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The Mad Mamluks talk to Dr. Kamran Riaz about Darul Qasim Institute's effort to bring Muslim professionals towards Islamic Sciences.  We also discuss some of the challenges of American Muslims today. Dr. Kamran Riaz has a uniquely indigenous background in Islamic studies. Before high school, he completed memorization of the Qur’an at the Institute of Islamic Education in Illinois. He graduated from University of Illinois in Chicago with dual degrees in Economics and Middle Eastern History. He studies and teaches Islamic Studies classes at Darul Qasim, an institute for classical Islamic knowledge in Illinois, and also leads taraweeh prayers and conducts classes at the Downtown Islamic Center. He obtained a doctorate of medicine degree from UIC College of Medicine, and completed his ophthalmology training at Northwestern University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas).  His commentary of Imam al-Ghazali’s treatise “Concerning Divine Wisdom in the Creation of Man." is soon to be published.  He works and resides in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife and daughter. kamran.riaz@darulqasim.org https://darulqasim.org

Dr. Fahad Khan is a psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences.  He is also a Hafiz of the Qur’an (having committed the entire Qur’an to memory) and has studied Islamic studies with various scholars in the Muslim world and the US. He also serves on the Editorial Board for Muslim World Affairs, an online peer-reviewed journal.  The primary focus of his clinical training has been with children and adolescents suffering from serious mental illnesses.  However, he has had a broad range of experiences dealing with individuals from all age groups and cultural backgrounds. http://khalilCenter.com khanfahad@khalilcenter.com  

Talking about Halal Meat and Halal Money

Mad Mamluks talk to Sheikh Omer about Islamic Center of Wheaton (ICW) and it's relationship with a city that is known as the Evangelical Christian capital of America. We also discuss with him the controversy surrounding the Wheaton College professor who wore a Hijab to protest the rising Islamophobic atmosphere in the world. Sh. Omer Haqqani was raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the earlier part of his life.  While living there he memorized most of the Quran while attending regular school.  He moved to the United States along with his family when he was in 7th grade and finished the memorization when he was in 8th grade.  While attending high school at Glenbard East he felt that with so many Muslim Students in the school there should be a club/organization for them to meet and get to know each other hence Glenbard East High School MSA was co-founded by him.  After graduating High School and while attending college he was active in giving khutbahs on various University campuses and some Masajid.  Soon an opportunity presented itself to him to travel and further his knowledge about Islam.  He attended University of Damascus in Damascus, Syria where he was enrolled in an advance Arabic language program.  In addition to that he sat and benefited among several of the well known Scholars in Damascus such as Sh. Noor ud deen Itr and Sh. Ramadan Bouti.  He also traveled to Jordan, Lebanon, and back to Saudi Arabia in pursuit of knowledge.  In the end he settled down by attending the renowned institute of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema in Lucknow, India and graduated from there with a degree in Shariah.  Since his return to the United States in 2007 he has been working as an IT professional for some of the major corporations here in downtown Chicago while volunteering at most of the major masajids in the Chicago-land area.  He regularly delivers Jummah khutbahs and conducts other  talks/programs at Downtown Islamic Center, Islamic community center of Desplaines, Islamic Center of Wheaton, Islamic Foundation, Masjid al Jummah, and Masjid al Huda. He is Married and is blessed with two Sons.  He can be reached at Omerhaqqani@icwonline.org

Round Table Discussion with Mad Mamluks Contributor, Murtaza.  Discussion is about the often thrown about slogan, "unity".

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