Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi الأستاذ الدكتور بهاء الدين محمد جمال الدين الندوي |
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Dr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi chairs Nubuvvet Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey 2013
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Born |
Kooriyad, Malabar, South India |
22 April 1951
Residence | Chemmad, Malappuram, Kerala, India |
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Occupation | Vice Chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University, Kerala, India |
Known for | Integration of Islamic higher education; Malayalam translation of the Qur'an |
Awards | One of the world's 500 most influential Muslims, 2012–2014. Muslim Star of the Year 2012 (Cairo, Egypt) |
Prof. Dr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Jamaluddeen Nadwi (Malayalam: ഡോ. ബഹാഉദ്ദീൻ മുഹമ്മദ് നദ്വി, Arabic: الأستاذ الدكتور بهاء الدين محمد جمال الدين الندوي) is the founding Vice Chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University and a member of Mushawara of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the largest Muslim organization in Kerala. He is one of the 500 most influential Muslims of the world. He has authored and translated many books in various disciplines of Islamic studies and done many lectures around the globe. He has membership in many national and international organizations including International Union of Muslim Scholars.
He is the State General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyathul Mu'allimeen Central Council, a supreme council of religious teachers in Kerala. Dr. Nadwi was elected as one of the world's most influential Muslim personalities in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Amman, Jordan. In February 2013, Cairo based Islamic web portal onislam.net selected him as one of the ten Muslim Stars of the Year 2012. He is one of the Executive Members of National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education, a statutory body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
He did the degree of ‘Afzal Al Ulama’ in Arabic Language from the University of Calicut in 1979 and Diploma in Arabic Language Teaching from government of Kerala in 1971. At age 30, he went to North India to pursue higher studies and enrolled in the famous Islamic religious college Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in 1981, at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and achieved his ‘Alimiyya’ degree in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies. After two years he won the Fazeelath (Masters) degree in Islamic Studies from the same institution. Later, he earned his master's degree in Arabic Literature from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1987. His first international educational trip was to Al-Azhar University, Egypt to pursue an advanced diploma course in Islamic Preaching.