Nouman Ali Khan | |
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Religion | Islam |
Nationality | American |
Era | Contemporary |
Known for | Arabic and Quranic Studies |
Occupation | Speaker, teacher |
Founder of | Bayyinah institute |
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Years active | Feb 20, 2009 - present | |||||||||
Genre | Islamic | |||||||||
Subscribers | 2.02 million[1] | |||||||||
Total views | 216.9 million[1] | |||||||||
Associated acts | Muslim Speakers | |||||||||
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Last updated: 26 October 2022 |
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]
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]
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]
Title | Description | Date | Language |
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Divine Speech: Exploring Quran As Literature | Bayyinah Publishing in 2016 | 2016 | English |
Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective | Kube Publishing ISBN 978-0986275043 | 2017 | English |
Bondhon | Guardian Publication; 1st edition ASIN: B07KV37PVR | 2010 | Bengali |
Arabic With Husna | Multiple Volumes ISBN 978-0986275043 | English | |
Dirilt Kalbini | Timaş Yayınları (2017) ISBN 978-6050825992 | Turkish | |
Revive Your Heart | Guardian Publication | 2019 | Bengali |