• "You know, Dr. Jafar Idris is my teacher, friend and I am proud to be his driver" - says Yusuf Estes, "Seriously, he has really helped me to understand a lot about presenting Islam."

• Dr. Jaafar Sheikh Idris is considered one of few Muslim Scholars of this era who comprehended the knowledge of Islam and Western Ideologies. He authored many articles and research papers. He visited many countries around the world where he lectured in Arabic and English.

• Dr. Jaafar Sheikh Idris was born on 15th June 1931 in Port Sudan, Sudan. He grew up in the city of Port Sudan where he completed his elementary and secondary school. In addition to the modern school system, he studied Qur’an in traditional Qur’anic schools. He also studied Fiqh, Hadith and Arabic Language under traditional teachers in the city and studied Aqida with “Ansar al-Sunnah” group.

• After that he joined University of Khartoum where he completed his education and traveled to London for postgraduate studies.

• He obtained his Ph.D. (Philosophy), from the University of Khartoum/University of London, 1970. The topic of his Ph.D. thesis was “The Concept of the causality in Islam”.

His Professional Teaching and Experience include:

Consultant for various Islamic Organizations around the world.
Chairman of the founding council of the American Open University.
Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Research Center of The Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America.
Professor of Islamic studies, Departments of Aqeedah, Daw’ah and Information, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia. Taught graduate courses of Aqeedah (Islamic Creed), Theology and Contemporary Ideologies.
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Dept. of Islamic Culture, Riyadh University. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Khartoum.

• He has Lectured at many universities, academic institutes and Islamic centers in many parts of the Islamic and Western worlds. He has also participated with research at many different conferences around the world.

• There are many published and unpublished articles, papers and pamphlets, in Arabic and English of Dr. Jaafar Idris. Some of the published English ones are:

“Islamic Social Science”

“The Islamic Way of Developing Nations”

“Human Nature and Human Values”

“The Islamization of the Sciences: Its Philosophy and Methodology"

“Is Man the Vicegerent of God?”

“The Pillars of Faith”

“The Process of Islamization”

“The Attributes of God, an Islamic point of view”

• There are also many articles in different magazines as well as papers presented in many Islamic conferences but were not published.

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