Ahmad Thomson
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Introduction Ahmad Thomson was born in 1950 in Northern Rhodesia. He is an author and practising barrister and established Wynne Chambers in 1994 [1]
He is active in the community , reviewing books, giving talks and has represented the Muslim community in the House of Lords [2]
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[edit] Early Life
Ahmad Thomson was born in Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia, now known as Chipata, Zambia. Most of his early years were spent in remote locations in the African bush where there was no electricity, gas or piped water. He was surrounded simply by the beauty and majesty of the creation in all its splendour. He went to boarding schools near Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia, now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe, where he was brought up as a Christian, before completing his formal education at Eastbourne College, England and Exeter University, England. After being awarded an LLB (Hons) in 1972, he worked as a bus conductor in Exeter, Devon, for a year before moving to London where he worked firstly as a labourer building the Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow and then as an accountant at Luzac & Co, Oriental Booksellers. On the 13 August 1973 he embraced Islam at the hand of the Raja of Mahmudebad, alayhi rahma, who was at that time the Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre. Since then he has been the student of Shaykh Dr Abdalqadir as-Sufi ad-Darqawi al-Murabit. After going on Hajj overland in 1977, Ahmad Thomson completed his training as a lawyer and was called to the Bar of England & Wales on the 26 July 1979.--Hajjahmad 17:18, 28 January 2009 (EST)
[edit] Books written by Ahmad Thomson
- Jesus, Prophet of Islam (first edition) ~ co-author with Muhammad Ata'ur-Rahim
- Blood on the Cross (first edition) ~ co-author with Muhammad Ata'ur-Rahim
- Dajjal, the king who has no clothes (first edition)
- Jesus, Prophet of Islam (revised edition)
- For Christs Sake (volume one, revised edition of Blood on the Cross)
- Islam in Andulus (volume two, revised edition of Blood on the Cross)
- Making History
- Dajjal, the AntiChrist (revised edition)
- The Difficult Journey
- The Way Back
- The Early Prophets (volume one, Prophets in the Qur'an), peace be on them ~ co-author with Iftekhar Bano Hussain
- The Later Prophets (volume two, Prophets in the Qur'an), peace be on them ~ co-author with Iftekhar Bano Hussain
- The Last Prophet (volume three, Prophets in the Qur'an), blessings and peace be on him
- The Wives of the Prophet, blessings and peace be on them
- Fatima az-Zahra, blessings and peace be on her
- Asma Bint Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with her
- The Journey of Ahmad and Layla
- The Moghuls (not published)
- Golden Days on the Open Road (not published)
- The Next World Order
- The Islamic Will ~ co-author with Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley and Aisha Bewley--Hajjahmad 17:07, 28 January 2009 (EST)
[edit] Poems by Ahmad Thomson
A Girl called Terrorism [3]--Hajjahmad 16:16, 28 January 2009 (EST)
Angels and Dust [4]--Hajjahmad 16:16, 28 January 2009 (EST)
[edit] Book Reviews by Ahmad Thomson
The Noble Qur'an – A New Rendering of its Meaning in English, by Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley and Aisha Bewley--Hajjahmad 17:23, 28 January 2009 (EST)
Zakat - Raising a Fallen Pillar, by Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley and Hajj Amal Abdalhakim Douglas--Hajjahmad 17:23, 28 January 2009 (EST)
Islam – Its Basic Practices and Beliefs by Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley--Hajjahmad 22:37, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
[edit] Further Reading
Wynne Chambers ~ Further Reading--Hajjahmad 16:19, 28 January 2009 (EST)
[edit] Views on Islamic Finance
Ahmad Thomson advocates a return to the use of gold and silver as means of exchange which possess intrinsic value.[5] [6] He has consistently pointed out that before any financial product can be described as Sharia compliant, the means of exchange must be Sharia compliant – and that the Sharia of Islam prohibits the use of an unredeemable IOU (paper money) either as a means of exchange (unless it is backed by gold or silver) or in order to pay the annual zakat on wealth (which must be paid in gold or silver).[7]Ahmad Thomson has accordingly recommended that the interest-generated portion of the national debt be written off, institutionalised usury be proscribed and Islamic gold dinars and silver dirhams be minted by the Royal Mint, utilising the weights and measures for these coins originally established by sayyedina Umar ibn Al-Khattab (the second Muslim Khalif),[8]if London is to become a global centre for Islamic Finance as advocated by the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.[9]
