Azhar Azeez

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Azhar Azeez (born 1971 in Hyderabad , India ) is an American-Indian personality of Islam in the United States . He has been the successor to Ingrid Mattson and Mohamed Magid since 2014 as President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the largest umbrella organization for Muslims in North America.

Azhar Azeez was born in Hyderabad, India and moved to the United States in 1995. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Osmania University (an Indian university named after Mir Osman Ali Khan , the Nizam of Hyderabad ) and a master's degree in business administration (MBA). He is currently Senior National Director of Islamic Relief USA . He has been a member of the ISNA Executive Council since 2002 and was twice Vice President of ISNA from 2010 to 2014. He was elected President of ISNA in 2014 and re-elected for his second term in 2016.

He was a founding member and president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) - Dallas / Fort Worth Chapter, with Globalmbwatch noting that the CAIR is part of the US Muslim Brotherhood .

He was one of the prominent signers of the CAIR published Open Letter to al-Baghdadi ( Open Letter to Al-Baghdadi ).

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  1. ↑ Azhar Azeez - accessed November 2, 2019
  2. ↑ isna.net: Azhar Azeez - accessed November 2, 2019
  3. ↑ globalmbwatch.com - accessed November 2, 2019

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SURNAME Azeez, Azhar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Azhar Aziz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Indian personality of Islam in the United States, President of the Islamic Society of North America
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyderabad (India)