Israr Ahmed

Dr. Israr Ahmed was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, orator and theologian who founded the Tanzeem-e-Islami, a revivalist movement that aims to establish the Islamic system of life in Pakistan and the world. He was born in Hisar, a small town in Punjab, India, to a Memon Muslim family. He moved to Pakistan in 1947, after the partition of India. He graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1954 and practiced medicine for a few years. He also obtained his master's degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Karachi in 1965. He was influenced by the teachings of Abul A'la Maududi, Hamiduddin Farahi, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Rafiuddin. He joined the Jamaat-e-Islami in 1950 and became a prominent member of the party. He left the party in 1956, due to some ideological differences, and formed his own group, the Tanzeem-e-Islami, in 1975. He devoted his life to preaching the Quran and its wisdom to the masses. He wrote and lectured extensively on various topics related to Islam, such as Islamic philosophy, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, Islamic law, Islamic revivalism, Islamic economics, Islamic politics, and Islamic eschatology. He authored more than 60 books and delivered thousands of lectures, which are available in audio and video formats. He also hosted a popular TV show, Al-Huda, on Pakistan Television. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian award of Pakistan, in 1981. He died in 2010, at the age of 77, after suffering from a cardiac arrest. He is widely respected and admired by millions of Muslims around the world for his scholarly and sincere efforts to revive the true spirit of Islam.