Khurram Murad

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Khurram Murad (also spelled Khurrum), a Pakistani Islamist, was a leader of Pakistani organizations belonging to the international movement of Islamism and a proselytizer of Islam in the United Kingdom. Born in the Indian state of Bhopal on 3rd November, 1932, he emigrated to Pakistan shortly after that nation was created from the partition of India in 1947.^{[citation needed]} He was a disciple of the Islamist, Maulana Mawdudi (also spelled Maududi). He wrote dozens of books on Islam, Islamism, and contemporary issues faced by Muslims. He was, at various times, the leader of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, Pakistan and Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan. He served as Director General of the Islamic Foundation, based in Leicester, United Kingdom^[1]. He died in Leicester, UK on 19th December, 1996 during open heart surgery^[2].

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One of his sons, Dr. Hasan Sohaib Murad, is now rector at University of Management and Technology in Lahore, Pakistan.

Some of his works in English are:

• Way to the Quran
• Key to al-Baqarah
• The Quranic Treasures
• Islam - The Easy Way
• Who is Muhammad
• Gifts from Muhammad
• Shariah - The Way to Justice
• Shari'ah: The Way to God
• Interpersonal Relations
• In the Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self-Development
• Sacrifice the making of a Muslim
• Dawah among Non-Muslims in the West
• Islam & Terrorism
• The Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values Power and Change
• Islamic Movement in the West: Reflections on Some Issues
• Dying & Living for Allah (his last will)

Some of his booklets in Urdu are:

• Zikr-e-Ilahi (Remembrance of God)
• Rabb se Mulaaqaat (Meeting with the Lord)
• Dawat kai Nishan-e-Raah
• Imaanat Daary (Honesty)
• Allah se Muhabbat (Loving Allah)
• Hasad aur Bughz (Jealousy & Envy)
• Rizq-e-halal (Lawful Sustenance)
• Niyyat aur Amal (Intention & Action)
• Hubb-e-Dunya (Love of the World)
• Dil ki zindagi (Life of the Heart)
• Ghalatiyon to Maaf Karna (Forgiving Mistakes)
• Haqeeqat-e-Zuhd (Reality of Piety)
• Urooj ka Raasta (The Way to Elevation)

Contents 1 Notes 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External sites

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Racius, Egdunas. 2004. The multiple nature of the Islamic Da'wa. Dissertation, University of Helsinki.

[edit] Further reading

• Ansari, Humayun. 3 Sept 2002. Muslims in Britain. London: Minority Rights Group International (MRG).

[edit] External sites

• UK Islamic Mission (parent organization of the Islamic Foundation)