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Muhammad Mojlum Khan
Bangladeshi-born British non-fiction writer (born 1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad Mojlum Khan (born 6 December 1973) is a Bangladeshi-born British non-fiction writer.
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Early life
Khan was born on 6 December 1973 to a Bengali Muslim family in Habiganj District, Bangladesh. His father, Muhammad Yawar Khan (1932–1988), was a direct descendant of Inayetullah Khan, a 17th-century Mughal faujdar of Sylhet.[1]
Khan was brought up and educated in England. He studied classical Arabic and traditional Islamic sciences at a darul uloom (Islamic seminary). He graduated with a degree in Business and Social Policy from the University of East Anglia.[2]
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Career
Khan is a teacher, writer, literary critic, research scholar and researcher in Islamic thought and history. He has published over 150 essays and articles worldwide, including 100 essays and articles on Islam, comparative religion, contemporary thought and current affairs. Since the age of 19, he has been a regular contributor to The Muslim News.[3][4] He is also a regular contributor on BBC Radio.
Khan is a former president of a university Islamic society and executive member of Federation of Student Islamic Societies in UK and Eire (FOSIS). He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and a founding director of Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK.[5] He is also chairman of the Ipswich and Suffolk Muslim Council[6] and the manager of the Bangladeshi Support Centre.[7] He is an imam to Her Majesty's Prison Service.
In September 2011, Khan co-ordinated the 1 Big Multicultural Festival, organised by the Bangladeshi Support Centre (BSC).[8]
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Awards
Khan is the recipient of one international and two national prizes for his essays on Islam.
Personal life
Khan is married to childminder Fahmida Khan. He lives in Ipswich, Suffolk with his family.[4] In 1988, his father, Muhammad Pathan Yawar Khan, died. He also has two children, Muhtadi Khan (born 2001) and Mustafa Al-amin Khan (born 2003).
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