Hussein Ye

Hussain Yee
Hussain Yee
Born 1950
Malaysia
Nationality  Malaysian
Ethnicity Malaysian Chinese
Occupation Preacher
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni Islam
Alma mater University of Madinah
Website

Hussain Yee or Hussein Yee (born 1950) is a Malaysian preacher and Islamic scholar.[1]

Background

Early years

Born into a Buddhist family, Hussain Yee embraced Islam at the age of 18. Yee studied under the scholar Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani.[2]

Positions held

Hussain Yee is the Founder and President of Al-Khaadem.[3]

Among other positions, he spent a year in 1980 as an Advisor for the Cambodian Islamic Refugee Organisation in Paris, France. He has also served as a Counsellor at PERKIM Kuala Lumpur and as the Director of Da’wah for the Islamic Center in Hong Kong from 1984 to 1985.[4]

Controversy and response

In 2015, he gave a keynote address at the Australian Islamic Peace Conference (AIPC), which was attended by religious leaders from Jewish and Christian faiths.[5]

Yee has said that Muslims terrorists were not responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, just based on "suspicion".[6][7]

Hussain Ye later responded to the accusations and denied ever saying that “Jews were behind 9/11 attack", and accused The Australian newspaper of "inept journalism".[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.islamevents.com/speakers/speaker_detail.php?spid=37
  2. ↑ http://kingfaisalprize.org/sheikh-mohammad-nasir-ad-din-al-albani/
  3. ↑ http://www.al-khaadem.com.my/who-we-are/
  4. ↑ http://www.al-khaadem.com.my/founder-president/
  5. 1 2 Yee, Hussain (4 April 2015). "Skewed reporting incites hatred of Islam: An Islamic scholar exercises his right of reply to an FMT article". Free Malaysia Today. Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jews were behind 9/11 attack, implies Malaysian preacher". Free Malaysia Today. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Hussein Ye (13 December 2007). "Hussein Ye about 9/11". Memri TV. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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