presentation series called Arabic in English, designed to help English speakers learn the Arabic language easily using his proprietary teaching method.[8] He sells the series online, and also provides a set of free chatroom-based courses with volunteer teachers.[9] He also produced a television series entitled Qisas Al Anbiyah (Stories of the Prophets), aimed toward English speaking children of Muslim parents.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Priests and Preachers Enter Islam". Islam Tomorrow. http://www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf/priests_n_preachers.htm#story. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ "The Importance of Education - Yusuf Estes - TubeIslam - ShareIslam Video Site". TubeIslam. http://www.tubeislam.com/video/10803/The-Importance-of-Education--Yusuf-Estes.
- ^ "Yusuf Estes Telling self-converting to Islam story". WatchIslam. http://www.watchislam.com/videos/video.php?vid=3.
- ^ "Estes Music Jamboree". YusufEstes.com. http://www.YusufEstes.com.
- ^ Estes, Yusuf. "Are Man From Monkeys?". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzRpbiIGF4.
- ^ "Yusuf Estes". IslamTomorrow. http://www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf.asp. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Share Islam - Sharing The Message Of Islam". http://shareislam.com/. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Arabic in English: Order". http://www.arabicinenglish.com/order.htm. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Arabic in English: Arabic Study Circle - Resources". http://www.arabicinenglish.com/arabicalphabet/Resources_subpage.html. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Yusuf Estes on Peace TV Prophets Stories". Islam New Room. 27 November 2009. http://islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/1052-muslim-kids-tv. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
[edit] Further reading
- Blade, David Yonke Toledo. (July 14, 2001) Journal Gazette Proselytizing preacher finds faith in Islam: Sheik Yusuf Estes. Page 1.
- Tilove, Jonathan. (October 23, 2001) The Star-Ledger To be a white U.S. Muslim: Converts embrace the oddity. Section: News; Page 10.
- Pinsky, Mark I. (January 6, 2003) Orlando Sentinel Muslims' radio message: we are regular people. Section: Life & Times; Page C1.
- The Hamilton Spectator (February 14, 2003) A Christian attends a mosque; A visitor finds a warm welcome and wonders if he'd be as liberal.
- Columbia State (SC). (April 7, 2003) Chaplain to speak at USC about Islam. Section: Metro/Region; Page B5.
- UWIRE (March 1, 2004) U. New Mexico speaker asks religions to unite.
- UWIRE (April 18, 2005) Muslim speaker educates U. Northern Colorado students about faith.
- US State News. (April 12, 2006) National Muslim chaplain Yusuf Estes to speak at senior center on April 14.
- The Modesto Bee (April 22, 2006) Converted preacher to speak about 'pure Islam.' Section: Lifestyles; Page G1.
- Nomani , Asra Q. (October 22, 2006) Washington Post Wife-Beating, Chapter and Verse.
- Wen, Sarah. (January 23, 2007 ) University Wire UCLA Muslim student group to promote Islam, religious unity.
