Tuesday 16 October 2007

Dr Musharraf Hussain

Dr Musharraf Hussain is the director of the Karimia Institute in Nottingham,UK. This is an Islamic organisation dedicated to promoting moral, social and spiritual development through worship, education and recreation for today's society.

The Karimia Institute is a centre for worship, education, training and self-development and the scope and variety of its activities are focussed on bringing about spiritual reawakening of the individual. Dr Musharraf grew up in Halifax, UK where he memorised the Quran. He studied biochemistry at Aston University in Birmingham, and after working as a scientist for many years, he left the laboratory to dedicate his life to the deen. Initially he studied under the guidance of Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah, and later at al-Azhar University in Cairo. His commitment to reviving the message of Islam in today’s society is multi-dimensional, and he is engaged many activities such as:

President of the Christian-Muslim Forum
Trustee for the National Centre for Citizenship
Chairman of the UK-Indonesian Islamic Advisory Group
A fellow of Staffordshire University
A founder of Muslim Hands

He has also written numerous books and articles book on traditional and current issues related to Islam and being a british muslim.. He his commited to life-long education and has also written a book as part of the “Religion and Belief series”, published by Nelson Thorn, which will be taught in schools all over the UK.

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