Shaykh Pirzada hosts discussion with Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi,Shaykh Faisal Abdur-Razak and other religious leaders
On Thursday 25 August 2016, the prominent and influential Syrian scholar, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, visited Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (President of the UK Branch of the World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates WAAG UK). Other Imams and scholars from the UK and abroad were also in attendance including the respectable Shaykh Faisal Hamid Abdur-Razak (Canada), Shaykh Syed Muhammad Zafarullah Shah (Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust, Birmingam), Shaykh Umar Hayat Qadri (Suffah Foundation, Huddersfield), Allama Masood Alam Khan (Islamic Help, Birmingham), Shaykh Muhammad Yasin (Birmingham), Mufti Wajid Iqbal (Bradford), and others.
During the visit, the guests were warmly welcomed at Eaton Hall in Retford, and both Shaykh al-Yaqoubi and Shaykh Pirzada were pleased to meet one another as it had been a number of years since they last met. A discussion on a variety of themes and contemporary religious matters ensued with the group of scholars and Imams who were present.
Shaykh al-Yaqoubi gifted some of his recent written works to Shaykh Pirzada including his latest book titled ‘Refuting ISIS’, and Shaykh Pirzada presented his work on Islam and moderation titled ‘ISIS: State of Ignorance’. The scholars present commented on the importance of both these works for Muslims and non-Muslims, especially the youth.
To get hold of your copy of Shaykh al-Yaqoubi’s ‘Refuting ISIS’, click here.
To get hold of your copy of Shaykh Pirzada’s ‘ISIS: State of Ignorance’, click here.
