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Famous Scholar Dr. Shehzad Saleem coming to Australia
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Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Shehzad Saleem has been under the tutelage of Javed Ahmad
Ghamidi since 1988 and is currently a Research Fellow and one of the Vice
Presidents of Al-Mawrid. He has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from UET
Lahore, Pakistan and holds a PhD in the History of the Qur’an from the
University of Wales, UK.
Special
Area of Interest
In 2014 he completed a fifteen year research work on the History of the Qur’an, a part of which constituted his doctoral thesis (the thesis portion is available at:
http://www.al-mawrid.org/index.php/books/view/collection-of-the-quran-a-critical-and-historical-study-of-al-farahis-view).
The work addresses some nagging questions related to the revelation, collection
and transmission of the Qur’an. These questions include narratives found in our
legacy on the alleged incompleteness of the Qur’an, scribal errors found in it,
its variant readings, chronology of its compilation, order of the surahs, and
manuscript studies.
Books
Authored
1. Common Misconceptions about Islam
2. Playing God:
Misreading a Divine Practice
3. Islam and Women: Misconceptions and
Misperceptions
4. Essays on Character Building, Lessons on Character
Building
5. Qur’an Workshops on Character Building (including a separate
Teacher’s Guide)
6. Lessons on Character Building
7. Selections from the
Qur’an
8. Selections from the Bible
9. Selections from the Hadith
He has also compiled a modular textbook on Quranic Studies, which was taught by
him to graduate students (1999-2001). The textbook is available in course
format at
www.studying-islam.org.
It comprises course topics as: Revelation of the Qur’an, Theme
of the Qur’an, History of the Qur’an, Arrangement of the Qur’an, Language of
the Qur’an, Interpreting the Qur’an.
Translations
He has translated some works of Amin Ahsan Islahi (d. 1997) and
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi into English. These include:
1. Volumes 6, 7, 8 and
9 of Tadabbur Qur’an
2. Mizan (Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction)
3.
Al-Islam (Islam: A Concise Introduction)
4. Selected Essays of Javed Ahmad
Ghamidi
5. Volumes 1 and 5 of Al-Bayan
QnAs
His answers to various questions received about
Islam can also be accessed at the Renaissance website at: http://monthly-renaissance.com/issue/writers.aspx?option=queries&id=1
Websites
He is the Founding Editor of
the monthly research journal, Renaissance which was initiated in 1991. In 1999,
its website www.monthly-renaissance.com was
launched.
He launched the Studying Islam
http://www.studying-islam.org/
website in 2003, which offers online courses on Islam. Through technical
help, he has developed an online software (Qur’an for All) at the Studying
Islam website to teach the translation of the Qur’an to those who can read the
Arabic text but cannot comprehend its meaning.
He also set up websites
about the life and works of the Qur’anic scholars Hamid Uddin Farahi (http://www.hamid-uddin-farahi.org/)
and Amin Ahsan Islahi (http://www.amin-ahsan-islahi.org/
) in 2010 and 2013 respectively
He has also built a text
based website on the exegesis Tadabbur i Qur’an (http://www.tadabbur-i-quran.org/)
in 2013.
He also founded a website on the life and works of the biblical
scholar Abdus Sattar Ghauri (http://www.abdus-sattar-ghauri.org/)
in 2014
He uses his personal facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562019607)
to write on personality development issues.
Lectures
He is a guest speaker at various public forums.
Some of the topics he regularly speaks on include:
1. Misconceptions
about Women in Islam
2. Pardah and Gender Interaction
3. Non-Muslims and
the Qur’an
4. Question on the Qur’an by Serious
5. Misconceptions about
Islam
6. Muhammad (sws): The Misunderstood Prophet of Islam
7. Marriage
and Married Life
8. Fast and Fasting
9. Basic Morality
10. Islam and
Islamic Welfare State
11. Misconceptions about Divorce in Islam
12.
Misconceptions regarding Jihad of the Companions of the Prophet (sws)
13
Imbalanced Religious Attitudes
He conducts activity-based Qur’anic
Workshops for adults and sessions on Character Building and Personality
Development for teenagers. Topics
include:
1. Spending in the Way of God
2. Pride and
Arrogance
3. Remembering God
4. Civic Sense
5. Kindness to
Parents
6. Gratitude
7. Forgiveness
8. Moral Courage
9.
Truthfulness
10. Showing Off
11. Humility
12. Sympathy
13.
Sinful Speech
14. Honesty
15. Justice
Some of his talks and
lectures on or about Islam can be viewed at:
www.youtube.com/shehzadsaleem
- www.dailymotion.com/drshehzadsaleem
www.youtube.com/shehzadsaleemurdu - www.dailymotion.com/drshehzadsaleemurdu
A facebook page, Dr Shehzad Saleem’s Video Talks
(https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Shehzad-Saleems-Video-Talks-309627932402929/?ref=br_rs) also displays his talks
