A bold and interesting conversation with Dr. Shehzad Saleem, a fellow of AL-Mawrid Institute from Lahore, Pakistan. Special Area of Interest He recently (2014) completed a fifteen year research work on the History of the Qur’an, a part of which constituted his doctoral thesis (the thesis portion is available at: http://www.al-mawrid.org/index.php/bo...).

TV ENG - EP: 79 Old & New Testament & the Qur'an part 2

Dr. Shehzad Saleem is the Founding Editor of the monthly research journal, Renaissance which was initiated in 1991. In 1999, its website www.monthly-renaissance.com was launched.

He launched the Studying Islam www.studying-islam.org website in 2003, which offers online courses on Islam. Through technical help, he has developed an online software (Qur'an for All) at the Studying Islam website to teach the translation of the Qur'an to those who can read the Arabic text but cannot comprehend its meaning.

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 2013 respectively

He has also built a text based website on the exegesis Tadabbur i Qur'an (www.tadabbur-i-quran.org) in 2013.

He also founded a website on the life and works of the biblical scholar Abdus Sattar Ghauri (www.abdus-sattar-ghauri.org) in 2014

Lectures He is a guest speaker at various public forums. Some of the topics he regularly speaks on include:

1. Misconceptions about Women in Islam 2. Pardah and Gender Interaction 3. Non-Muslims and the Qur'an 4. Question on the Qur'an by Serious 5. Misconceptions about Islam 6. Muhammad (sws): The Misunderstood Prophet of Islam 7. Marriage and Married Life 8. Fast and Fasting 9. Basic Morality 10. Islam and Islamic Welfare State 11. Misconceptions about Divorce in Islam 12. Misconceptions regarding Jihad of the Companions of the Prophet (sws) 13 Imbalanced Religious Attitudes

He conducts activity-based Qur'anic Workshops for adults and sessions on Character Building and Personality Development for teenagers. Topics include:

1. Spending in the Way of God 2. Pride and Arrogance 3. Remembering God 4. Civic Sense 5. Kindness to Parents 6. Gratitude 7. Forgiveness 8. Moral Courage 9. Truthfulness 10. Showing Off 11. Humility 12. Sympathy 13. Sinful Speech 14. Honesty 15. Justice

Some of his talks and lectures on or about Islam can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/shehzadsaleem www.dailymotion.com/drshehzadsaleem www.youtube.com/shehzadsaleemurdu, www.dailymotion.com/drshehzadsaleemurdu

A facebook page, Dr Shehzad Saleem's Video Talks (https://www.facebook.com/DrShehzadS/) also displays his talks.

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Dr. Shehzad Saleem is the Founding Editor of the monthly research journal, Renaissance which was initiated in 1991. In 1999, its website www.monthly-renaissance.com was launched.

He launched the Studying Islam www.studying-islam.org website in 2003, which offers online courses on Islam.

A facebook page, Dr Shehzad Saleem’s Video Talks (https://www.facebook.com/DrShehzadS/)  also displays his talks.

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Question: What is parenting?

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ENG EP:79 Part 1 What is Parenting, Interfaith & Life Coaching?

A bold and interesting conversation with Dr. Shehzad Saleem, a fellow of AL-Mawrid Institute from Lahore, Pakistan.

Special Area of Interest He recently (2014) completed a fifteen year research work on the History of the Qur'an, a part of which constituted his doctoral thesis (the thesis portion is available at:

The work addresses some nagging questions related to the revelation, collection and transmission of the Qur'an. These questions include narratives found in our legacy on the alleged incompleteness of the Qur'an, scribal errors found in it, its variant readings, chronology of its compilation, order of the surahs, and manuscript studies. Books Authored

1. Common Misconceptions about Islam 2. Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 3. Islam and Women: Misconceptions and Misperceptions 4. Essays on Character Building, Lessons on Character Building 5. Qur'an Workshops on Character Building (including a separate Teacher's Guide) 6. Lessons on Character Building 7.

Selections from the Qur'an 8. Selections from the Bible 9. Selections from the Hadith 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.

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ENG EP:79 Part 1 What is Parenting, Interfaith & Life Coaching?

A bold and interesting conversation with Dr. Shehzad Saleem, a fellow of AL-Mawrid Institute from Lahore, Pakistan.

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URDU EP - TWELVE - عام آداب؍ معاشرت - General Societal Etiquettes

Note for all the episodes of Islami Muaharat Series: My suggestion, advice and expectation for listening these episodes. Please help your children to do some research on the references I provide. Let them explore and learn how to look for Surah's and Ayats in the Qur'an.

Also to ponder, reflect and discuss all the topics and stories I talk about in this series. Help them connect and contact me through my website [www.lightupwithShua.com] comment sharing box or email: [email protected]. Also, the exercises or questions I pose during these lessons are important for the children to do with the help of their parents, or older siblings, or elders or their teachers or tutors or themselves if they can.

The purpose of this podcast series is to educate about the basics of Islam for the youth and an average person no matter what your faith is and/or have no faith (you still live in this world and wouldn't hurt to learn about what exists out there, right?). This podcast series is for everyone and for all ages who can understand the language. The podcast series is in Urdu.

This podcast series is for educational purposes and is copyrighted. You can use the content as a reference for any research or talk only if you provide the full reference to the source, which in this case is lightupwithShua podcast and the host and founder Shua. At times you will find humor and the conversation will be casual. The intention is not to offend anyone including the followers of Islam. So please stay easy and cool.

The topic of the Urdu podcast is 'What is an Islamic society according to the Quran? In addition to these topics, there will be more topics, so stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast. Hope you will enjoy this series of podcast. If possible and if you find some time, I would be willing to hear your feedback or constructive comments about the lightupwithShua podcast.

The Qur'an references for this episode are:

Surah:Ayat (Chapter:Verse) 24:27; 24:28; 58:11; 29:29; 24:62; 33:53; 4:54; 49:12

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Note for all the episodes of Islami Muaharat Series: My suggestion, advice and expectation for listening these episodes. Please help your children to do some research on the references I provide. Let them explore and learn how to look for Surah’s and Ayats in the Qur’an.

URDU EP: ELEVEN - عدل، امانت اور رشوت - Justice Fairness, & Bribery

Note for all the episodes of Islami Muaharat Series:

My suggestion, advice and expectation for listening these episodes. Please help your children to do some research on the references I provide. Let them explore and learn how to look for Surah's and Ayats in the Qur'an.

Also to ponder, reflect and discuss all the topics and stories I talk about in this series. Help them connect and contact me through my website [www.lightupwithShua.com] comment sharing box or email: [email protected].

Also, the exercises or questions I pose during these lessons are important for the children to do with the help of their parents, or older siblings, or elders or their teachers or tutors or themselves if they can. The purpose of this podcast series is to educate about the basics of Islam for the youth and an average person no matter what your faith is and/or have no faith (you still live in this world and wouldn't hurt to learn about what exists out there, right?).

This podcast series is for everyone and for all ages who can understand the language. The podcast series is in Urdu. This podcast series is for educational purposes and is copyrighted. You can use the content as a reference for any research or talk only if you provide the full reference to the source, which in this case is lightupwithShua podcast and the host and founder Shua.

At times you will find humor and the conversation will be casual. The intention is not to offend anyone including the followers of Islam. So please stay easy and cool. The topic of the Urdu podcast is 'What is an Islamic society according to the Quran?

In addition to these topics, there will be more topics, so stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast. Hope you will enjoy this series of podcast. If possible and if you find some time, I would be willing to hear your feedback or constructive comments about the lightupwithShua podcast.

The Qur'an References in this episode:

Surah: Ayat (Chapter:Verse) 5:8; 4:58; 2:283; 4:135; 25:72; 2:188.

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