Omar Abd al-Kafi

Omar Abd al-Kafi
Born (1951-05-01) 1 May 1951
Minya, Egypt
Residence UAE
Nationality Egyptian
Education

Doctoral degree in agricultural science

Master's degree in "Comparative Fiqh"
Known for His books, lectures on TV
Children 5
Website abdelkafy.com (ar)

Omar Abd al-Kafi follows the hanafi madh-hab (Arabic: عمر عبد الكافي‎) (born 1951) is an Egyptian writer, professor, Islamic theologian, and manager of (Dubai International Holy Quran Award Islamic Studies Center). He is famous in the Arab world. He wrote many Islamic books, he also made more than 3000 sound lectures and hundreds of TV lectures. Since the 1970s.[1]

Controversies

Abd al-Kafi was one of the scheduled speakers at the Niagara Muslim Family Conference in April, 2018, but was removed after B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to his prolific history of anti-Semitic statements.

Additionally, during a January 2015 sermon, he told worshipers that the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States were “a comedy film".[2][3]

Books

He wrote dozens of books in Arabic, such as:[4]

  • The True Promise, (Arabic: الوعد الحق‎) .
  • Mind Your Tongue, (Arabic: أمسك لسانك‎) .
  • Urgent Messages to My Muslim Daughter, (Arabic: رسائل مستعجلة الى ابنتي المسلمة‎) .
  • Sins of the Tongue, (Arabic: آفات اللسان‎) .
  • The Doors of Goodness, (Arabic: أبواب الخير‎) .
  • This Is Our Religion, (Arabic: هذا ديننا‎) .
  • The Ethics of Muslim Man and Woman, (Arabic: خلق المسلم والمسلمة‎) .

On TV

He made hundreds of lectures on different TV channels, such as Iqraa TV & Al-Resalah TV.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "عمر عبد الكافي • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. ↑ Fishman, Aidan (April 9, 2018). "Niagara Muslim Conference Removes Speaker After B'nai Brith Canada Outreach". B'nai Brith Canada. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Ariel, Ben (April 10, 2018). "Anti-Semitic imam removed from Canada conference". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Books by عمر عبد الكافي (Author of الوعد الحق)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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