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Growing up in a traditionally religious family, Babar Razzaq Chaudhry followed Islam as his parents had taught him, reading Al Qur’an in Arabic and praying in the neighborhood mosque, following the norms as expected of all youngsters.
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Growing up in a traditionally religious family, Babar Razzaq Chaudhry followed Islam as his parents had taught him, reading Al Qur’an in Arabic and praying in the neighborhood mosque, following the norms as expected of all youngsters. In the 1980’s he made his way overseas, where he eventually came across a group of highly learned Christian missionaries, who had questions and curiosities about Islam.
With great confidence, he took them to the Imam of the local mosque but the Imam was unable to help and showed his helplessness by stating that he had only memorized the Holy Qur’an in Arabic and did not understand its contents.
That was the day Babar R. Chaudhry resolved to study Al Qur’an with understanding, to acquire the basic knowledge of Islam so that he could at least answer the basic queries of the people with reference to the Holy Qur’an and Ahadith (the sayings of the Prophet Mohammad PBUH).
According to a hadith of the Holy Prophet SAW said: “The best amongst you is the one who learns Al Quran and teaches it.”
As he gained understanding and knowledge, and implemented it within his life, he witnessed the positive changes it brought, within himself and amongst his family. He felt the need to share with others what he had learnt about Islam so that more people could benefit from the blessings that Allah had bestowed upon him.
At that time people had obvious misconceptions about Islam, associating it with terrorism and extremism.
Seeing this need, he established the ArrahmanArraheem Network in 1990. The primary goal was to share his knowledge so as to make a positive difference in the lives of people, all over the world regardless of belief, color, or race.
