Jamal Badawi

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Sheikh Jamal Badawi ( Arabic جمال بدوي; born 1939 in Egypt ) is a Muslim preacher living in Canada , a sought-after speaker on Islam, and an Islamic activist. He is a leading figure in Islam in North America (see Islam in the US & Canada ). He has authored numerous books on Islam and founded the Islamic Information Foundation in Canada. Badawi is a member of the Executive Council of the Fiqh Council of North America ( Fiqh Council of North America ), as its Executive Director he the 2014 open letter to al-Baghdadi signed.

After a first academic degree from Ain-Schams University in Cairo , he moved to the USA in the 1960s and completed his studies with a doctorate in business administration from Indiana University Bloomington . Since 1970 he has served as an imam for the Muslim community in Halifax . He mentions Hasan al-Bannā and the Muslim Brotherhood as his source of inspiration . He resigned from an academic position at St. Mary's University in Halifax in 2011.

Jamal Badawi is a leader in many of the most important organizations in the United States and the Global Muslim Brotherhood , including the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), according to Globalmbwatch - a website that discusses, among other things, his role in the governance of the US Muslim Brotherhood . Islamic Society of North America), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Canada; Council for American-Islamic Relations) and the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), the Muslim American Society (MAS) and the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR; European Council for Fatwa and Research). He is also a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (International Union of Muslim Scholars) of Yusuf al-Qaradawi (see also under the ICCI in Dublin ).

In 2009 Jamal Badawi was included in a "List of the 500 Most Influential Muslims" of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Jordan and the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in Washington, DC .

Publications (selection)

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Dr. Jamal Badawi - Institute Al Islam (en-US) . In: Institute Al Islam . 
  2. ↑ On Mount Nur With Dr Jamal Badawi .
  3. ↑ a b globalmbwatch.com - accessed November 10, 2019
  4. ↑ ikhwan.whoswho: Jamal Badawi - accessed November 10, 2019
  5. ↑ The Muslim 500 (2009: 125) - see also later volumes

literature

  • Ilya Feoktistov: Terror in the Cradle of Liberty: How Boston Became a Center for Islamic Extremism. 2019 ( partial online view )
  • Erick Stakelbeck: The Brotherhood: America's Next Great Enemy. 2013 ( partial online view )
  • P. David Gaubatz, Paul E. Sperry: Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America. 2009 ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Badawi, Jamal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Badawi, Jamal A .; Badawi, Gamal A .; جمال بدوي
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Islamic activist in North America
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Egypt