Hussain Yee Explained
Dato' Sheikh Hussain Yee or Hussein Yee (born 1950), is a Malaysian Islamic preacher and an International Da'i of Islam as well as the President of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem in Malaysia.[1] [2]
Background
Early years
Born into a Buddhist Malaysian Chinese family, Hussain Yee converted to Islam at the age of 18. Yee studied under the scholar Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani.[3]
Positions held
Hussain Yee is the Founder and President of Al-Khaadem.[4]
Among other positions, he spent a year in 1980 as an Advisor for the Cambodian Islamic Refugee Organisation in Paris, France. He has also served as a Counsellor at PERKIM Kuala Lumpur and as the Director of Da’wah for the Islamic Center in Hong Kong from 1984 to 1985.[5]
Controversy and response
In 2015, he gave a keynote address at the Australian Islamic Peace Conference (AIPC), which was attended by religious leaders from Jewish and Christian faiths.
Yee has said that Muslims terrorists were not responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, just based on "suspicion".[6] [7]
Hussain Ye later responded to the accusations and denied ever saying that "Jews were behind 9/11 attack", and accused The Australian newspaper of "inept journalism".[8]
See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: Islam Events - Sheikh Hussain Yee Biography . 2015-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081332/http://www.islamevents.com/speakers/speaker_detail.php?spid=37 . 2016-03-04 . live .
- Web site: Hussain Yee • Lectures • Muslim Central. 2021-09-01. Muslim Central. en-US.
- Web site: King Faisal Prize | Sheikh Mohammad Nasir Ad-Din Al-Albani . 2018-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180614095133/http://kingfaisalprize.org/sheikh-mohammad-nasir-ad-din-al-albani/ . 2018-06-14 . live .
- Web site: About Al-Khaadem | Al-Khaadem | Serving Mankind . 2018-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140309/http://www.al-khaadem.com.my/who-we-are/ . 2018-06-12 . live .
- Web site: Founder & President | Al-Khaadem | Serving Mankind . 2015-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208104210/http://www.al-khaadem.com.my/founder-president/ . 2015-12-08 . live .
- News: Jews were behind 9/11 attack, implies Malaysian preacher. 30 March 2015. Free Malaysia Today. 20 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150602031313/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/03/30/jews-were-behind-911-attack-says-msian-preacher/. 2 June 2015. dead.
- News: Hussein Ye about 9/11. Hussein Ye. 13 December 2007. Memri TV. 20 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160123152504/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOfbTeve1Q. 2016-01-23. live.
- News: Yee. Hussain. Skewed reporting incites hatred of Islam: An Islamic scholar exercises his right of reply to an FMT article. 31 October 2015. Free Malaysia Today. Free Malaysia Today. 4 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928231645/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2015/04/04/skewed-reporting-incites-hatred-of-islam/. 2015-09-28. live.