Imran N. Hosein
Imran Nazar Hosein | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 |
| Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar, author, philosopher |
| Title | Sheikh, Mawlānā |
| Website | www |
Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein (born 1942) is an Islamic scholar, author and philosopher specialising in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Imran Hosein was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 from parents whose ancestors had migrated as indentured labourers from India. He is a graduate of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi and has studied at several institutions of higher learning including the University of Karachi, the University of the West Indies, Al Azhar University and the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Switzerland.
He worked for several years as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago but gave up his job in 1985 to devote his life to the mission of Islam. 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. Imran Hosein also participated in many inter-faith dialogues with Christian and Jewish scholars while representing Islam in the USA.
He was the Imam for some time 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 United Nations headquarters in Manhattan once a month for ten years continuously. He is a former Principal of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies, 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 Dawah for Tanzeem-e-Islami of North America. He has traveled continuously and extensively around the world on Islamic lecture tours since graduating from the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in 1971 at age 29, and he has also written more than a dozen books on Islam that have invariably been received with public respect.[5][6]
Bibliography
A complete listing of his books may be found here
- Jerusalem in the Quran
- An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern Age
- The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham - Islam and Future of Money
- George Bernard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar
- Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World
- The Caliphate, the Hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi Nation-State
- Surah Al-Kahf and the Modern Age
- Surah Al-Kahf - Arabic text - Translation and Modern Commentary
- The Prohibition of Riba in the Quran and Sunnah
References
- ^ "Islamic centre the voice for poor Muslims in the world, says scholar | The Brunei Times". bt.com.bn. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ ".:Plata:". plata.com.mx. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business". sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ "About Imran N Hosein". imranhosein.org. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ Short Biography Sheikh Imran Hosein on YouTube