Islam-A Concise Introduction

by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, Shehzad Saleem (Translator)

Translation of Urdu "Al-Islam" (summary of Urdu "Meezan")

Genres: Islam

165 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a Pakistani Islamic modernist theologist who hosted a primetime religious-spiritual show on Dunya News, Ilm-o-Hikmat, Ghamidi Key Saath (Knowledge and Wisdom with Ghamidi).

Quran scholar and exegete, and educationist, who extended the work of his tutor, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Ghamidi is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisation Danish Sara. He became a member of Council of Islamic Ideology on 28 January 2006 for a couple of years, a constitutional body responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to Pakistan Government and the Parliament. He has also taught at the Civil Services Academy from 1980 until 1991. He is running an intellectual movement similar to Wastiyya in Egypt on the popular electronic media of Pakistan.

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

The small book is fats track to understanding basic principles of conflicts of Islam. It is very well written and easy to read.

[AlfazFarosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to understand islam, this book is a gem. Away from the Ulema whose understanding of Islam we understood as part of Deen, this concise introduction takes you through the light of the Qur'an and Hadith to the core of Islam. A must read for a rational mind, thinking muslims, and those in the quest of truth.

[Rafeeque Ansari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise commentary on Islam

Short, pithy and concise explanations of all the tenets of Islam. This forms a good fundamental reading. Recommended for beginners and intermediate readers.

[Khalid Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is exactly what it claims; A concise introduction of Islam.