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A convention of UK scholars

Author Administrator on August 30th, 2009

Recently Imam of Leeds Makkah Masjid, Qari Asim, attended a convention of UK scholars at Birmingham.

Qari Asim also met shaykh-ul-Islam Professor Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the founding leader of Minhaj-ul-Qur’an International (MQI), an organization with branches in more than 90 countries worldwide, working for the promotion of peace and harmony between communities and the revival of spiritual endeavour based on the true teachings of Islam.

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is a prolific author and researcher. He has authored around 1000 books out of which 360 books are already published. He is a captivating and unrivalled orator and speaker, he has delivered over 5000 lectures (in Urdu, English and Arabic), on a wide range of subjects. His speeches are popular amongst the scholars as well as ordinary people.

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, amongst many other, holds the following positions:

Chief Executive of Minhaj International University, Lahore (Pakistan)
Founding Leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran International
Founder Chairman of Minhaj Welfare Foundation

Through his love for knowledge, his intelligence, oratory and writings, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is one of the most accomplished Islamic Scholars of our time. His whole life has been marked with highlighting the importance of love for the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the love of the friends of Allah (Auliya Allah).

His main aims and objectives are to promote interfaith dialogue and to suppress the extreme image of Islam. His main effort is towards the betterment of the social, cultural, and religious teachings of Islam, and to enlighten people with the knowledge of their rights and duties and to present a realistic, rational and scientific picture of Islam. His revivalist, reformative and reconstructive efforts hold the distinct position for the propagation of faith.

To read books online, please click here: http://www.minhajbooks.com/en.php

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is indeed a man of manifold and staggering achievements.

Imam of Makkah Masjid, Qari Asim, also met Shaykh Asad as-Sagarhji at the event. Shaykh As’ad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji is one of the greatest Faqihs (jurists) of Syria. He is author of the famous work “Al-Fiqh al-Hanafi wa Adillatuhu”. Not only is he a great scholar of Hadith, but also a deeply spiritual personality.

His works are included as part of syllabuses in Islamic colleges and universities all over the world including at the prestigious al-Azhar of Egypt. Shaykh as-Sagharji is the Head Imam of renowned Jami’ah Masjid ‘Umawi (Ummayad Mosque), comprising 7 permanent imams who are among the religious authorities and scholars of Syria.

At the event, Qari Asim met many Ulema, scholars of Islam, who are striving hard for the religion of Islam in the UK.Qari Asim also met with Shaykh Muhammad Ramadan al-Qadri of Al Farghana Institute, which is a non-profit establishment which aims to revive the classical Islamic sciences and produce scholars of a calibre that can truly represent Islam in the 21st century.