Ghulam Sarwar (writer) explained

Ghulam Sarwar
Birth Place:	Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Citizenship:	British
Alma Mater:	Govt College of Commerce, University of Dhaka
Spouse:	Feroza Sarwar

Ghulam Sarwar is a Bangladeshi-born British writer on Islam in English and director of the Muslim Educational Trust (MET).

Biography

Sarwar was born in the Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh), British India. He graduated with honours in commerce from the Government College of Commerce, Chittagong and also received his Master of Business and Management from the University of Dhaka.^{[1] [2]}

Sarwar is director of the Muslim Educational Trust (MET), which the Charity Commission for England and Wales describes as, "An educational charity devoted to the catering for the educational needs of Muslims and their children in the UK".^[3]

Works

Ed Husain writes that when he was a juvenile, Sarwar's was used in religious education classes in Britain, and that as of 2007 it continued to be used as an introductory text in schools, mosques and Muslim homes there.^[4]

His other written works include:

• Islam for Younger People. (1981) Muslim Educational Trust.
• The Children’s Book of Salah. Muslim Educational Trust.
• British Muslims and Schools. Muslim Educational Trust.
• Sex Education: The Muslim Perspective. Muslim Educational Trust.
• Syllabus and Guidelines for Islamic Teaching. Muslim Educational Trust.
• Muslims and Education in the UK. Muslim Educational Trust.

See also

• British Bangladeshi
• List of British Bangladeshis

External links

• Official MET website
• Official MET Biography
• Bangladesh woman reporter feted. BBC News. 26 October 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: MET Staff Biographies. Muslim Educational Trust . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061501/http://www.muslim-ed-trust.org.uk/ourteam.php . 28 September 2007 . 29 August 2007.
2. Web site: Islam for Younger People. Kitaabun. 29 August 2007.
3. Web site: The Muslim Educational Trust . Charity Commission for England and Wales.
4. Book: Husain, Ed . Ed Husain . 2007 . The Islamist . Penguin . 20–21 . 978-0-14-311598-4.