Ghulam Sarwar (writer)
{{Short description|Bangladeshi-born writer}}
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Ghulam Sarwar is a Bangladeshi-born British writer on Islam in English and director of the Muslim Educational Trust (MET).
Biography
Sarwar was born in the Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh), British India. He graduated with honours in commerce from the Government College of Commerce, Chittagong and also received his Master of Business and Management from the University of Dhaka.{{cite web |url=http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/ourteam.php|title=MET Staff Biographies|publisher=Muslim Educational Trust |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061501/http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/ourteam.php |archive-date=28 September 2007 |access-date=29 August 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=787|title=Islam for Younger People|publisher=Kitaabun|access-date=29 August 2007}}
Sarwar is director of the Muslim Educational Trust (MET), which the Charity Commission for England and Wales describes as, "An educational charity devoted to the catering for the educational needs of Muslims and their children in the UK".{{cite web |url=https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=313192&subid=0 |title=The Muslim Educational Trust |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales}}
Works
Ed Husain writes that when he was a juvenile, Sarwar's Islam: Beliefs and Teachings was used in religious education classes in Britain, and that as of 2007 it continued to be used as an introductory text in schools, mosques and Muslim homes there.{{cite book |last=Husain |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Husain |year=2007 |title=The Islamist |publisher=Penguin |pages=20–21 |isbn=978-0-14-311598-4}}
His other written works include:
- Islam for Younger People. (1981) Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|090726140X}}
- The Children’s Book of Salah. Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|0907261094}}
- British Muslims and Schools. Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|0907261434}}
- Sex Education: The Muslim Perspective. Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|0907261418}}
- Syllabus and Guidelines for Islamic Teaching. Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|0907261078}}
- Muslims and Education in the UK. Muslim Educational Trust. {{ISBN|0907261434}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk Official MET website]
- [http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/ourteam.php Official MET Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061501/http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/ourteam.php |date=28 September 2007 }}
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4378660.stm Bangladesh woman reporter feted]. BBC News. 26 October 2005
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Category:Bangladeshi emigrants to England
Category:British people of Bangladeshi descent
Category:English Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Category:British Asian writers
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