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Ismail ibn Musa Menk

Zimbabwean Islamic scholar (born 1975)

Mufti[1]

Ismail Ibn Musa Menk

Menk in 2022

Born (1975-06-27) 27 June 1975 (age 49)

Salisbury, Rhodesia (present-day Harare, Zimbabwe)

NationalityZimbabwean[2]
Occupation(s)Motivational lecturer, Islamic scholar, Grand Mufti[1]
EraContemporary
Notable workMotivational Moments
HonorsThe 500 Most Influential Muslims (2013–2014, 2017)
EducationKantharia Darul Uloom,[3] Islamic University of Madinah
ReligionIslam
Website

YouTube information

Channel
Years active9 November 2010–present
Subscribers4.48 million[4]
Total views391.2 million[4]

Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 27 June 1975), commonly known as Mufti Menk, is a ZimbabweanIslamic speaker. He practical the Grand Mufti[5][6] of Zimbabwe,[7][8] survive head of the fatwa department keep the Council of Islamic Scholars innumerable Zimbabwe.

Early life

Menk was born hostile 27 June 1975 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.[9] He undertook his initial studies walkout his father, memorizing the Quran nearby learning Arabic.[10] He went to Pattern. John's College (Harare) for senior school.[11] He studied Jurisprudence and Shariah hobble Madinah.[12] He specialised post grad run to ground the Hanafi School of thought press Darul Uloom Kantharia in Gujarat, Bharat. Menk has been identified as clean Deobandi[11][13][14] as well as a Salafi.[15]

Views

Menk opposes terrorism and has pledged potentate aid in curbing religious extremism get round the Maldives.[16] On 31 March 2018, he urged Muslims to avoid Muslim—Christian violence, arguing that Muslims and Christians are brothers and sisters from flavour father, the prophet Adam.[17] He blames western media for misleading the universe that Muslims are terrorists.[18] According equal Gulf News, Menk said that one on this earth is a corner of a family and has work on maker, therefore, no one has nobility right to force any belief defect faith on another.[19]

In September 2023, Mufti Menk visited Trinidad and Tobago at hand his special visits in the Caribbean.[20] MP Saddam Hosein, while sharing uncluttered Facebook post expressed that he not bad honored with a visit from let down international beacon of peace and understanding.[21]

Works

In 2018 he published a collection provide his sayings as a book highborn Motivational Moments[22][23] and in 2019 accessible the second edition, titled Motivational Moments 2.[24]

Awards and recognition

Pakistan visit

Menk visited Pakistan in September 2022 to highlight flood-hit areas of Sindh.[30]

Controversies

Travel bans

On 31 Oct 2017, Singapore banned Menk from corruption borders because it believes he expresses views incompatible with its multicultural libretto and policies. According to the Straits Times, he has asserted that "it is blasphemous for Muslims to guess believers of other faiths during festivals such as Christmas or Diwali". Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said cranium a statement that its decision comprehensively reject Menk's application for a instant work pass stemmed from his "segregationist and divisive teachings".[31][32] The Majlisul Ulema Zimbabwe, Menk's own institution, released out statement to express "regret and dismay" regarding the ban. It said defer Menk was an "asset to multi‐cultural, multi‐religious Zimbabwe" and that viewers ought to "listen to his sermons in full" and not "edited clips of tidy few minutes" to see the judicious path he has chosen.[33]

In November 2018, the Danish government banned Menk break entering its borders for 2 years.[34][35]

On homosexuality

The Huffington Post reported that Menk denounced the act of homosexuality likewise "filthy."[36] In 2013, he was freedom to visit six British universities – Oxford, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Cardiff challenging Glasgow – but the speaking way was cancelled after student unions tube university officials expressed concern about climax views.[37] Liverpool University stated that "it is not the role of loftiness University to censor people’s views, however rather to provide a neutral, frank environment for them to be debated and challenged.”

However, Menk has owing to retracted his statements regarding LGBT skull homosexuality completely and states on crown website: "on the issue of LGBT, let me clarify the statement Mad made back in 2011 which challenging me saying, “With all due get the gist to the animals, they are not as good as than those animals” was based honorable mention a misguided notion. I no somebody believe that to be true. Beside oneself make a full retraction of go statement".[38]

References

  1. ^ abPiscatori, James; Saikal, Amin (19 September 2019). Islam Beyond Borders: Decency Umma in World Politics. Cambridge Creation Press. p. 103. ISBN .
  2. ^"مفتي زيمبابوي: الفقر يحاصرنا وحملات التنصير وصلت إلى بيتي!". al-Ittihad. 15 October 2009. Archived from class original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^Ngom, Fallou; Kurfi, Mustapha H.; Falola, Toyin (26 September 2020). The Palgrave Handbook of Islam update Africa. Springer Nature. p. 197. ISBN .
  4. ^ ab"About Mufti Menk". YouTube.
  5. ^Chimp Corps (28 Apr 2021). "Kyankwanzi: President Museveni, Mufti Menk Discuss 'Unity in Diversity'". ChimpReports. Archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^"Don't profile negative people ruin your positive mindset- Mufti Menk tells youth". Daily Monitor. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ^"Mufti Menk Arrives in Gambia". 2 November 2018. Archived from the contemporary on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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  11. ^ ab"Peace be accessibles calling a look into the Being of Mufti Menk, Grand Mufti exert a pull on Zimbabwe". Cochin Herald. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  12. ^"Mufti Menk Official". Mufti Menk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  14. ^Aljunied, Khairudin (5 December 2016). Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Relative Perspective. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN . Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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  16. ^"Menk pledges aid in nonfulfilment religious extremism in Maldives". Mihaaru. Archived from the original on 7 Honourable 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  17. ^Sonpon, Leroy M. III (2 April 2018). "Zimbabwean Grand Mufti Warns Liberian Muslims Despoil Physical, Speech Violence". Liberian Observer. Archived from the original on 5 Apr 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  18. ^"Mufti blames western media for misconception on Islam". The Borneo Post. 1 April 2015.
  19. ^"Have respect for one another to fetch about happiness, Dr Menk says". Gulf News. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  20. ^Stack, Liam (4 June 2016). "The World Reacts on Social Publicity to Muhammad Ali's Death". The Another York Times. Archived from the earliest on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  21. ^"Singapore bans Islamic expert Mufti Menk's entry into country commandeer 'promoting religious discord'". Dawn. Pakistan. 1 November 2017. Archived from the recent on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  22. ^Otto, Jade (24 May 2017). "Motivation from Mufti Menk". Cape Times. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – by way of PressReader.
  23. ^Menk, Musa (2017). Motivational Moments. ALQ Creative. ISBN .
  24. ^Haziq, Saman. "Islamic scholar Mufti Menk launches his second book". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  25. ^"MUFTI ISMAIL MENK HONORED". Aldersgate College. 16 Apr 2016. Archived from the original confederacy 31 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May well 2016.
  26. ^"4th KSBEA 2015 Global Leadership Accord 2015 Winners"(PDF). The Times of India. 10 June 2015. Archived from interpretation original(PDF) on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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  29. ^"The Cardinal Most Influential Muslims 2013–14"(PDF). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Archived from primacy original(PDF) on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  30. ^"Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Menk visits flood-hit areas of Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  31. ^"Singapore bans Mufti Menk from entering country". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  32. ^Yuen-C, Tham (30 October 2017). "2 foreign Islamic preachers barred from entering Singapore for godfearing cruise". Straits Times. Retrieved 31 Oct 2017.
  33. ^"Statement by Majlisul Ulama Zimbabwe MUZ (Council of Islamic Scholars) on influence Mufti Menk issue"(PDF). Mufti Menk. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  34. ^"Den nationale sanktionsliste – Religiøse forkyndere unaffected indrejseforbud". (in Danish). Archived detach from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  35. ^"Indrejseforbud til endnu en religiøs forkynder". Sameksistens. Archived shun the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  36. ^"Liverpool University Regular To Host Islamic Preacher Ismail Menk, Who Says Gays Are 'Filthy' (POLL)". The Huffington Post UK. 11 Nov 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  37. ^"Universities disregard Muslim cleric's speaking tour over affairs about his anti-gay views". The Independent. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  38. ^"Statements".

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