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Duration: 50mins (approx), Size: 11.4mb
Date: 21st April 2005
Venue:
Masjid Ghausia (Huddersfield)

Language: English

Sheikh Faisal Abdur-Razak: The Imam and the President of the Islamic Forum of Canada is Sheikh Faisal Hamid Abdur-Razak who lives in Toronto, Canada. From 1977 to 1986 he studied in Saudi Arabia, first at Umm Al-Qurra University in Makkah, then at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. He also studied at York University, Toronto, Canada.

While in Saudi Arabia, in addition to University studies, he studied under many Scholars and Sheikhs, including: Sheikh Hasan Ayub, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghazali, Sheikh Muhammad Qutb, Sheikh Abdur-Rahman Barood, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Wasfi, Sheikh Farooq Al-Batal, Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Sabuni, Shaykh Abdullah Nasih `Alwan, and Sheikh Maw'il Ezziddin Al-Samura'ee.

After completing his studies in Saudi Arabia in 1986, he returned to Canada where he became actively involved in Islamic Da`wah and education. He served as Imam / Khateeb ofseveral Masaajid and Islamic Centres including the Islamic Society of Peel, the Islamic Centre of Brampton, and the TARIC ISLAMIC CENTRE.

Sheikh Faisal served on the Government of Canada Interfaith Committee, the Province of Ontario Multifaith Council, and the City of Brampton Multifaith Committee. In addition to being the President of the Islamic Forum of Canada, he is also the Vice-President of the Islamic Council of Imams of Canada, and a member of the Al-Shura Muslim Consultative Council. He has spoken on a wide range of Islamic topics to gatherings in many countries including: Canada, U.S.A.,England, Germany,Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Turkey, Syria,Guyana, Barbados, and Trinidad. He has to his credit more than one hundred titles recorded on Audio and Video Cassettes. Sheikh Faisal is a prolific writer of Islamic Books.