Imran Nazar Hosein (born 1942) is a Trinidadian Islamic scholar, preacher, author, and philosopher known for his work in Islamic eschatology, global politics, economics, and contemporary social and geopolitical issues. He has written numerous books, including Jerusalem in the Qur’an, in which he explores religious perspectives on world events and prophecy.
Early Life and Education
Hosein was born into an Indo-Trinidadian Muslim family in Trinidad and Tobago. He pursued formal Islamic education under the respected scholar Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari at the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan.
In addition to his religious training, he completed postgraduate studies in philosophy at the University of Karachi. He also studied international relations at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and later at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Religious and Public Service
For approximately ten years, Hosein regularly led the Jumu’ah (Friday) congregational prayers and delivered sermons once a month at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, reflecting his engagement with both religious scholarship and international affairs.
He is widely recognized for linking Islamic prophetic traditions with modern global developments, particularly in discussions surrounding economics, international politics, and end-time theology.
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