Deenpreneurs Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

You may know or not Amany, but I am sure you must have heard about her company Launch Good. They have helped raise over $650 million for Muslims worldwide from 2 million donors. She is a Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder at Launch Good. This is her story about 2 years of istikhara - prayer for guidance and secrets on how she manages to get things done as a "ninja" while being a mom to a toddler. Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanykillawi/ Learn more about Launch Good: www.launchgood.com

Dr. Saqib Qureshi wears many hats. He is an angel investor, an author, Ex-McKinsey, PhD and many other things. In this episode, we discussed his life story and his new upcoming book "Being Muslim Today". Check out his new book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CW1HZQ33

In this episode, we discussed how to move towards Islamic Golden Age 2.0 with Faisal Amjad.

Faisal is the founder of project KN-OW - an EdTech social education platform for people who love to learn.

I hope you will enjoy this discussion as much as I did.

Listen to the full episode to discover how to spark critical thinking among Ummah, inshaAllah. 

In this episode, we discussed money and its role in Islam for a Muslim. Ibrahim is a co-founder of Islamic Finance Gure and they help Muslims become wealthy and a healthy relationship with the money. 

Is it wrong to be rich in Islam? Listen to the full episode to find out the answer. 

Ibrahim holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford, an Alimiyyah degree from the Al Salam Institute, and an MA in Islamic Finance. 

He was previously a private equity/venture funds lawyer in the City. He is the co-founder of https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/.

Ayat is a co-founder and managing partner of Invesp - an online marketing and conversion optimization company. She and her team help companies grow their revenue by testing different elements on the websites like buttons, headlines, etc.

In this episode, we discussed her story from a teacher to a co-founder of a tech company. 

Ayat Shukairy Is A Best-Selling Author, Successful Entrepreneur, Authority on Marketing Optimization with over 14 years of entrepreneurial and marketing experience. Ayat took her consulting business, Invesp, from a one-man shop to a global consulting brand that helps companies increase online sales. Her clients include eBay, 3M, the Special Olympics, DISH Network, Discovery and many more.

In 2016, Ayat cofounded FigPii, an all-in-one growth hacking platform. Her new startup leveraged the success of Invesp as well as the growth hacking methods he had deployed across some of the leading brands to solve marketers’ most pressing problems.

Ayat’s book, Conversion Optimization, combines ground-breaking marketing research with powerful story-telling and case studies to demonstrate how to leverage these principles to create killer websites. Ayat provides one of the most comprehensive lists of strategies and actionable

insights for helping websites capture more of their visitors into lifetime customers. She provides insights grounded in comprehensive research, the best contemporary psychology and behavioral science which any company can start implementing immediately.

Ayat is a recognized expert on marketing strategy and an in-demand speaker who has presented at marketing conferences, business groups and academic forums throughout the world including Inbound, SMX, SES, Content Marketing World, BOFs, and many others. She has inspired audiences to rethink their approach to marketing, and her work has helped hundreds of businesses to increase sales and growth.

Bobir is a Serial Tech Entrepreneur with 20 years of experience founding and scaling multiple 8 figure companies from scratch.

Currently operating an IT consultancy agency (Jafton.com) and a remote work solutions product (Missed.com). Former government official under the administration of the president of Uzbekistan.

In this episode, we discussed his life story and his $1 billion dollar mistake.

I hope you will enjoy this episode as much as I did.

Dr. Musharraf Hussain is a Sunni Scholar and the chief Executive of Karimia Institute Nottingham. He came to Britain from Pakistan in 1966 with his parents to the town of Halifax, where he memorized the Quran, learned Tajweed and basic Quranic Arabic.

After completing a degree in Biochemistry at Aston University, he went on to gain a Science doctorate. He worked as a Scientist till 1990 and then decided to dedicate himself to serving the Muslim community. He studied the Islamic sciences at a seminary in Pakistan under the guidance of Justice Pir Muhammad Karam Shah and then at Al-Azhar University, Cairo.

He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for his services to community relations in Britain. Formerly he was the director of the PGCE teacher training course and vice-chair of the Association of Muslim Schools (2000-2003) as well as the chairman of the Christian Muslim forum (2008-2010).

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Sh. Mustapha Khattab. We talked about his life story as well as what inspired him to write the new English translation of the Quran: Clear Quran. 

Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian-Egyptian authority on interpreting the Quran. He was a member of the first ‎team that translated the Ramadan night prayers (Tarawîḥ) live from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the ‎Prophet’s Mosque in Medina (2002-2005). Dr. Khattab memorized the entire Quran at a young age and later ‎obtained a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation with a chain of narrators going all the way to Prophet ‎Muḥammad ‎ﷺ‎.

He received his Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Islamic Studies in English with Honors from Al-Azhar ‎University’s Faculty of Languages & Translation. He lectured on Islam at Clemson University (OLLI Program, 2009-‎‎2010), held the position of Lecturer at Al-Azhar University for over a decade starting in 2003, and served as the ‎Muslim Chaplain at Brock University (2014-2016).

He is a member of the Canadian Council ‎of Imams, a Fulbright ‎Interfaith Scholar, and an iERA-Canada Outreach Specialist. He has served as an Imam in the U.S.A. and Canada ‎since 2007 and is the translator of The Clear Quran (2015), the author of The Nation of Islam (2011) and Outfoxing ‎Fox News (2017), and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Muslim American History (2010). His forthcoming works ‎include Qamus-ul-Quran (The Clear Quran Dictionary), The Clear Quran for Kids, and Shukran (children’s ‎story). He's currently the senior Imam of the Anatolia Islamic Centre, Mississauga, Canada.‎

Yvonne Maffei is a self-taught chef, food & travel writer, cookbook author, e-commerce entrepreneur, public speaker, food industry consultant, niche consumer marketing expert, and the founder of the first blog on halal food & cooking, MyHalalKitchen.com.

She gives cooking classes, presentations on the meaning of halal, and educates about conscious cooking and healthy eating. She consults food brands, schools, and hospitals on how to understand and source for halal ingredients and methods in cooking for food and cosmetic products.

Her book titles include Clean Your Kitchen Green (2010), Summer Ramadan Cooking (2013), and My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, Lifestyle Inspiration (2016).

She has been an invited guest at the White House under the Obama Administration, a special counselor to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, a guest speaker at such prestigious events as the recent World Halal Summit in Istanbul, Turkey (2018), and a consultant to Aramark Corporation for the first-ever all-halal university dining facility at New York University in Manhattan.

She divides her time between the USA and Turkey and is working on a  healing cookbook about holistic cooking and lifestyle, as well as conducting research on the superfoods of the Turkish Aegean & Mediterranean region.

Sajjad Chowdhry is an entrepreneur and management professional who draws on a diverse range of experience in startups, commercial real estate finance, Islamic finance, structured finance, investment, and trade & manufacturing, along with his strong academic pedigree.

In this episode, we discussed leadership in Muslim communities. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did.