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Imran Nazar Hosein
Imran Hosein during an Eid lecture in 2005
TitleSheikh, Mawlānā
Personal life
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Trinidad and Tobago
Alma materUniversity of Karachi
University of the West Indies
Al-Azhar University
Graduate Institute of International Studies
OccupationIslamic scholar, author, philosopher, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Muslim leader
Influenced by
YouTube information
Channel
Years activeJanuary 11, 2011–present
GenreIslamic
Subscribers378 thousand[1]
Total views41 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 26 October 2021
Websiteimranhosein.org

Imran Nazar Hosein (born 1942) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic scholar, author and philosopher, who specializes in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and other books.[2][3][4]

Background and education

Hosein was born into an Indo-Trinidadian family in Trinidad and Tobago.[5] He studied Islam under the guidance of the Islamic scholar, Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari at the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies, Karachi, Pakistan. He also did post-graduate studies in Philosophy at Karachi University, and International Relations at the University of West Indies, Trinidad, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.[6] He led the Jumu'ah prayers and delivered the sermon at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan once a month for ten years.[7]

Positions

Sheikh Hosein opposes fiat currency, describing it as 'bogus, fraudulent, Haram and an amazingly dangerous instrument of oppression and universal slavery' although based on the Islamic principle of necessity he states that 'we are permitted to use it until such time as we can escape from its poisonous, deadly and sinful embrace'. He proposes that fiat currency be removed 'through the creation of micro-markets which use only Sunnah money and which are a part of remotely-located Muslim Villages.'[8]

Opposition

Ebrahim Desai, who ran the website Askimam, claimed Hosein has deviant positions, such as rejecting certain authentic hadiths and diverting from the consensus opinion. For example, he issued a fatwa, an Islamic legal opinion, discouraging Muslims from listening to his talks.[9] A second fatwa by the same scholar said that due to his views some hadiths of Sahih al-Bukhari are fabricated and Gog and Magog have already been released.[10]

Two other Islamic websites have published articles espousing similar views.[11][12]

Hosein has been banned from speaking at Mucurapo Mosque.[13]

Literary works

  • Hosein, Imran (2012). Jerusalem in the Quran. ISBN 978-1989450079.
  • Hosein, Imran (2020). Constantinople In The Qur'an. ISBN 978-1989450086.
  • Hosein, Imran (2009). An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World. ISBN 978-1989450130.
  • Hosein, Imran (2020). The Qur'an, the Great War, and the West. ISBN 978-1989450147.
  • Methodology for the Study of the Qur'an. 2020. ISBN 979-8581744260.
  • Hosein, Imran N. (1999). Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World. ISBN 978-9839541151.
  • Hosein, Imran (2019). Dajjal, the Qur'an, and Awwal Al-Zamaan: The Antichrist, The Holy Qur'an, and The Beginning of History. ISBN 978-1989450000.
  • The caliphate, the hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi nation-state. 1997. ISBN 979-8582319306.
  • Hosein, Imran (2019). The Qur'an, Dajjal, and the Jassad. ISBN 978-1989450062.
  • Hosein, Imran Nazar (1997). The importance of the prohibition of riba in Islam. ISBN 978-9839541182.
  • Hosein, Imran Nazar (1997). One Jama'at One Ameer: The Organization of a Muslim Community in the Age of Fitan. ISBN 978-9839541229.
  • Hosein, Imran (2011). Jerusalem in the Qur'an: An Islamic View of the Destiny of Jerusalem. ISBN 978-1989450079.
  • Hosein, Imran Nazar (2001). The Religion of Abraham and the State of Israel: A View from the Qur'an. ISBN 978-9839541243.
  • Hosein, Imran N. (2001). The Strategic Importance of Dreams and Visions in Islam. ISBN 978-1989450017.
  • Hosein, Imran Nazar (1997). The Prohibition of Riba in the Quran and Sunnah. ISBN 978-9839541236.
  • Hosein, Imran Nazar (1991). Islam and the Changing World Order. ISBN 9810028253.

References

  1. ^ a b "About Sheikh Imran Hosein". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Islamic centre the voice for poor Muslims in the world, says scholar | The Brunei Times". bt.com.bn. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ ".:Plata:". plata.com.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  4. ^ "EGYPT – MALAYSIA Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein: The referendum and the Constitution in Egypt are an insult to Islam – Asia News". asianews.it. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. ^ "About Sheikh Imran Hosein – Sheikh Imran Hosein".
  6. ^ "Sheikh Imran Hosein – Islamic Scholar & End of Times Expert".
  7. ^ "Online edition of Sunday Observer – Business". sundayobserver.lk. Archived from the original on 2003-08-17. Retrieved 2014-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "To what extent should we remove paper money from our lives?". Imran Nazar Hosein. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  9. ^ Muhammad Haris Siddiqui; Mufti Ebrahim Desai. "Fatwa 28482: Should we listen to Imran Houssien?". Askimam. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  10. ^ Muhammad Haris Siddiqui; Mufti Ebrahim Desai. "Fatwa 28659: Why shouldn't we listen to Imran Hossien??". Askimam. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  11. ^ "Why shouldn't I listen to Imran Hosein?". Jamiat.org. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  12. ^ Arshad Ali. "Should I listen to Sheikh Imran Hosein?". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  13. ^ Prange, Astrid (25 March 2017). "'Islamic State' and the mosques of Trinidad". DW.


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