Molana Zakaria Badat (Arabic: القارئ الشيخ ﺰﻛﺮﻳﺎ الﺒﺩﺍﺖ) (b. 1970 in Gujarat, India) is an Imam and peace-promoter who leads a Muslim congregation in Kendall, Florida and who previously served as the chief Imam and Khateeb of Masjid-al-Falah in Leicester, England for 10 years.
The Sheikh lived in England for many years where he attended the Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. This is where he memorized the Qur'an to becom...
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Molana Zakaria Badat (Arabic: القارئ الشيخ ﺰﻛﺮﻳﺎ الﺒﺩﺍﺖ) (b. 1970 in Gujarat, India) is an Imam and peace-promoter who leads a Muslim congregation in Kendall, Florida and who previously served as the chief Imam and Khateeb of Masjid-al-Falah in Leicester, England for 10 years.
The Sheikh lived in England for many years where he attended the Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. This is where he memorized the Qur'an to become a Hafiz and qualified and graduated as a Qari. He also studied Islamic theology for six years to graduate as a Muslim scholar of Islam. He then went to study at madrasahs (Kashif Uloom and Miftah Uloom Taraj) in Delhi and Taraj, India . The Sheikh holds a Master's degree in Islamic Studies and Politics from the University of Portsmouth. Molana Zakaria is fluent in Arabic, English, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. He has travelled around the world promoting peace in many countries including Saudi Arabia, India, North America, Belarus and Russia....
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