Imran Nazar Hosein

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name = Imran Hosein


caption = In Trinidad giving an Eid Lecture of 2005
residence = Trinidad
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birth_date = 1942
birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago
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occupation = Islamic scholarAuthorPhilosopher
school_tradition = Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h
title = ShaikhMaulana Aalim
religion = Sunni Islam
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website = http://www.imranhosein.org
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Imran Nazar Hosein is a leading International Islamic Philosopher, Scholar and author, specialising in world politics, economy, eschatology , modern socio-economic/political issues and expert on international affairs. He is best-selling author of 'Jerusalem in the Qur'an..

Imran Nazar Hosein was born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 to parents whose ancestors had migrated from India as indentured labourers. He studied Islam, Philosophy and International Relations at several universities and institutions of higher learning. Among them are al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, the University of Karachi in Pakistan, the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

He worked for several years as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

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. He also participated in many inter-faith dialogues with Christian and Jewish scholars while representing Islam in USA. He was the Imam, for sometime, 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 headquarters of the United Nations Organization in Manhattan, New York, once monthly for ten years continuously.

He is a former Principal of the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, 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 D'awah 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. Indeed, "Jerusalem in the Qur'an - An Islamic View of the Destiny of Jerusalem" has become a best seller and has been translated and published in several languages.

Prof. Dr. Malik Badri, Dean of the International Institute for Islamic Thought and Civilization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, wrote the Foreword to the book.

Imran's first book, entitled "Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World" was written when he was just 29 and still remains the only book on the subject by a Muslim scholar. That book won high praise from such eminent scholars as Vice Chancellor of University of Karachi and renowned historian, Dr. Ishtiaq Husain Quraishi, eminent Pakistani jurist and philosopher, A. K. Brohi, and eminent Muslim sociologist, Dr. Basharat Ali.

Maulana Dr. Fazlur Rahman Ansari, an outstanding scholar of Islam of the modern age, wrote the Foreword to that book.

Imran Hosein's three new books, published in 2007, on 'Surah al-Kahf' of the Qur'an and on the subject of 'Signs of the Last Day in the Modern Age', offer rare insights into interpretation of the Qur'an and the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad insofar as they explain the modern age.

Books

* 'The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham - Islam and the Future of Money';
* 'Dreams in Islam - A Window to Truth and to the Heart;
* 'A Muslim response to the Attack on America';
* 'Jerusalem in the Quran';
* 'The Religion of Abraham and the State of Israel - A View from the Qur'an';
* 'The Caliphate the Hejaz and the Saudi-Wahhabi Nation-State';
* 'One Ameer, One Jamaat - The Organization of a Muslim Community in the Age of Fitan';
* 'Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World';
* 'The Prohibition of Riba in the Qur'an and Sunnah';
* 'The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam';
* 'The Strategic Importance of the Fast of Ramadan and Isra & Mi'raj';
* 'The Qur'anic Method of Curing Alcoholism and Drug Addiction';
* 'George Bernard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar';
* 'Surah al-Kahf: Text, Translation and Modern Commentary';
* 'Surah al-Kahf and the Modern Age';
* 'Signs of the Last Day in the Modern Age'.
* 'The Islamic Travelogue'.

External links

* [http://www.imranhosein.org Official web site]

Online Books

* ' [http://www.imranhosein.org/images/stories/a%20muslim%20response%20to%20the%20attack%20on%20america.pdf A Muslim response to the Attack on America] '; non-functional link
* ' [http://www.imranhosein.org/images/stories/j_in_q.pdf Jerusalem in the Quran] ';
*' [http://imranhosein.org/media/SurahKhafX.pdf Surah Al Kahf - Arabic text - Translation and Modern Commentary] ';
* ' [http://www.soundheart.tv/DreamsinIslam.pdf Dreams in Islam] ';
*' [http://www.hamditabligh.net/pdf/QH/ImportanceofProhibitionofRibaInIslam.pdf The Importance of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam] ';
*' [http://imranhosein.org/media/SKAMA-Inet1428x.pdf Surah Al-Kahf and the Modern Age] ';

Online Audio

*' [http://www.imranhosein.org/content/blogsection/7/32/ Audio Lectures] ';
*' [http://www.ceramahislam.com/audio-lectures.html Additional Lectures] ';

Online Video

*' [http://www.imranhosein.org/content/blogcategory/23/43/ Video Lectures] ';
*' [http://www.ceramahislam.com/video/MaulanaImranHosein/index.html Additional Video Lectures] ';
*' [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=imran+hosein Google Video Lectures] ';

ee also

*Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqi

References