Shaykh Ruzwan is one of the foremost Islamic scholars in the West. Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland (UK), Shaykh Ruzwan obtained a degree in Geopolitics and Arabic before leaving to study in Turkey in the 1990s. He went on to study in numerous Middle Eastern countries including Yemen and Syria. Shaykh Ruzwan graduated from the prestigious Mahad al-Fat’h Islamic Law College in Damascus with a distinction of merit, achieving overall first position in his year of graduation from the college.
On his return to the UK, he authored the iSyllabus Islamic Studies curriculum which has been taught to over 7000 students in 15 cities for more than 10 years. Since the pandemic, it has moved online and now has a global audience.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Early life and childhood
- Difficulty reading at a young age
- Involvement in street violence
- Studying in Glasgow, Turkey, Cairo, Yemen and Damascus
- Life as a student in the Middle East
- Developing a ground-breaking English Islamic studies programme for a Western audience
- Personal sacrifices
- Impact on physical health
- Character and personality
- Legacy
- Relaxation, humour and leisure
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