Inamullah Khan
Inamullah Khan (born 1912 in Rangoon , Burma , present-day Myanmar ; died 1997 ) was an Islamic scholar and activist. He was a co-founder of the World Islamic Congress or World Muslim Congress ( Arabic مؤتمر العالم الإسلامي, DMG Muʾtamar al-ʿĀlam al-Islāmī ; Abbr. MAI ), an Islamic organization based in Karachi . For more than four decades he was its general secretary. He also directed the publication of its World Muslim Gazetteer .
Inamullah Khan was born in Rangoon , his family came from Zamania in India . In 1948 he migrated to Pakistan .
In 1988 he received the Templeton Prize .
Publications (selection)
- Khoury, Adel Theodor (transl.): The Koran . With the participation of Muhammad Salim Abdullah . Gütersloh : Gütersloher Verl.-Haus Mohn, 1987. With e. Escort by Inamullah Khan. (= Gütersloher Taschenbücher Siebenstern; 783).
See also
- World Muslim Congress (MAY)
Web links
- Inamullah Khan - salaam.co.uk
Individual evidence
- ^ Umma Publishing House, Karachi.
- ↑ Inamullah Khan - salaam.co.uk (accessed on 29 October 2017)
- ^ New York Times , April 19, 1988, Anti-Semitism Charges Lead To Delay on Religion Prize
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| SURNAME | Khan, Inamullah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Islamic scholar and activist; Co-founder and longtime general secretary of the Islamic World Congress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yangon (Burma) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1997 |