Nouman_Ali_Khan

Nouman Ali Khan

Nouman Ali Khan

American Muslim speaker

Nouman Ali Khan is a Pakistani-American[2] Islamic speaker and Arabic instructor who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College.[3][4] He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[5]

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Early life

Khan was born 4 May 1978, in Germany to a Pakistani family and spent his preschool years in the former East Berlin.[6] His father then worked for the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from grades 2 to 8. His father moved the family to New York when Khan was in his teens.[7]

Career

Controversies

In September 2017, Khan was involved in a sexting scandal and accused of spiritual abuse and "luring women into sexual relationships disguised as secret marriages".[8][9][10][11][12] Khan responded that the leaked text conversations were "between consenting adults" and that the women were marriage prospects, noting that he had been divorced for two years.[8]

Six eminent Muslim clerics and academics, led by Imam Mohamed Magid, began their own inquiry into the allegations and released a joint statement, asserting that Khan "had engaged in conduct unbecoming of any believer, much less someone who teaches about the Holy Qur’an."[13][14] Khan had attempted to prevent the release of the statement.[13]

Some women who spoke out against Khan faced significant backlash.[15]

Publications

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References

  1. [1]
    "About Bayyinah Institute". YouTube.
  2. [2]
    Hussein Kesvani, Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims, Oxford University Press, 2019, p. 17
  3. [3]
    "The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan". Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  4. [4]
    Flaccus, Gillian (2013-09-21). "Demand for U.S.-Born Imams Up in American Mosques". Archived from the original on 2017-07-31.
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    "The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan".
  6. [6]
    http://www.timeskuwait.com/Times_Nouman-Ali-Khan---The-Man--The-Mission-and-The-Media "Nouman Ali Khan - The Man, The Mission and The Media", The Times Kuwait, 17 February 2015.
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    http://www.arabnews.com/news/445647 Sameen Tahir Khan, "Nouman Khan: The one-man Qur’an movement", Arab News, 22 March 2013.
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    "Nouman Ali Khan urges for 'theatre-free environment' to investigate allegations against him". Dawn. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  9. [9]
    Sohail, Rahima (23 September 2017). "Pakistani-American preacher alleged to have inappropriate relations with women". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. [10]
    "The Perils of #MeToo as a Muslim". Dhaka Tribune. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  11. [11]
    Khan, Aysha (29 January 2020). "'A long time coming'". Lincoln Courier. Retrieved 29 July 2021. The conference comes in the wake of several explosive scandals impugning well-respected Islamic teachers, including Bayyinah Institute founder and superstar preacher Nouman Ali Khan, who was caught in a sexting scandal and accused of luring women into sexual relationships disguised as secret marriages
  12. [12]
    Khan, Aysha (15 August 2019). "Texas imam ordered to pay $2.55 million in sexual misconduct case". Religion News Service. Retrieved 29 July 2021. Khan himself has been accused of spiritually abusing and manipulating several of his followers into secret sham marriages.
  13. [13]
    Allam, Hannah (20 December 2017). "Inside The 'Spiritual Abuse' Allegations Against A Celebrity Preacher". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Muslim-Americans Face Challenges When Confronting Leader's Misconduct". National Public Radio. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. [15]
    Allam, Hannah (29 September 2017). "Women Are Being Harassed For Speaking Out About A Muslim Preacher's Misconduct Allegations". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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