Nouman Ali Khan

Nouman Ali Khan
Nouman Ali Khan in 2015
Born 1978
Nationality American
Occupation Islamic speaker
Title Bayyinah Institute, Founder/CEO
Website www.bayyinah.com
www.bayyinah.tv

Nouman Ali Khan is an American Muslim speaker and Arabic instructor who founded The Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies, after serving as a professor of Arabic at Nassau Community College.[1][2] He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[3]

Early life

Khan was born in Germany to a Pakistani family and spent his preschool years in the former East Berlin.[4] His father then worked for the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from grades 2 to 8. His father moved the family to New York when Khan was in his teens.[5]

Publications

Khan is the author of two books: Divine Speech: Exploring Quran As Literature, self-published by Bayyinah in 2016,[6] and Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective, published by Kube Publishing in 2017.[7] He has also co-authored and self-published two Arabic textbooks for Bayyinah courses.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan". Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  2. ↑ Flaccus, Gillian (2013-09-21). "Demand for U.S.-Born Imams Up in American Mosques". Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  3. ↑ "The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan".
  4. ↑ http://www.timeskuwait.com/Times_Nouman-Ali-Khan---The-Man--The-Mission-and-The-Media "Nouman Ali Khan - The Man, The Mission and The Media", The Times Kuwait, 17 February 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.arabnews.com/news/445647 Sameen Tahir Khan, "Nouman Khan: The one-man Qur’an movement", Arab News, 22 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Khan, Nouman Ali; Randhawa, Sharif (2016-01-01). Divine Speech (1st ed.). Bayyinah Publications. ISBN 9780986275050.
  7. ↑ Khan, Nouman Ali (2017-05-16). Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective. Place of publication not identified: Kube Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781847741011.
  8. ↑ "Amazon.com: Nouman Ali Khan: Books". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
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