| Khurram Murad | |
| Birth Place: | Bhopal, India |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1932 |
| Death Date: | 19 December 1996 |
| Death Place: | Leicester, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | Pakistani, British Raj |
| Occupation: | Islamic scholar, author, politician, civil engineer |
| Education: | University of Minnesota |
| Organization: | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba The Islamic Foundation Muslim World Book Review |
Khurram Murad (3 November 1932 – 19 December 1996) was a Pakistani scholar of Islam.[1]
Murad was born on November 3, 1932, in Bhopal, a Muslim princely state in Central India. His lineage came from Muzzafar Nagar and Saharanpur. He enrolled in the Bhopal-based Hameediyah College in 1947 after completing his matriculation. His family migrated to Pakistan in 1948. After settling in Karachi, Khurram enrolled in the D.J. Science College. After finishing his intermediate education, he attended the University of Karachi's Bachelor of Civil Engineering program, which he graduated from in 1952. In 1958, he earned his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in the US. After receiving his degree, he also taught at the university for a brief period before leaving for Pakistan.[2]
He worked as a lecturer in NED Engineering College from 1955 to 1957. As a notable engineer of the country, he rendered his services in East Pakistan as chief engineer and resident director of the then famous consultancy firm; Associate and Consulting Engineers (ACE). During his employment, he in addition to Pakistan provided his services to the major construction projects in Iran and Saudi Arabia. In this regard, he took part in the expansion project of Makkah.
He remained in India as a prisoner of war for two and a half years after the fall of East Pakistan in 1971.
After moving from Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom, he served as the Director-General of The Islamic Foundation, a well-known scientific and research institution from 1977 to 1987.
Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK.[3]
His works include:
Some of his booklets in Urdu are: