Israr Ahmed

Israr Ahmed (Urdu: ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد‎; 26 April 1932 – 14 April 2010; Msc, MBBS) was a prominent Pakistani Islamic theologian,philosopher, and an Islamic scholar followed particularly in South Asia as well as by the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America.

He was the founder of the Tanzeem-e-Islami and an offshoot activist of the rightist Jamaat-e-Islami. Ahmed wrote and published 60 books on different aspects of Islam and religion, nine of which were translated into English. Prior to that, he was a television personality and daily hosted a religious show on Peace TV.

Early life and education

Israr Ahmed was born in Hisar, a province of East Punjab of British Indian Empire, on 26 April 1932. His father was a civil servant in British Government and had his family settled from Hisar to Montgomery, now Sahiwal, Punjab Province of Pakistan.

After graduating from a local high school, Ahmed moved to Lahore to attend the King Edward Medical University in 1950. There, he received MBBS from King Edward Medical University in 1954 and began practising medicine. During his university studies, he worked briefly for Muslim Students Federation and was Nazim-e-Aala of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talba.