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Dr. Khalid Zaheer
Dr Khalid
Zaheer is the Scholar, Understanding Islam UK (UIUK) since May 2012. UIUK is a
non-political organization established in UK as a registered charity since 2001
for spreading a non-sectarian, peace-promoting, and moderate message of Islam
based on the two authentic sources of Qur'an and Sunnah. Prior to joining UIUK,
he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of University of
Central Punjab from July, 2009 to May 2012. Prior to joining UCP, he was the
Director Education, Al-Mawrid, which is an NGO established to promote research
and education on Islam. Prior to joining Al-Mawrid in September 2006, he was an
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Ethics at Lahore University of
Management Sciences (LUMS). He has a teaching experience of more than 20 years.
Before joining LUMS, he taught at IBA, University of the Punjab for 12 years as
a permanent faculty member. He has also taught at various other educational
institutions in Lahore. Dr Zaheer's PhD dissertation was a critique on
Interest-Free Banking. His areas of interest are Islamic Banking, in particular
its departures from true Islamic principles, and application of Islamic
teachings in the contemporary business and social environment. He regularly
contributes articles to the monthly Renaissance, a leading religious English
journal of the country. Dr. Zaheer has appeared in many television programs and
has also given sermons at mosques, both in Pakistan as well as in the UK.
His understanding of Islamic teachings and his experiences have convinced him
that our present-day world is confronted with scourges of two extremisms:
religious extremism and liberal extremism. He has joined UIUK to realize his
dream to promote the cause of the true Islamic message, which is neither
extremist nor liberal.
