Javed Ghamidi
Javed Ghamidi

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a Pakistani public intellectual and Qur’an scholar. He is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organization, Danish Sara. He was a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology and, in 2009, Ghamidi was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third highest civilian honour of Pakistan. He appears regularly on TV shows and has a large middle-class professional following.

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