Dr Israr Ahmed The Popular Islamic Scholar

Dr www.islamiclab.com.jpg Israr Ahmed was a prominent Pakistani Islamic theologian philosopher and an Islamic scholar followed particularly in South Asia as well as by a number of South Asian Muslims in the Middle East Western Europe and North America. He was the founder of the Tanzeem-e-Islami and an offshoot activist of the rightist Jamaat-e-Islami. Israr Ahmed wrote and published 60 books on different aspects of Islam and religion nine of which were translated into English Prior to that he was a television personality and daily hosted a religious show on Peace TV. In 1971 Israr Ahmed gave up his medical practice to devote himself fully to the Islamic revival. In 1972, he established (or helped establish) the Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Quran Lahore Tanzeem-e-Islami was founded in 1975, and Tahreek-e-Khilafat Pakistan was launched in 1991. His television lectures generally focused on the revitalization of the Islamic faith through studies of the Quran. Since early 2000s he started appearing on Peace TV and lectured on Quran and Islam. He appealed to the Muslims of the world including those in the US to prepare themselves for the coming conflict.