Khurshid Ahmad
Overview
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
- ) is a scholar, economist, writer, and Islamic activist. He holds Bachelors degrees in Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
and Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
, Masters degrees in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
, and an Honorary Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, and an Honorary Doctorate (Ph.D) in Islamic economics
Islamic economics
Islamic economics refers to the body of Islamic studies literature that "identifies and promotes an economic order that conforms to Islamic scripture and traditions," and in the economic world an interest-free Islamic banking system, grounded in Sharia's condemnation of interest...
conferred by the International Islamic University Malaysia IIUM
IIUM
IIUM may refer to:*International Islamic University Malaysia *Macau Inter-University Institute , already renamed as University of Saint Joseph since 2009....
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Khurshid Ahmad is a prolific writer with numerous books, articles, seminar papers and translations to his name.
Khurshid Ahmad is a Chairman of Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad, Pakistan
Khurshid Ahmad became a member of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba
Islami Jamiat Talaba is the male wing of an organization of students influenced mainly by the works of Late Syed Abul-Ala Maodudi. Its mission is to preach Islam to students of modern institutions throughout Pakistan. It has been attempting to increase the Islamic ideals of decency and glorifying...
(IJT) in 1949 and was elected as the Nazim-e-A‘la (President) of the same organization in 1953.
