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Dr. Shehzad Saleem Shehzad Saleem (Urdu: شہزاد سلیم ),Born on 18 June, is an Islamic researcher. He has a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from UET Lahore, Pakistan and holds a PhD from the University of Wales, UK in the History of the Qur'an.

Books Authored
1 A New Economic Framework 2 Common Misconceptions about Islam 3 Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 4 Islam and Women: Misconceptions and Misperceptions 5 Essays on Character Building, Lessons on Character Building 6 Qur’an Workshops on Character Building (including a separate Teachers Guide) 7 Lessons on Character Building 8 Selections from the Qur’an 9 Selections from the Bible 10 Selections from the Hadith 11 Introduction to the Quran: Insights from Javed Aḥmad Ghamidi 12 A Treasury of Prayers from Quran and Ḥadith 13 The Good Human (Essays on Self-Improvement) 14 Modern Challenges to Parenting: Reflections of a Concerned Parent 15 History of the Quran: A Critical Study

He has also compiled a modular textbook on Qur’anic Studies, which was taught by him to graduate students (1999-2001). The textbook is available in course format at www.studying-islam.org.. It comprises course topics as: Revelation of the Qur’an, Theme of the Qur’an, History of the Qur’an, Arrangement of the Qur’an, Language of the Qur’an, Interpreting the Qur’an.

translations He has translated some works of Amin Ahsan Islahi (d. 1997) and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi into English. These include:

1 Al-Islam (Islam: A Concise Introduction) 2 Volumes 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Tadabbur Qur’an. 3 Selected Essays of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi 4 Mizan (Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction) 5 Volume 1 and 5 of Al Bayan

online work

Dr Shehzad Saleem is the Founding Editor of the monthly Islamic journal, Renaissance which was initiated in 1991. In 1999, its website www.monthly-renaissance.com. was launched. Besides regular issues, special issues on Islam and Non-Muslims: A New Perspective, Islam and Women, Political Directives of Islam, Economic Directives of Islam, Understanding Islamic Punishments and Collection of the Qur’an have been published. He founded an Islamic Query Service (IQS) in 1997-2003, an email based service meant to answer questions on or about Islam. By 2003, more than 3000 questions had been answered by this service. In 1998 Dr Shehzad launched a comprehensive distance learning program for Al-Mawrid. It was well received in an era where online religious education was not that common. He also launched the Studying Islam www.studying-islam.org. website in 2003, which offers online courses on Islam in English and in Urdu. Currently, there are over fifteen thousand registered students from around the globe and about 50 courses on Islam in English and Urdu. He also set up websites about the life and works of the Qur’anic scholars Hamid Uddin Farahi www.hamid-uddin-farahi.org. and Amin Ahsan Islahi www.amin-ahsan-islahi.org. in 2010 and 2004 respectively Dr Shehzad launched a website Tadabbur i Qur’an www.tadabbur-i-quran.org on the exegesis of Amin Aḥsan Iṣlaḥi (1904-1997), a Qur’anic scholar of the sub-continent in 2013. He also founded a website on the Biblical scholar Abdus Sattar Ghauri (1935-2014). www.abdus-sattar-ghauri.org. in 2014