Imam Zia ul Haque Sheikh, PhD.

Books authored:

Imam Zia is the author of “Islam:Silencing the Critics”, a groundbreaking book about the top objections, accusations, and questions directed at the Islamic faith. You may order a copy from Createspace, a division of Amazon, or from Amazon. Islamic Centers and Organizations will get discount breaks. Contact us for details.

Education & Other Skills:
*PhD from the Graduate Theological Foundation.
* Masters in Arabic and Islamic Theology
* Memorizes the complete Qur’an
* Can speak Arabic, Urdu, English, Punjabi, Gujarati fluently
* Has written a complete explanation of Imam Bukhari’s Book of Iman

Imam Zia is available to give khutbas, lectures and study sessions at your mosque, sometimes at no cost to your masjid. To check availability, please contact speakers4islam@aol.com . Please put clearly in Subject of your email “Speaker required for khutba/lecture/study session”.

Imam Zia ul Haque Sheikh was born in Azad Kashmir, and at the age of four he migrated to England with his parents. He attended regular schools until the age of thirteen, when he enrolled in a full time Islamic school.

He memorized the Quran, and at the age of sixteen, he started an Islamic Theology course, which consisted of Arabic Syntax, Etymology and Grammar, Logic, Quranic Exegesis, Hadith Exegesis, Comparative Religions, Islamic Jurisprudence of the four main schools of thought, Foundations of Jurisprudence, Quran and Hadith, and other subjects. After extensive studying for approximately twelve years, he graduated in 1994 with a Masters in Islamic Theology. He has completed his PhD thesis with the Graduate Theological Foundation.

He is a founding member and Board Member of the North Texas Islamic Council, an umbrella organization representing Islamic Organizations in the North Texas Area. He is actively involved in Interfaith, Outreach and Dawah work, working hard to unite various faith groups in an effort to create peace and harmony between religions.

He is one of the instructors at Bayyinah Academy in Irving, Texas, where he is one of the main teachers of Arabic morphology.

He is also the imam at the Islamic center of Irving, where he regularly leads prayers and conducts study circles of various branches of knowledge.is often invited to speak at colleges, universities, conferences and seminars.

He is a member of NAIF, North American Imams’ Federation, an organization dedicated to dealing with problems that Imams encounter, and to training Imams to lead their communities in a productive and beneficial way.

He is actively involved in Interfaith and Dawah work.

He has served as an Imam in the USA since 1996.

Hobbies And Interests:

* Soccer, Weight Training, Keeping Fit, Dawah Work