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Dr. Jamal Badawi: One of the most effective Dawah speakers in the modern world

Dr. Jamal Badawi: One of the most effective Dawah speakers in the modern world


Dr. Jamal Badawi has been one of the most popular Muslim speakers in the West for the last three decades and has hundreds of lectures and debates on tapes, as well as books and leaflets on various topics. He is a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims. In his writings and lectures, he has been trying to remove the misconceptions about Islam and Muslims and present the Islamic solutions on some important problems and issues related to human life, e.g, Gender problem, Family life, life of Mohammad (pbuh) and Faith in Islam and so on.
Dr. Jamal Badawi was born and brought up in Egypt, and it was in Cairo that Dr. Badawi started his career as a student. He received his bachelors from Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt). He completed his Post graduation and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Upon completing his education, Dr. Badawi began working right away and still is quite active in the Muslim community. Currently, Dr. Badawi is the director of the Islamic Information Foundation (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), which is a non-profit foundation seeking to promote better understanding of Islam by Muslims and non-Muslims.
He is also working in his own field in Business Administration, as a “Professor Emeritus” of Management at St. Mary University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). He is also a cross-appointed faculty member in the Departments of Religious Studies and Management, at the same University. Previously, Dr. Badawi has taught a course on Islam at Stanford University (California, USA) and gave a series of lectures on the Quran at Oxford University (UK).
Along with all these commitments, Dr. Badawi is a member of the Fiqh Council of North America, a part of the Islamic Society of North America, a member of the Consultative Council of North America, and a member of the Juristic Council of North America, The European Council of Fatwa and Research and the International Union of Islamic Scholars. He has been serving as a volunteer Imam of the local Muslim community in Halifax since 1970.
Dr. Badawi has authored several books and articles on Islam.  He is an excellent orator on various pertinent topics, especially Islam and Christianity. He is also very active in journalism and broadcasting. He has researched, designed, and presented a 350 half-hour segment television series on Islam, which was shown on many TV stations in Canada, the US, and other countries, as well. Audio and video copies of this series are widely available throughout the world.
Some of his works are available also on the internet including Gender Equity in Islam available on www.Soundvision.com and a 352-segment television series on Islam, Articles on topics such as “Apostasy” and “Muslim/Non-Muslim Relations” now available [in audio format] under “Islamic Teachings” at www.Islamonline.net and ( Islam in 176 Hours ) at www.ReadingIslam.com .
Some titles of his published books  are: Selected prayers, Gender Equity in Islam, Muhammad in the Bible, Status of Women in Islam, Polygamy in Islamic Law, The Earth and Humanity: An Islamic Perspective, Islam: A Brief Look, Muslim Woman’s Dress According to the Qur’an and the Sunnah and Islamic Ethics.
Many of his Lectures and Debates are: Is the Bible the Word of God?, The Authenticity of the Bible, Treatment of Minorities in Christianity and Islam, Treatment of Women in Christianity and Islam, The Cross Salvation, The Divinity of Jesus, Was Jesus Divine? or Was He a Prophet of God?, God as Viewed in the Bible and the Qur’an, Is Muhammad a Prophet of God?, The Authenticity of the Qur’an, Can Muslims and Christians be friends. Debate: The Way to Salvation, Basic Human Rights as Viewed by Christian and Islam, The Qur’an – Word of God or Muhammad.
One of his writings, he wrote  that the Prophet Mohammed did not preach violence against people of other faiths, Badawi says “a careful reading of the Qur’an leaves no doubt” that “Islam is a religion of peace and nonviolence.” He asserts that “when people quote just one Qur’anic passage, they pull the meaning out of its historical context and out of the complex system of translation from Arabic to another language.”
In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi was invited as a guest speaker on Islam in nearly 30 other countries throughout the world. Dr. Jamal Badawi is also a Guest Scholar at The American Learning Institute for Muslims. He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam & Christianity. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim Dialogues.
Dr. Badawi is married and a father of 5 children and grandfather of 17. Some books and lectures of Dr. Badawi are also available in our country both in English and Bengali language. ”Islamic teaching course” a book written by Badawi is still now influencing all types of people in our country. To learn Islam better and know the situation of Muslims across the world, we must read books and listens to lectures by Dr. Jamal Badawi

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