This document provides information on several prominent Muslim scholars and Islamic speakers, including their biographical details and major works. It includes Nouman Ali Khan, Tariq Ramadan, Maulana Tariq Jameel, Farhat Hashmi, Imam Zaid Shakir, Dr. Zakir Naik, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Tahir-ul-Qadri, and Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

2. FOOD OF THOUGHT

3. Group Members:
 1:USAMA AMANAT ALI
 2:MUHAMMAD FARHAD ASGHAR
 3:YASIR MANAN GOHAR
 4:SHARYAR ARIF
 5: USMAN FAROOQ

5. He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the
world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.
Born: 1978
Born Place: Berlin, Germany
Nationality: American
Occupation: Islamic speaker
Institutes: Bayyinah Institute,
Founder/CEO
Website : bayyinah.com
bayyinah.tv

6.  Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder
of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies, educational institution in
the United States. Nouman Ali Khan teaches about the religion of
Islam through his video speeches. He also frequently speaks at
Islamic Circle of North America Conventions about Islam, family,
and other life topics Bayyinah TV

8.  Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer. He is the
professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental
Studies at the University of Oxford and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty
of Theology.
 LISTED IN TOP 100 THINKERS OF THE WORLD

9.  BORN: August 26, 1962 (age 53), Geneva, Switzerland
 NATIONALITY: Switzerland
 Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental
Institute, St Antony’s College) and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of
Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies,
(Qatar) and the University of Malaysia Perlis; Senior Research Fellow at
Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) and Director of the Research Centre of
Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) (Doha, Qatar).
 AWARD: In January 2014, Ramadan was nominated for the title of Religious
Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Award

10. BOOKS: Wrote over 30 books, mainly in French. He has also contributed writings to a
number of books (not listed here), and prefaced a number of others. Many of his books
have been translated into English, Arabic, Dutch, German and Italian. Other translations
exist in Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malaysian, Tamil, Polish and
Catalan.
13 books in English
FAMOUS BOOKS:
1:To Be a European Muslim(1999)
2:Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity(2001)
3:Globalisation : Muslim resistances (2004)
4: In the Footsteps of the Prophet(2007)

12.  Born: 1 January 1953 (age 63)
 Born Place: Mian Channu, Khanewal,Pakistan
 Movement: Tablighi Jamaat
 Website: http://alh.com.pk

13.  Aao Jannat Pukarti Hai By Maulana Tariq Jameel ‫آؤ‬
‫پکارتی‬ ‫جنت‬‫ہے‬
 Sabaq Amoz Karguzarian By Maulana Tariq Jameel
‫آموز‬ ‫سبق‬‫کارگزاریاں‬
 Allah Ko Apna Banalo By Maulana Tariq Jameel ‫کو‬ ‫ہللا‬
‫اپنا‬‫بنالو‬

14. FARHAT HASHMI

15.  BORN: 22 DEC, 1957
 PLACE: SARGODHA
 NATIONALITY:PAKISTANI
 EDUCTION :
1. MASTERS IN ARABIC (PU)
2. PHD IN ARABIC (UNI OF GLASGO, UK)
 Many traditionalist ulema maintain that she is not a qualified scholar because she is
not traditionally trained.

16.  TEACHING:
1. INTERNATINAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, ISL
 BOOKS
1.

17.  Founded in Pakistan in 1994
 In Canada in 2004
AIMS
1. Al-Qur'an
2. Al-Hadith and Seerah
3. Fiqh
4. Akhlaqiaat & Khusoosi Mawaqay
Website:www.alhudapk.com/
QURAN FOR
ALL, I EVERY
HAND, IN
EVERY
HEART

19.  Residence
 Northern California, United States
 Nationality
 United States
 Alma mater
 Rutgers University[3][


20.  Born: Ricky D. Mitchell
 May 1956 (age 59)
 Berkeley, California, United States
 Occupation: Author ,Islamic Scholar, preacher,
 Title Imam
 Religion Islam
 Website: New Islamic Directions.com

21.  According to The New York Times, Zaid Shakir is one of nine influential
Muslim scholars who has appeared in a YouTube video denouncing
militant Islam.
 The aftermath of 911 Shakir states, "People all over the world have felt the
repercussions and the reprisals for the senseless brutality of 9/11’s
perpetrators. Our best hope is to attempt to move beyond the pain, strife
and hatred unleashed. Trusting in the power and promise of God we will
be able to do just that."

22.  Where I'm Coming From: A Year In Review, 2010
 Agenda To Change Our Condition, (Co-authored with Hamza Yusuf),
2007
 Scattered Pictures: A Reflection of An American Muslim, 2005
 Treatise for The Seekers of Guidance, 2008
 Heirs of the Prophets, 2000


23.  Zaytuna.org – Imam Zaid Shakir co-founder and faculty member of
College
 New Islamic Directions – Official Website
 Lectures of Imam Zaid Shakir


25.  Born 18 October 1965 (age 50)
 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
 Residence: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 Education:
 MBBS from Topiwala National Medical College and Nair
Hospital

26. 1:QUR AN & MODERN SCIENCE(2001)
2:The Qur'an & Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible?( 2007)
3:Similarities Between Hinduism & Islam(2007)
4:Is non-vegetarian food permitted or prohibited for the human being?
2008
5:Concept Of God In Major Religions By Zakir Naik, Dr.
2008
6:UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
2008
7:QUR AN & BIBLE : In The Light Of Science
2008
8:Is non-vegetarian food permitted or prohibited for the human being?
2008
9:Rights of Women in Islam: Modern Or Outdated?
2009

27. Dr Israr Ahmed

28.  Born: April 26, 1932, Hisar, India
 Died: April 14, 2010, Lahore
 was a prominent Pakistani Islamic theologian, philosopher and
an Islamic scholar followed particularly in South Asia as well as by the
South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North
America.
 He was the founder of the Tanzeem-e-Islami and an offshoot activist of
the rightist Jamaat-e-Islami. Ahmed wrote and published 60 books on
different aspects of Islam and religion, nine of which were translated
into English. Prior to that, he was a television personality and daily
hosted a religious show on Peace TV.

29.  Tauheed-e-Amali [Surah Zumur-Surah Shuraa
Ki Roshni Main]
 Rah-e-Najat [Surah Al-Asr Ki Roshni Main]
 Azmat-e-Saom [Hadees-e-Qudsi Ki Roshni
Main]
 Islam Main Adal-e-Ijtimayi Ki Ahmiat
 Islam Mai Aurat Ka Maqam
 Islam Ka Ma'ashi Nizam
 Islam Ki Nash'at-e-Sania; Karnay Ka Asal Kam

31.  Born: February 19, 1951
 Born Place: Jhang
 Education: University of the Punjab
 Organizations founded: Minhaj-ul-Quran,
 Minhaj University Lahore,
 Minhaj Welfare Foundation.

32.  Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings
 Translation of Quran into Urdu
 Compendium of Sunna for Posterity (Urdu)
 Introduction to the Fatwa on Suicide Bombings and Terrorism[91]
 Islamic Concept of Intermediation (English)
 Islamic Concept of Human Nature (English)


34.  Born: October 5, 1943 (age 72),
 Born place: Deoband, India
 Books: An Introduction to Islamic Finance, more
 Education: University of Karachi, Darul 'Uloom Karachi


35.  Muhammad Taqi Usmani is a Hanafi Islamic scholar
from Pakistan. He served as a judge on the Federal
Shariat Court of Pakistan from 1981 to 1982 and the
Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of
Pakistan between 1982 and 2002