Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo

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Sheikh Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo, born 1960Fact|date=June 2008 is a Spanish parented, French-born, and American based Islamic scholar, lecturer, and author of numerous books on Islam and speaker of many lectures on Islam.

He is the Imam at the Islamic Center of Boulder, Colorado Springs.

He has been a regular guest on the Islam Channel.

His first name is also sometimes spelt Jamal, Jamil, Jameel, Jamaal or Zameel and his sirname is often also spelt alternatively as Zarabojo, Jarabojo or Zaraboza.

Background

Zarabozo's family are from Spain and parents are Catholic, although he was born in France.

He grew up in California.

He converted to Islam in 1976 at the age 16.

He is currently working on a book titled, “Jihad and Western Atitude toward War”

Education

Zarabozo had studied Economics at the University of California in Berkley and in Davis and holds a Bachelors degree in the same field from Berkley and holds a Master's Degree in the same field from Davies.

He left his PHD studies to pursue Islamic studies, since then he has been active mostly in writing.

He has a bachelors degree in economics from the university of California at Berkeley, and a masters in economics from the university of California at Davis.

Books

Authored

*A Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Nawawi (A 3-volume Book of over 1500 pages)
*Towards Understanding Islam - Part I
*How to Approach and Understand the Quran
*The Authority and Importance of the Sunnah
*Purification of the Soul
*He Came to Teach you your Religion
*The Fiqh of the Friday Prayer
*The Friday Prayer - Khutbas I
*The Friday Prayer - Khutbas II
*Easy Fiqh
*Extremism in Islam
*The Life, Teachings and Influence of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab

Translated (from Arabic into English)

*The World of The Jinn and The Devils, Author: Omar Al-Ashqar
*Words of Remembrance and Words of Reminder, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan
*The Fiqh of Marriage, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan
*Marital Discord, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan

Other Books Edited or Compiled

*A Brief Illustrated Guide to Islam

References

ee also

*Sheikh Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan
*Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
*Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan
*Sheikh Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno
*Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan

External links

* [http://www.jamaalzarabozo.com Official website]
* [http://obeyd.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/encyclopedia-of-ilm-a-conversation-with-shaykh-jamaal-zarabozo/ A Conversation with Shaykh Jamaal]
* [http://muslimmatters.org/2007/12/17/an-evening-with-jamal-zarabozo-siraj-wahaj-yasir-organized-by-whyislam/ An Evening with Jamal Zarabozo]