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Khurram Murad was born in Bhopal, India in
1932, and migrated to Pakistan in 1948. He studied civil
engineering at the University of Karachi (BEng. 1952), securing
1st place in the University, and went on to study in the
University of Minnesota (USA) (MSc. 1958), he worked as a
leading consulting engineer in Karachi, Dhaka, Tehran and
Riyadh. Associated Consulting Engineers Ltd., with which he
worked as a chief engineer and resident director, was
responsible for the initial design and electrification of the
extension of the Masjid al-Haram, Makkah and Khurram Murad
played an important role in the formulation and implementation
of the plans for extension of the Haram.
Khurram Murad occupies a place of distinction in the
intellectual firmament of contemporary Islam. A thinker, an
orator and a prolific writer, he has been one of the architects
of current Islamic resurgence. While his da'wah activities began
in Pakistan, he has been involved in the promotion of the
Islamic movement in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. As a
teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and thoughtful orations have
inspired thousands of young men and women all over the world. As
chief of the training departments of the Jamiat, the Jamaat and
as an active resource-person in training programmes in the UK
and America, he played a key role in the character-building of
the youth in the Islamic Movement.
An author of over thirty works in Urdu and English, his thoughts
have
influenced two generations of Muslims all the world over.
"Inter-Personal Relations in an Islamic Movement" (Urdu),
"Way to the Qur'an,"
"Islamic Movement in the West: Reflections on Some Issues,"
"Lam'at-e-Zandan," (Urdu),
"Shari'ah: The Way to God" and "Shari'ah: The Way to Justice,"
"Key to al-Baqarah",
"Quranic Treasures,",
"Gifts from Muhammad," (forthcoming),
"Who is Muhammad" (forthcoming),
are some of his major works. As a translator and interpreter of
Mawlana Mawdudi, Khurram Murad has made his mark.
"Let us be Muslims,"
"Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values, Power and Change,"
and "The Islamic Way of Life," (with Khurshid Ahmad)
are his major contributions. He also edited Mawlana Abul Hasan
Ali Nadwi'spioneering work, "Muslims in the West: Message and
the Mission." Khurram also wrote over half a dozen books for
children, edited and directed a video on "The Life of the
Prophet Muhammad," and contributed dozens of scholarly articles
to different journals and magazines. Over four hundred audio and
video cassettes of Khurram Murad are in circulation in Pakistan
and different parts of the Muslim World.
As a leader of the Islamic Movement of Pakistan, which struggled
for the democratic rights of the people, he was detained in
prison without trial in 1964 in Dhaka for three months and was
also a Prisoner of War for almost three years in India after the
fall of Dhaka in December 1971.
His death came on Thursday 19th December 1996 (9th Sha'ban 1417
AH) at the Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. |
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