Ibrahim Husain Malabari

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Ibrahim Husain Malabari (also known as T.K. Ibrahim) is a Toronto based Islamic scholar, writer and activist. He was born in Kerala, India in 1937 and immigrated United States in 1975 and later to Canada in 1982. Malabari studied Islamic Studies at Islamiyya College (Kerala) and Graduated in the Traditional Islamic Sciences and received the Ijazah (title) of al-Faqih fi al-ddeen. Between 1968-1972, he attended Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia and received Licentiate in Usul al-Ddeen. He also attended Indiana University, Bloomington as a post-graduate student.

Malabari has been involved the Islamic organizations on several continents since his teenage years. He is a well-known activist with Jamaat Islami (India). He has been active with Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) since 1976.

He worked with Islamic Centre of Toronto ( Jami Mosque) since 1980 in several capacities including Director until he retired in 2004. He also briefly worked with Islamic Foundation of Toronto as an Assistant Director. He has served a director on ISNA Majlis Ashura, and board of Islamic Co-operative Housing Corporation. He also served as a member of the Fiqh Council of North America.

He is a regular commentator on the Muslim community in Canada. He has appeared on or been interviewed by many media outlets including CBC, CTV, CITYTV, KTV 1 Kuwait, Oman TV Satellite, Sharja TV, Dubai TV, Abu Dhabi TV, Al Qatariya, Kairali TV, Amrita TV, etc.

Malabari is also a prolific writer in several languages, English, Arabic and Malayalam. His writings have appeared in many Canadian and international publications including the Toronto Star, Al-Mujtama, Al Alamiya, and Dawaa He is a Canadian correspondent for the Madhyamam Daily (Malayalam) and Prabhodhanam (Malayalam Bi-Weekly). He has also published in two books, Handbook of Hajj and Attawhid: Oneness of Allah.

He is currently concentrating on writing and is involved with International Islamic Charitable Organization (Kuwait) and he is a founding member of International Union for Muslim Scholars (Qatar).

He lives in Toronto with his wife Zulaikha Morangatt and has one daughter, Tayibba and three sons, Mubarak, Bilal and Suhaib and four grandchildren.

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