Yusuf Estes
Yusuf Estes | |
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 Yusuf Estes in Amsterdam in 2013 | |
| Born | Joseph Estes January 1, 1944 Ohio, United States |
| Website | www.yusufestes.com |
Yusuf Estes (born Joseph Estes, 1944) is an American preacher from Texas[1] who converted from Christianity to Islam in 1991. He claims to have been a Muslim Chaplain for the United States Bureau of Prisons through the 1990s, and to have served a Muslim delegate to the United Nations World Peace Conference for Religious Leaders held at the U.N. in September 2000.[2]
Active in Islamic missionary work in the United States, Estes has served as a guest presenter and a keynote speaker at various Islamic events.[3]) and on Islamic satellite TV channels. Estes was named as the Islamic Personality of the Year at the Dubai International Holy Quran Award ceremony on 8 August 2012.[4] Estes's Islamic background is Salafi.[5]
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References
- ^ Ahmed, Akbar S. (2010). Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam. Brookings Institution Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780815704409.
- ^ Abidin, Danial Zainal (2007). Islam the Misunderstood Religion. PTS Millennia. pp. 180–82. ISBN 9789833604807.
- ^ http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11561864.Harmony_is_the_message_for_gathering_at_Blackburn_s_King_George___s_Hall/
- ^ Shahbandari, Shafaat (August 9, 2012). "Yusuf Estes Lights Up the Award Ceremony". Gulf News. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ The Muslim 500: "Sheikh Yusuf Estes" retrieved December 30, 2015 | "Sheikh Yusuf Estes is a well-known preacher of a Salafi background who lectures all over the world."