Description
In the twentieth century, despite colonial dominance, Islamic revival movements emerged in different regions of the world, which took on the task of reshaping Islamic thought in response to contemporary ideologies. Despite verbal and geographical distances, a unity of thought existed among the leaders of these movements, and Islam as a system of life was their common slogan.
Professor Khurshid Ahmad is one of the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan who has maintained close relations with Islamic movements around the world. The book in question, Yaadein unki, Baatein Hamari, contains glimpses of this closeness. The duration of writing these articles spans the past six decades. Although these articles contain sketches, biographies, and occasionally a critical style, in reality, they are a means of remembering personal and movement-related connections and distant and close companionships. This collection includes detailed and sometimes brief mentions of the personalities and movement services of these great men.
This delightful narrative mentions those individuals who fought the battle for the revival of Islam against human tyranny in their respective countries. Despite the tactics of oppression and coercion, they remained steadfast in their mission and, following the same path, met their Lord.
This is the first volume in the series Yaadein unki, Baatein Hamari, but it is also a continuation of Armughan-e-Khurshid
About the Author
Professor Khurshid Ahmed (born March 2, Delhi) is a renowned thinker, politician, economist, author and researcher, and is one of the few Pakistani personalities to have a global reputation as an advocate for Pakistan and the Muslim Ummah. One of the major facets of his introduction is his long association with the Jamaat-e-Islami. However, he is such an intellectual and leader with whom even those with intellectual and political differences are convinced of his sincerity, scholarship and patriotism.
Prof. Khurshid Ahmed remained a member of the Senate for 22 years, excluding a short hiatus, from 1985 to 2012. He had also served as Minister for Planning and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. In 1979, he laid the foundation of the Institute of Policy Studies in Islamabad and served as its chairman until 2021. He is the Founding Trustee of the International Islamic University; Chairman of the Mark Field Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, UK; Board of Governors of the University of Management Sciences, Lahore; and Chairman of the Islamic Foundation, UK.
Prof. Khurshid Ahmed has edited and authored more than 100 books in Urdu and English. These books and essays have been translated and published in many languages including Arabic, French, Turkish, Bengali, Japanese, German, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, Korean, Persian and others.
PhD dissertations in leading universities in Malaysia, Turkey and Germany have been written on Professor Khurshid Ahmad. In recognition of his academic and research services, he was awarded with a PhD in Islamic Economics by the University of Malaya, Malaysia, PhD in literature by Loughborough University, UK, in 2004, and a PhD in education by the International Islamic University of Malaysia.
Prof. Khurshid Ahmed was conferred with the highest award by the Islamic Development Bank in 1989 for his valuable contributions to Islamic Economics, while the Saudi government awarded him the Shah Faisal Award in 1990 for his services to Islam at the international level. In addition, in recognition of his services in 1990, the Government of Pakistan awarded him the highest civilian honor, the ‘Nishan-e-Imtiaz’.
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