A Guide to Hajj and Umrah
Publisher Name | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
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Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
Format | Audio |
Bisac Subject Major | REL |
Language | NG |
Isbn 10 | 1492762725 |
Isbn 13 | 9781492762720 |
Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
Dimensions | 00.79" H x 90.05" L x 24.00" W |
Page Count | 318 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Anis Matthews Anis is fluent in Arabic, English and Urdu. She has B.Sc. and M.Sc.(Punjab) and an M.Phil (Surrey/Harwell). She has been a university lecturer for a total of 14+ years; 8 years in Iraq (physics to medical students), 1 year in the UK (university entrance to A-level students) and 6 years in KSA (physics to medical students). She ran circles for women and girls on both Islamiyyat and Taweed/Arabic during her time in KSA, continuing in the UK in half a dozen locations including her home, until failing health caused her to reduce her activities. Anis also took the female student workshops as part of the Dawah Courses jointly run with her husband. Daud R Matthews - Daud was raised as an Anglican. He left organised religion when he was 23. He studied physics but left physics research for computer management in 1971. Daud has been a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute as well as a Chartered Engineer. He passed the MENSA test in 2003 with a score of 156. He embraced Islam in March, 1970; married in Pakistan in 1973 and worked in Saudi Arabia from 1974 - 1997; first with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 1974 - 1986, and then with King Saud University 1986 - 1997 as Technical Manager in their computer centres. He was heavily engaged in presenting Islam to non-Muslims in KSA from 1986 - 1997. Daud was one of the presenters of Tafsir in English for Saudi TV Channel 2 for six months.He also ran classes on Islam for 2 years for a group of children of expatriate doctors who would be returning to the West. Since his return to the UK in 1997 he has run classes on Islam for children; he became the Chairman of a weekend Bangladeshi Educational Trust in Loughborough, some 5 years later, their weekend school merged with the other weekend school and had a total enrolment of over 70 students. He has lectured regularly on Islam in universities, Islamic Awareness Weeks and run Dawah Courses. Retiring in 2003 he still lectures and gives Dawah Courses.