Nouman Ali Khan is a Pakistani-American[2] Islamic speaker and Arabic instructor who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College.[3][4] He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[5]
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Religion | Islam |
Nationality | American |
Era | Contemporary |
Known for | Arabic and Quranic Studies |
Occupation | Speaker, teacher |
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Founder of | Bayyinah institute |
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Years active | Feb 20, 2009 - present | |||||||||
Genre | Islamic | |||||||||
Subscribers | 2.02 million[1] | |||||||||
Total views | 216.9 million[1] | |||||||||
Associated acts | Muslim Speakers | |||||||||
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Last updated: 26 October 2022 |
Khan was born 4 May 1978, in Germany to a Pakistani family and spent his preschool years in the former East Berlin.[6] His father then worked for the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from grades 2 to 8. His father moved the family to New York when Khan was in his teens.[7]
In September 2017, Khan was involved in a sexting scandal and accused of spiritual abuse and "luring women into sexual relationships disguised as secret marriages".[8][9][10][11][12] Khan responded that the leaked text conversations were "between consenting adults" and that the women were marriage prospects, noting that he had been divorced for two years.[8]
Six eminent Muslim clerics and academics, led by Imam Mohamed Magid, began their own inquiry into the allegations and released a joint statement, asserting that Khan "had engaged in conduct unbecoming of any believer, much less someone who teaches about the Holy Qur’an."[13][14] Khan had attempted to prevent the release of the statement.[13]
Some women who spoke out against Khan faced significant backlash.[15]
Title | Description | Date | Language |
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Divine Speech: Exploring Quran As Literature | Bayyinah Publishing in 2016 | 2016 | English |
Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective | Kube Publishing ISBN 978-0986275043 | 2017 | English |
Bondhon | Guardian Publication; 1st edition ASIN: B07KV37PVR | 2010 | Bengali |
Arabic With Husna | Multiple Volumes ISBN 978-0986275043 | English | |
Dirilt Kalbini | Timaş Yayınları (2017) ISBN 978-6050825992 | Turkish | |
Revive Your Heart | Guardian Publication | 2019 | Bengali |
The conference comes in the wake of several explosive scandals impugning well-respected Islamic teachers, including Bayyinah Institute founder and superstar preacher Nouman Ali Khan, who was caught in a sexting scandal and accused of luring women into sexual relationships disguised as secret marriages
Khan himself has been accused of spiritually abusing and manipulating several of his followers into secret sham marriages.