Ask The Scholar (askthescholar.com) is a portal for questions, articles and information about Islam.  It features the fatwas and writings of Shaikh Ahmad Kutty , a Canadian of Indian origin (Kerala).

Ahmad Kutty was educated in the traditional Islamic Sciences at Islamiyya College, Kerala, and at the Islamic University of Madina Munawwarah.  He received his ijazahs (licences/designations) as an ‘a’lim and faqih from both India and Saudi Arabia.  He earned his M.A from the University of Toronto and pursued doctoral studies at McGill University, Montreal.

Over the past 30 years, he has been Director of the Islamic Center of Toronto, Director of the Islamic Foundation, Toronto, Canada, and has served on the Fiqh Council of North America.

Currently, Ahmad Kutty is resident scholar and senior lecturer at the Islamic Institute of Toronto. His courses include Quran & Hadith Sciences, Islamic Theology & Jurisprudence and Islamic Ethics & Spirituality among others.  His fatwas (Islamic rulings) have been translated into several languages and appear on various international sites including islamonline.net, islamicity.com, islamophile.org, infad.usim.edu.my, and islam.ca. He actively participates in interfaith seminars, symposia and serves as an expert/resource in cases involving Shariah matters.

His name can be found on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (ed. by Professor Exposito & Professor Ibrahim Kalin of Georgetown University); it can be accessed at: http://www.rissc.jo/muslim500ve1L.pdf .

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