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**Keendwainge** · 09-04-2012, 12:21 AM

Brother Afriki Haqq,

Who is Mirza Yawar Baig and what role does he play into all of this?

Regarding Mirza Yawar Baig, I don't know much but I do know he is heavily involved with AK. He is from Hyderabad in India (Google for his "Yawar Associates"). At the last AK retreat in South Africa Mirza Yawar spent the entire weekend with the group, etc. He is more of a motivational speaker and I haven't seen him present an Aqeedah or Fiqh course. In an email Mirza Yawar quite vehemently denied being a Salafi and went to the extent of saying prove for this is his association with some of the senior South African (Hanafi/Deobandi) 'Ulama. But his association with Salafis is also a known fact.

I don't think his a scholar like Bilal Ismail. If he sticks to social topics/motivational etc then that should be fine.

PS: Channel Islam playns a short clip of his daily in the mornings. Take a listen to that and it might give some background into Mirza Yawar.

On this same topic I would like to mention that one of the other Shaykhs is Zimbabwean born Madinah graduate - Shaykh Sajid Omar. Radio Islam has given him considerable airtime in that he has been given a whole slot to do a study of Imaam Nawawis Riyadh us-Saaliheen. I don't know if this program is still on-going but when I contacted the Radio Islam 'alims I had no response from them.

I await others to correct and enlighten me on the above two.

09-04-2012, 12:21 AM	#29
Keendwainge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Brother Afriki Haqq, Who is Mirza Yawar Baig and what role does he play into all of this? Regarding Mirza Yawar Baig, I don't know much but I do know he is heavily involved with AK. He is from Hyderabad in India (Google for his "Yawar Associates"). At the last AK retreat in South Africa Mirza Yawar spent the entire weekend with the group, etc. He is more of a motivational speaker and I haven't seen him present an Aqeedah or Fiqh course. In an email Mirza Yawar quite vehemently denied being a Salafi and went to the extent of saying prove for this is his association with some of the senior South African (Hanafi/Deobandi) 'Ulama. But his association with Salafis is also a known fact. I don't think his a scholar like Bilal Ismail. If he sticks to social topics/motivational etc then that should be fine. PS: Channel Islam playns a short clip of his daily in the mornings. Take a listen to that and it might give some background into Mirza Yawar. On this same topic I would like to mention that one of the other Shaykhs is Zimbabwean born Madinah graduate - Shaykh Sajid Omar. Radio Islam has given him considerable airtime in that he has been given a whole slot to do a study of Imaam Nawawis Riyadh us-Saaliheen. I don't know if this program is still on-going but when I contacted the Radio Islam 'alims I had no response from them. I await others to correct and enlighten me on the above two.
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