Faraz Rabbani
Sheikh Faraz Fareed Rabbani (born 1974 in Karachi ) is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic activist and scholar of the Hanafi School of Sunni Islam .
Life
Rabbani is of Pakistani origin and a personality of Islam in Canada . He used to be a central figure and for a long time has consistently been at the forefront of effectively using the latest web technologies and services to teach Islam in the West. Rabbani is the founder of SeekersGuidance . He was formally a central figure at SunniPath.com , where his popular Q&A and online courses helped make it the most respected online learning institution on the internet at the time.
In August 2011, he helped launch SeekersHub in Toronto with offices in Australia and elsewhere. He is a partner and legal advisor at StraightWay Ethical Advisory .
He has signed the Common Word initiative , the Amman Message ( Amman Message ) and the Open Letter to al-Baghdadi .
In 2012, he was included in a "List of 500 Most Influential Muslims" by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Jordan and the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in Washington, DC .
Publications (selection)
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Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School. Santa Barbara : White Thread Press, 2004
- The most essential things in Islam: Faith, prayer and the way of salvation according to the ḥanafi school of law. Translated from English by Abdullah Frank Bubenheim . WARDA publications, Hellenthal 2016; ISBN 978-3-939191-12-4 Contents
- Sufism & Good Character: Prophetic Guidance on the Spiritual Path. Santa Barbara: White Thread Press, 2004
literature
- Rauf Ceylan and Clauß Peter Sajak: Freedom of research and teaching ?: The scientific-organizational relationship of theology to the religious communities. 2017 ( partial online view )
Web links
- Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
- Sheikh Faraz Rabbani - themuslim500.com
- "US Library of Congress Cantalog: Faraz Rabbani".
- Faraz Rabbani audio and video lectures
References and footnotes
- ↑ cf. z. B. Shaykh Faraz Rabbani's contribution: Female circumcision , Sunni Path, The Online Islamic Academy, in the Internet Archive
- ↑ .themuslim500.com: Faraz Rabbani
- ↑ The Muslim 500 (2012: 135)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rabbani, Faraz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rabbani, Faraz Fareed (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani-Canadian Islamic activist and scholar of the Hanafi School of Sunni Islam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karachi |