She is Pamela Kara. She is originally from outside Cleveland, Ohio in the northern part of the USA near the Great Lakes. This is where she grew up. She has been Muslim for about 12 years. She was raised in a Christian family following Protestant School. What made her to know Islam?
In her own words,
“Actually I think I was always looking for the truth for my whole life. I was looking for something. I didn’t really know what I was looking for but when I became older I married, and I was preparing to adopt a child who was going to be from oversees, from a Muslim country. He was an orphan. I’d been married for 16 years and I was so Christian. My husband was a Muslim and I was a Christian. I didn’t even become interested in finding anything out about Islam until we were starting to prepare to take this child in our home.
I started taking classes at the local Masjid thinking I’m going to become a mom and I need to prepare and get some idea of what I’m going to be teaching this child. So this is how I first became interested in Islam.”
From her studies she became convinced about Islam. But here goes the thing that made here really ponder over Islam and this was the thing that really impressed her about it.
“I started to go to the local Masjid where I had classes. And I remember arguing with the Imam and telling him he didn’t really know what he was talking about. I was still very much … I wasn’t really attached to anything, but I just really didn’t believe quite what he was saying. So one of the gentlemen in the class asked me if I have a Quran, and I said “No I didn’t”, and he gave me a copy of the Quran. I read Surat al-Fatiha, and that was enough. Just reading the surah, I felt as if a little voice was saying “This is what you are looking for. This is the Truth”. After just reading Surat al-Fatiha I knew that this is what I was looking for.”
After making her shahadah how did her life changed? Did she encountered revolutionary changes in life after embracing Islam?
“It’s not the same life and I’m not the same person. I cannot imagine not being a Muslim and not having Islam and not having the Quran and the Sunnah. It’s like taking a new pair of glasses and putting them on and seeing the world in the correct way.”
Sister Pamela Kara She said her life prior to that was very much a life of confusion:
“Being raised as an American, really without any truth in our culture or foundation, it was like you are just confused, and you are searching going from one situation to the next without any plan or anywhere to go.”
So once she took her shahadah and became a Muslim and then learning more about Islam, and learning to pray, she started knowing that there’s no going back there’s only going forward:
“So this is the very best thing I ever did in my life.”
So how about she feels about her life prior to Islam?
“If it’s the only thing I did in my life it would still be the best thing I did in my life. I don’t absolutely regret it.”
How did her family and her friends react after they knew that she became Muslim?
They were not predominantly happy about it, but they were not necessarily too offensive, except she has several family members who started not speaking to her. Her reaction to this particular incident is
“That is really no loss if they don’t want to speak to me. But Hijab was a big deal for my family. But subhanallah everything worked out and over time when you are patient with people they accept or at least allow you to be yourself and practice your religion. After a while it was OK. I have very good parents.”
She is now very much active in dawah like she is following up with new Muslims. Some newly Muslim girls feel about her like mom. Lets listen some words about her dawah:
“Everything you do when you go out is dawah. How you present yourself, how you speak to people. If you see people like I met Katia, she was at the Masjid trying to get some information about Islam. You simply extend yourself. You show people, especially women, that this is the right way. I never had respect for myself until I became a Muslim and wore a hijab. Because I’m free. I’m free from what the world tells you what you need to be. So Katia is masha’Allah very beautiful and nice girl and she was also searching for the same thing.”
Sister Pamela Kara has a noble message to the world to deliver:
“I would ask the world, everyone in it, please if you buy one copy of Quran and just read the Quran, and study it and search for yourself. By doing that perhaps your heart will open because Allah calls for hearts of all of His creations, and He will open your heart, and He will allow you to see the truth and insha’Allah lead a very good life.
Because this life is just a moment, and insha’Allah the next is what we are working for.”

Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah is an international orator and the instructor of Al-Maghrib institute-an America based Islamic educational institution.

He was born in Barking, East London, England in a renowned Pakistani descent family, who’s Progenitor belongs to the Naser Kheil Pathans tribe of the North West Frontier province in Pakistan.

After completing his primary education, Abu Eesa trained as a Disk Jockey (DJ-a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience) and moved to Manchester with his family, where he lived more than thirteen years.

Shaykh Abu Eesa achieved his higher degree on Pharmacy and Anthropology from the University of Manchester and later also studied Arabic, The holy Qur’an, al-Hadith, Islamic law etc under the supervision of some distinguished Islamic scholars from Mauritania, Medina, Morocco, Egypt and Pakistan etc. Among his teachers, the name of Sheikh Kehlan al-Jubury and Abdullah al-Judai is well mentioned.

Abu Eesa strongly proved his love and dedication for Islam through both his education and works.

Consequently, He established a non-profit educational institute called ‘Prophetic Guidance (PG)’ to “unify the various Muslim communities by disseminating classical non-sectarian Islamic knowledge and utilizing the media in its various present forms”. He is also the Strategic Director of the 1st Ethical Charitable Trust in England, an organization dedicated to civic engagement and Islamic legal and financial education and the current director of ‘The Nahlah Foundation’, a Publishing House.

Abu Eesa contributed to Islam as an ideal instructor as he maintained classes in ‘Prophetic Guidance (PG)’. His well known program called ‘al-Adab al-Mufrad’ has been telecasted on ‘Islam channel. He was the Resident –scholar of the Cheadle Muslim Association (CMA), Cheshire, England.

Shaykh Abu Eesa visited many countries and deliverer lectures on various topics of Islam especially on Islamic law and principles in Britain, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and South Africa to the audiences of Muslims and non-Muslims.

In his lectures and writings, he has emphasized on the application of religion on social, political and financial issues and taken various steps to standardize the use of Islamic Finance principles amongst Western Muslims and told to increase the political participation for Muslims as well as minority groups and women.

Shaykh Niamatullah wrote many books and articles on religious, social, political and Anthropological issues. Some of his renowned books are: Al-Adab al-Mufrad (The Book of Manners), The Last Testament, Recitation of Hisnul Muslim, The Sanctity of Human Life, Commentary to al-Adab al-Mufrad (unpublished), The Cave – A Commentary to Surah al-Kahf, al-Ijma (translated), Nur al-Basair (translated).

Some of his renowned articles are: What’s love got to do with it? The defining characteristic of Ahlul-Sunnah wal –Jamah during Fitnah, the price of Shariah, the best of the best, Ramadan: have you got what it takes? Reflections at the onset of the New Hijri year, Muslim in Britain: Hope or Hijrah, Keeping it real in the prayer, was there not amongst you even a single merciful man? The importance of giving-charity starts here, you wanted a debate jack; you have sure got one, the use of certain weak Hadith in promoting a Riba free society, understanding Taqwa, Reviving the recital of sacred texts, Sacrificing the white bull.

Some of his well known video lectures are: Boys and Girls – A Love Story, the Night of Power, Umar ibn al-Khattab-Defender of the faith and the king of kings.

Currently, He resides in Cairo with his wife and four children.

Shaykh Abu Eesa Niamatullah has presented an Islamic learning style as a preacher for the Muslim youth. We can learn more and more from his life to be an ideal Muslim youth.

My name is Salwa Abd-Allah. I was born Edwina Mariea Fauntleroy to Reverend and Mrs. Jerry Cornelius Fauntleroy in Newport News, Virginia, US, in 1946. I have three brothers and I was the third of the four of us.

I have been striving to be a Muslim for approximately 40 years. I became socially aware in the 1960s in America during the Vietnam War era. Those were the turbulent years of racial unrest as descendants of slaves in general began protesting the subtle and not-so-subtle discrimination that was spread in America at that time.

There is much to say about that era, but my focus here is my conversion to Islam. There were two avenues to change at that time. One was integration and the eloquent spokesman for that path was Martin Luther King, Jr.

The other path was separation and self-determination represented by the equally eloquent and courageous Malcolm X for Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (NOI) — initially.

Malcom X

During the time when I was growing up in Virginia, I followed my father’s lead and worked within the path of integration and of participation with civil rights activists in many marches, sit-ins, and conferences trying to earn equal access to all that was touted as the American Dream.

When I went to New York University (NYU) at Washington Square, I had relocated to New York City. Here I was exposed to the Fruit of Islam, the military arm of the NOI. They were using the Muhammad Speaks newspaper to educate African-Americans to alternatives of which the majority of them were unaware.

I finally decided to go to a meeting and try to listen openly to what was being taught.

One of its attractions for me was the Arabic that was being taught there. What I was not prepared for was the depth and breadth of development I experienced through studying the Qur’an and the Arabic language.

The human intellectual development that was fostered within the NOI by those studying Qur’an and Arabic was apparent. It caused my entire emphasis to shift from the “freedom to be manipulated” as part of the American culture to the “willing slavery to the One” Who created everything. At this point, I must distinguish that this was not the teaching of the NOI, but the impact on me from being exposed to the revelation — the Qur’an.

I was raised reading and I’ve always been a reader. I had the Muhammad Ali translation and the Yusuf Ali translation of the Qur’an. Having read the Bible most of my life, it was not surprising that I would get into reading the Qur’an.

I was surprised at how different the Qur’an was from the Bible. As I labored through my first reading of the Qur’an, I was amazed at how it addressed the “mundane.” It spoke of marital relations, cleansing oneself, what to eat, and the woman’s menses, among other things. It spoke of fasting three days if you made a commitment before Allah and didn’t keep your word.

It was very difficult reading the first time. It seemed like a test of tenacity, and I felt I had to get through it if I wanted to understand Islam. Once I completed it the first time, I understood why it was so important. There within the pages of this wonderful gift of guidance to humanity were so many promises from our Benefactor, the Life Giver.

The promise that I still find most compelling in the Qur’an is the statement from Allah, the Most High, that He never changes His way (33:62 and 35:43).

[(Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to those who have gone before; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah.] (Al-Ahzab 33:62)

I have spent most of the last 40 years enjoying the beauty of those words. When we can realize how priceless the gift of guidance is from the only One Who can provide such a gift, we will spend as much time as possible assessing every incident for factors that will assist in our understanding what to expect from Allah Al-Haqq (The Truth).

There are no surprises when we keep our faith simply focused on our Creator and the ongoing debt we owe to Him. This truly is the essence of tawheed (Oneness of Allah.)

Later Elijah Muhammad’s son Imam Warith Deen Mohammed began to teach us the beauty of Islam as revealed to Prophet Muhammad ibn `Abdullah,

He asks why we don’t ponder and deliberate over His words in the verse that gives the meaning of:

[Do they not then meditate on the Qur'an? And if it were from any other than Allah, they would have found in it many a discrepancy.] (An-Nisaa’ 4:82)

Such reminders and subtleties only demonstrate His loving guidance in the face of the freedom to choose that He has allowed each of us. Once I began the journey of the Qur’an, I had the criteria to choose to be grateful and patient.

[Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are idols [false gods] who take them out of the light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the Fire [Hell], in it they shall abide.] (Al-Baqarah 2:257)

This particular verse is quite instructive, because it shows the power of Allah to protect and control; even more important for me, it warns those “in the light” to beware of not becoming disbelievers and thereby going into the darkness.

I have been blessed with three sons, and they continue to strive to live Islam by the grace of Allah, the Most High. There have been genuine struggles to know the truth in this climate of “everything is relative” and “whose truth?” and “do your own thing” and the parade of debauchery in the media and its growing acceptance in the mainstream of US values.

It was a wonderful time to learn and grow and see the truth of Allah’s promise on countless levels. I learned that we cannot allow ourselves to be conditioned by a culture that is not following the guidance of our Creator. We have so much to offer and we continue to do so despite the suspicion and mistrust of our neighbors — often orchestrated by those who really fear the changes that accompany accepting Islamic values.

Seldom are we in a position to question the values with which we are raised and the culture to which we belong. However, the turbulence of the 1960s here in the US allowed me the opportunity to do that. Seeing the shameless manipulation of the truth in advertising on the newly introduced television never ceased to shock me — even until now. The misinformation and constant bombardment by advertisers is immoral.

Allah’s use of the interrogative is a wonderful guide to seeking knowledge and I end this with Allah, the Most High, asking about our intellect. He says what means: [Have you no intellect?] And, this is from our Creator, Who knows exactly what we have! May we work to use our intellect, for surely the Truth will manifest there from the sincere truth seekers.

Dr.Abdullah Hakim Quick is one of the most influential Muslim scholar, pundit, preacher, social activist, orator, dawah worker and historian in the world. Particularly for America and Africa region.

Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick was born in the United States of America and brought up there. After embracing Islam in 1970 in Canada, he began Islamic life through studying privately and institutionally. In 1979, he attained his Bachelor degree (BA) from the University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia and obtained an Ijaza from the College of Dewar and Islamic Sciences as one of the first two students to do so from the West. Dr. Abdullah received his masters (MA) and Doctorate degree (PhD) in African History from the department of history at University of Toronto in Canada. ‘The analysis the early life of Sheikh ‘Uthman Dan Fodio, a great West African Scholar, Mujaahid and social activist’ was the topic of his thesis.

In his working life, Dr. Abdullah Hakim has served Islam and people as Imam, teacher, orator and counselor in the USA, Canada, Bahrain, the West Indies and many other countries of the world.

Dr Quick was Director of the Islamic Social Services and Resources Association; the first rated Islamic social service agencies and developed one of Canada’s first Muslim food banks.

He was a special advisor to the Toronto Board of Education, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum and a regular columnist for three years in the religion page of one of The Toronto Star and instigated special classes for the deaf of Canada and the disadvantaged of Southern Africa and arranged workshops and training sessions for diverse organizations such as Children’s Aid Society, Metro Toronto School for the Deaf, Metropolitan Toronto School Boards, the Canadian Churches Forum for Global Ministries,  Family Service Association of Metro Toronto, Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Institute for International Affairs, Elementary Teachers Association of York Region, the Scarborough Public Library Board, and Al Wagah, Muslim Deaf Society of Cape Town.

Among academic appointments, He is the former guest lecturer at McGill University, York University (Toronto), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) in the Departments of History, Women’s Studies, Geography and Middle-East Islamic Studies and African Studies as well as member of the Chaplains Association of the University of Toronto.

Currently, He is a senior lecturer on the history of Islam in Africa at The International Peace University South Africa in Cape Town, the Head and instructor of Islamic History and Homiletics Department at the Al-Maghrib Institute, special advisor to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, member of the Muslim Judicial Council, Cape Town, South Africa, Ameer of the Dawah Coordinating Forum of South Africa , Senior Lecturer at The True Dawn Institute (Islamic Training & Development) in Cape Town, Senior Lecturer at the Dar-ul-Arqam Islamic Institute, Cape Town and the Director of the Discover Islam Centre (Cape Town).

Dr Abdullah Hakim has visited more than 59 countries to deliver lectures, doing research, participating in conferences and dialogues, interviewing in media and educational tours. As an connoisseur on African History and Islamic issues, he partook in the interviews with major Canadian, Caribbean and South African media organizations including Channel 47 (Canada), City TV, CFRB, CBC TV, and Channel Islam, 702 Cape Talk, the SABC, Voice of the Cape, Radio Ansar (Durban, South Africa) Radio 786, Huda TV and Peace TV.

Dr. Quick has written many books and articles. Some of his cerebral books are: Deeper roots, the complete advice on sincerity, Holyday myths, the forty ahaadeeth on Islamic revival, advice to an Islamic school teacher, Beyond Ramadan.

Some of his articles are: Muslim in the Caribbean before Columbus, Do Muslims have equal rights? Hadith Eight-on real strength, Agreeing to disagree in a world of conflict and change, How I was digitally transformed into a hate cleric, Muslim Spain’s legacy, The devil’s deception of the new world order, an interview on Uthman dan Fodio, Islam, slavery and African, Ramadan in history, Beyond Ramadan, Islam phobia in the classroom. Fiqh Us Seerah, The Dilemma of the Youth, Unity of Mankind on the Brotherhood of Islam, The War against Muslim Women, And An Islamic Look at the Crusaders.

Some of his famous lectures are: Reviving Islam in the 21^st century, Journey to the hereafter Part 1: Why believe in the hereafter? Life of Muhammad (saw)-The early years, Journey to the hereafter-signs of the last day, Understanding your condition, Reminder series-the2 Faced person.

Recently produced some of his documentary films are Timbuktu, the Empire of Knowledge, Untold Ethiopia and Reflections from the Western Sunrise (Quick Answers) that all are telecasted on national television in South Africa.

In his speech and writing, he has been trying to uncover the truth to the people, spreading the pure knowledge of Islam and Islamic views on contemporary issues of the world. Dr.Abdullah can be the source of inspiration for the youth as Al- Maghrib institute says about his wise and modern look-“Today’s world is in need of innovative rethinking based on original, authentic sources. Dr Abdullah Hakim provides an example of this new, progressive thinking”.

Rashid Al- Ghannushi is one of the most influential leaders among Muslim activists and intellectuals in Tunisia and the rest of the world who represents a moderate and progressive strand in Arab Islamist politics. His eventful life presents an example for all especially for the youth.
Shaikh Rashid Al-Ghannushi was born at al-Hama, in the Qabis province of southern Tunisia in 1941.
After successful completion of primary and secondary education, he achieved the certificate of attainment degree, equivalent to the Baccalaureate degree from the University of Zaytuna in 1962. In 1964, he got admission in school of agriculture at Cairo University but left for Syria without completion his course due to the eviction of Tunisians from Egypt by Gamal Abdel Nasser and completed his graduation from University of Damascus in Philosophy in 1968. In the meantime, Dr. Rashid joined the European Socialist Party, but later entered an Islamic life and established an Islamic party.
After graduation, he spent a year at Sorbonne in France before returning to Tunisia and worked within a group called “Call Reporting And Advocacy Group” and founded an organization with other Tunisians to reform the Tunisian society based on Islamic Shariah.
Furthermore, his professional life was begun as a professor of Philosophy in Tunisia in 1969. In addition to his profession, this scholar tried to sermonize Islamic beliefs through lectures in classroom as well as mosque and writing articles in newspaper (Sabah-Morning), Magazine (The knowledge) and books.
Inspiring by the real spirit of Islam, he established an Islamic movement called “al-ittijah al-islami” or Islamic Tendency Movement in Manouba in 1979 which was renamed Hizb al-Nahda (or Hizb Ennahda) in 1989 or called as the Renaissance Party and began its activities without publicizing formally till 1981. Rashid proclaimed the news of newly founded party in 1981 through a press conference when the Tunisian Ruler Al- Borguiba gave the political freedom.
This Movement became much popular within few months because of its Islam loving, pacifist and patriotic mood as it called for a “reconstruction of economic life on a more equitable basis, the end of single-party politics and the acceptance of political pluralism and democracy. He also published a magazine called “Al-Ma’refah” to shield his ideals.
However, an ideological conflict occurred between the government and Al-Ghannushi in the same year. As a result, by the end of July, Al-Ghannushi with his followers was arrested, sentenced to eleven years in prison in Bizerte, and were agonized. He was released in 1984 due to a large number of people including religious and secular community demonstrated for his release. But again arrested in 1987 and let out in 1988 after one year imprisonment. He moved to Europe as a political exile, and lived there from the early 1990s to the early 2011 and has returned home from London on 30 January in 2011 after 22 years in exile following the ousting of President Ben Ali earlier this month. In 1993 Britain granted him political asylum.
In 1984, he obtained certificates of proficiency in search of the Faculty of Shariah and continued his doctoral thesis on the topic “public freedoms in the Islamic state” but could not finalize the doctorate degree due to the imprisonment.
In fact, Rashid Al-Ghannushi was determined to reform the Tunisian society and culture according to the light of Islamic Shariah consistent with the home culture. To insure social justice, equity and equality, he accentuated on worker’s rights, unionism, and women’s rights including women’s education, participation, respect, choice of home and marriage, political participation, ownership of property, and freedoms to follow Shariah and finally the democratic rights of general people.
Women responded positively as they returned to Islam by expelling the western superficial liberation of women. Because Before the emergence of the Islamist movement, woman found herself in an unstable and decaying society whose “liberation” was purely superficial: nudity, eroticism, leaching the house and the intermingling of the sexes. But Islamists present the respectful position of women in the society and implemented that through participation in their organization.
Al-Ghannushi is the author of many books on social, religious and philosophical issues, some of his important writings are : Islamic movements and Palestine, Public freedoms in the Islamic state, We and the West (jointly),From the experience of the Islamic Movement in Tunisia, So when Ibn Taymiyya,Rapprochement in the secular and civil society, The Islamic movement and the issue of change, The Palestinian issue crossroads between paths, Women between the Quran and the reality of Muslims, Citizenship rights in the Islamic state, The difference right , the duty to unity , The movement of Imam Khomeini and revival of Islam’s life.
Some of his books were translated into other languages including English, French, Turkish and Persian and have published in Egypt, Iran, Tunisia, Turkey, and Algeria.
He visited many countries including UK, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon etc.
Finally, it can be said that, Rashid Al- Ghannushi faces different types of obstacles but could not bow down to the injustice. This is why some researchers submitted their doctorate studying on his thoughts called Azzam Tamimi (political thought of Ghannouchi). The life of Al- Ghannushi is the great source of learning for us.

Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first and present president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) situated in Jeddah, which was established in 1975 and is now operating its development project and activities among 56 Muslim countries. Dr.Ahmad devoted his life to serve the ummah through IDB and various ways. Let’s know something about him.
Dr. Ahmad was born in 1934 in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This Arabian scholar successfully turned to higher education after finishing his primary and secondary education from different institution in Madina and obtained a B.A. Degree in Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce of Cairo University in 1957. Besides, in 1959, he received another B.A. Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law from the same University. In his incandescent career, he waxed his life by achieving a M.A. Degree in Public Administration from University of Michigan, USA in 1962 and finally, to stay at zenith of knowledge, in 1967, he accomplished a Ph.D in Public Administration (Fiscal Management) from State University of New York, USA. The Theme of his Dissertation was “Financial Control before Disbursement – Comparative Study of the Financial System in Saudi Arabia and the State of New York”.
Like his glowing education life, he started his professional life as a Director of ‘Scientific and Islamic Institute’ situated at Aden in Yemen in 1958 and spend two years there.Afterward, he returned to his homeland Saudi Arabia and joined as the Acting Rector of King Abdulaziz University where he stayed till 1972.for his philanthropic and cerebral motive, the Saudi government appointed him as Deputy Minister of Education for Technical Matters in 1972and thus he served the nation for three years (1972-1975). In the meantime, in 1975, he was elected as the president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which was established upon the inventiveness of ‘the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz’ and ‘Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC)’ and worked till 1993.Furthermore, during 1993–1995; he was the Secretary-General, Muslim World League, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and reshuffled the MWL as it was his key responsibility. Currently, again since 1995, he has been serving the humanity as the President of Islamic Development Bank group, (IDB Group), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
With his first-rated knowledge and practical experience, took various attempts to widen the banking activities in numerous sectors such as research, economics, finance, trade, insurance and private sector and successively founded different institutions incorporating Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) which comprises the Islamic Development Bank Group.

Dr.Ahmad concentrated his knowledge and deeds to attain and ensure the highest possible wellbeing of people through Islamic principles as directed in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah with the super combination of modern comprehension as he firmly believe that the principles of Islamic economics and banking is ample to solve the current economic problem of the world.
This famed intellectual established the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, etc by taking the challenging mission of “Khairu Annaas Min Nafa Annas – The best amongst you are those who are beneficial for others”.
Dr.Ahmad’s cordial services in different institutions both in government as well as private level recognized him as a social maker in Saudi Arabia and rest of the world.
He is member of the Higher Education Councils of five Universities including King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Imam Mohammed Ben Saud University, King Saud University Council, and the Board member of the Saudi Fund for Development.
Dr.Ali told that, mutiple donors and development agencies/partners must ‘synchronize’ their policies and programs both at the planning and execution stages to attain their goals which may satisfy the common characteristics of development. As he states that, “Development is a … complex and multifaceted issue that may not necessarily be captured by a handful of indicators”. He also said that, “the continued sustainability of a project many years after the project has been completed” is also another criterion in determining the success of a development project.
Dr Ali has vast knowledge on Islamic Economics, Banking and Education and wrote many articles, papers and delivered speeches, lectures on these topics which expressed his ideas of development and welfare of people. His famous ‘Lecture Series’ was published with the title “Role of Islamic Banks in Development” for which he was awarded an “IDB Prize”.
He is married and has four children. Currently, he is living with his family in Saudi Arabia. Finally, it can be cited that, we should take the lesson from his life and pray to Allah for him so that he can contribute more to the ummah.

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