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College Hasan Abdal is lucky enough to receive Dr Khalid Zaheer, a renowned Religious Scholar on the
evening of March 5, 2009 and benefited from his
intellectual thoughts. After his exemplary lecture about
the basics of Islam, a very fruitful and mind provoking
Question & Answer session was held. Overall, it was a
wonderful experience to be with Dr Khalid and we hope to
keep benefiting from him in future as well.
Dr
Khalid Zaheer is the Director Education, Al-Mawrid,
which is an NGO established to promote research and
education on Islam. Prior to joining Al-Mawrid in
September 2006, he was an Associate Professor of Islamic
Studies and Ethics at Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS). He has a teaching experience of more
than 20 years. Prior to joining LUMS, he taught at IBA
and Punjab University for 12 years as a permanent
faculty member. He
has also taught at various other educational
institutions in Lahore. Dr Zaheer's PhD dissertation
focused on Interest-Free Banking. His areas of interest
are Islamic Banking, in particular its departures from
true Islamic principles, and application of Islamic
teachings in the contemporary environment. He regularly
contributes articles to the monthly Renaissance, a
leading religious English journal of the country. Dr.
Zaheer has appeared in many television programs and has
also given sermons at
mosques, both in Pakistan as well as in the UK.
His
understanding of Islamic teachings and his experiences
have convinced him that our present-day world is
confronted with scourges of two extremisms: religious
extremism and liberal extremism. He has joined Al-Mawrid
to realize his dream to promote the cause of the true
Islamic message, which is neither extremist nor liberal.
He also
maintains a website
www.khalidzaheer.com that presents his lectures and
views.
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