Abdul Raheem Green

Abdul Raheem Green (also known as "Abdur Rahim Green", "Abdur Raheem Green" and "Abdul Rahim Green"), formerly Anthony Green, born 1962 [ [http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=SQ1215179K&news_headline=terror_row_cleric_is_too_liberal_say_muslims Terror row cleric is too liberal, say Muslims - UK News Headlines ] ] or 1964 [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ] , is a British convert to Islam and Islamic lecturer.

Biography

Born in Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania to British parents [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ] , his father (born in England), Gavin Green, was a colonial administrator in the then extant British Empire. At an early age he moved back to the UK with his parents. His mother is of original Polish origin [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8596474030970033467 Purpose of Life ~ Abdur-Raheem Green ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8joJaOVJw YouTube - Why Abdul Raheem Green Came to Islam ] ] .

At the age of ten Fact|date=August 2007 he attended a Roman Catholic Monastic boarding school at Gilling Castle and then went onto Ampleforth College and went on to study history in the University of London. However, he left his education unfinished in an effort to devote himself to Islamic works.

He became dissatisfied with Christianity at the age of eight [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ] with it not making sense to him [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3420648862609991336 Abdur Raheem Green - Purpose of Life ] ] [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8596474030970033467 Purpose of Life ~ Abdur-Raheem Green ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8joJaOVJw YouTube - Why Abdul Raheem Green Came to Islam ] ]

Green researched and practiced many religions [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3420648862609991336 Abdur Raheem Green - Purpose of Life ] ] [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8596474030970033467 Purpose of Life ~ Abdur-Raheem Green ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8joJaOVJw YouTube - Why Abdul Raheem Green Came to Islam ] ] , including Buddhism (for three years) before converting to Islam. [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ]

Whilst in Britain his father in 1976 began working for Barclays Bank International and was subsequently sent to Cairo, Egypt, to set up a branch of the bank there.

His study of the Qur'an immediately attracted him to Islam leading to his conversion in 1988. He has given Da'wah in Britain since then. [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ] [ [http://www.islamsgreen.org/about.html About Me ] ] .

Green worked for five years in the London Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre as the Visits and English Dawa Co-ordinator, but now runs a consultancy, Green and Chambers Consulting, with his friend and fellow convert to Islam Yusuf Chambers, as well as making regular appearances on PeaceTV and Islam Channel.

Personal life

Green had two wives, now one, who is British-born Muslim of Pakistanin origin and has eleven children. [ [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Peace Tv ] ]

Whilst claiming two wives, Green was asked in an interview: Does not the British law prohibit bigamy? Green responded "It does. Yet several Britishers are bigamists. But those who practise bigamy can protect the second marriage under the provisions of 'common law wives'. Under this children out of such marriages are legitimate and wives inherit property." [ [http://muslimah1.jeeran.com/green.html Interview with Br. Abduraheem Green ] ]

Criticisms

On August 12, 2005, the Australian newspaper The Age reported on one of Green's lectures, stating that he said "dying whilst fighting jihad is one of the surest ways to paradise and Allah's good pleasure". The article continues saying: "However, reports of a speech he delivered in Palmerston North on Wednesday said his address was a personal account of how he converted to Islam. There was no hate speech and any extremist Muslims would have gone home disappointed, according to the New Zealand Press Association.Speaking at a Wellington university last night, he said his comments about Muslims and Westerners not coexisting had been misunderstood, while his comments about jihad were taken from a letter he wrote more than 10 years ago, when the term referred to the Afghan war against Russian communists." [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/war-on-terror/vanstone-may-spoil-tour-plans-for-uk-muslim/2005/08/11/1123353444838.html Vanstone may spoil tour plans for UK Muslim - War on Terror - Features ] ]

ee also

*Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno
*Zakir Naik
*Bilal Philips
*Khalid Yasin
*Yvonne Ridley
*Muslim converts
*List of Da'ees
*Dawah
*Islam in the United Kingdom
*Tariq Jameel
*Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.islamsgreen.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.islamsgreen.org/about.html Official website biography]
* [http://www.peacetv.in/sp-abdurraheem_green.php Official Peace TV biography]
* [http://www.halaltube.com/category/abdur-raheem-green Abdur-Raheem Green Lectures] from Halal Tube

Video Lectures

* [http://www.islamsgreen.com/ Lectures]
*Why Abdul Raheem Green Came to Islam [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU46GOoT5bo Part 1 of 2] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpeefBhewfE Part 2 of 2] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3420648862609991336 What is the Purpose of Our Existence? by Abdul Raheem Green] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8596474030970033467 The Purpose of Life] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2204673677487690422 Is There A God? Part 1] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=500247111058090497 Is There A God? Part 2] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7378772963291184907 UniLifeMuslimLife Part 1] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4315314610832580629 UniLifeMuslimLife Part 2] (video)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8367039641456932220 Death and Beyond] (video)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQtpb8tSOMQ Shia People In Islam] (video)