:Nouman Ali Khan

{{Infobox religious biography

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| religion = Islam

| founder = Bayyinah institute

| name = Nouman Ali Khan

| image = Nouman Ali Khan live in Trinidad.png

| caption = Nouman Ali Khan speaking live in Trinidad in 2014

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1978}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

| nationality = American

| era = Contemporary

| occupation = Speaker, teacher

| known_for = {{Hlist|Arabic|Quranic Studies}}

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| channel_display_name = Bayyinah Institute

| genre = Islamic

| subscribers = 2.2 million

| views = 244.9 million

| years_active = 2009–present

| associated_acts = {{url|youtube.com/c/muslimspeakers|Muslim Speakers}}

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Nouman Ali Khan (born 1978) is an American Islamic speaker who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College.{{cite web |title=The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan |url=http://theMuslim500.com/profile/khan-nouman-ali |access-date=2015-06-17}}{{cite web |last=Flaccus |first=Gillian |date=2013-09-21 |title=Demand for U.S.-Born Imams Up in American Mosques |url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Imams-US-Mosques-Islam-224710772.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731030015/http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Imams-US-Mosques-Islam-224710772.html |archive-date=2017-07-31}} He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.{{cite web |title=The Muslim 500: Nouman Ali Khan |url=http://themuslim500.com/profile/khan-nouman-ali}}Hussein Kesvani, Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims, Oxford University Press, 2019, p. 17

Early and personal life

Khan was born in 1978, in East Germany to a Pakistani Punjabi family and spent his preschool years in the former East Berlin.{{cite web | url=https://muslimcentral.com/nouman-ali-khan-being-muslim-in-ireland-life-faith-business-remarkable-stories-1/ | title=Nouman Ali Khan – Being Muslim in Ireland – Life, Faith & Business – Remarkable Stories #1 | date=15 November 2023 }}http://www.timeskuwait.com/Times_Nouman-Ali-Khan---The-Man--The-Mission-and-The-Media "Nouman Ali Khan – The Man, The Mission and The Media", The Times Kuwait, 17 February 2015. His father then worked for the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from grades 2 to 8. He described living in Saudi Arabia at the time as a “very innocent society for children”.{{cite web | url=https://www.arabnews.com/news/445647 | title=Nouman Khan: The one-man Qur'an movement | date=22 March 2013 }} His father moved the family to New York when Khan was in his teens. Khan struggled with his faith as a teenager and at one point identified as an atheist.http://www.arabnews.com/news/445647 Sameen Tahir Khan, "Nouman Khan: The one-man Qur’an movement", Arab News, 22 March 2013.

He was previously married to Sofia Sharieff.{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/muslimlink/docs/muslim_link_9-13-2013_web/30 | title=The Muslim Link – September 13, 2013 by the Muslim Link – Issuu | date=12 September 2013 }}

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".{{cite web|title=Nouman Ali Khan urges for 'theatre-free environment' to investigate allegations against him|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1359745|website=Dawn|access-date=14 January 2018|date=24 September 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Sohail|first1=Rahima|title=Pakistani-American preacher alleged to have inappropriate relations with women|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1514111/famous-pakistani-american-preacher-alleged-inappropriate-relations-women/|website=The Express Tribune|access-date=28 September 2017|date=23 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/around-the-web/2017/09/28/celebrity-american-muslim-preacher-nouman-ali-khan-accused-sexting/|title= The Perils of #MeToo as a Muslim

|access-date=24 December 2017 |newspaper = Dhaka Tribune |date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022185818/http://www.dhakatribune.com/around-the-web/2017/09/28/celebrity-american-muslim-preacher-nouman-ali-khan-accused-sexting|archive-date=22 October 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Aysha |title='A long time coming' |url=https://www.lincolncourier.com/entertainmentlife/20200119/a-long-time-coming |date= 29 January 2020 |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=Lincoln Courier |language=en |quote=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 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.

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."{{cite web|last1=Allam|first1=Hannah|title=Inside The 'Spiritual Abuse' Allegations Against A Celebrity Preacher|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahallam/payoffs-threats-and-sham-marriages-women-say-a-celebrity|website=BuzzFeed News|access-date= 20 December 2017|date=20 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=Muslim-Americans Face Challenges When Confronting Leader's Misconduct|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/01/574933314/muslim-americans-face-challenges-when-confronting-leaders-misconduct|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date= 16 January 2018|date=1 January 2018}} Khan had attempted to prevent the release of the statement.

Some women who spoke out against Khan faced significant backlash.{{cite news |last1=Allam |first1=Hannah |title=Women Are Being Harassed For Speaking Out About A Muslim Preacher's Misconduct Allegations |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hannahallam/nouman-ali-khan-misconduct-allegations-and-backlash |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=BuzzFeed News |date=29 September 2017 |language=en}}