This week we are honored to feature Dr. Nazeer Ahmed on our podcast. Dr. Ahmed is an Indian-American scholar, inventor, historian, and legislator. He is the director of the American Institute of Islamic History and Culture in California. Also, he serves on the board of the World Organization for Resource Development and Education in Washington, DC. He is a Member of the State Knowledge Commission in India. Dr. Ahmed holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, AeE and MS degrees from the California Institute of Technology, an MBA from Rider University, and BE from the University of Mysore. A space scientist by training, he was one of the Chief Scientists on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope and was a Team Leader on the Lunar Land Rover, Apollo, Saturn, and Space Surveillance projects. Dr. Ahmed is an Islamic Sufi spiritual scholar of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order and a disciple of the Most Hon. Shaikh Nazim al Haqqani of Cypress. He has worked with global interfaith organizations such as the Elijah Institute in Jerusalem and has participated in seminars with the Dalai Lama. He is well-versed in several languages and has lectured widely in Asia, Europe, and Africa on Islamic spirituality, culture, and history. His crowning achievement is a translation of the Qur’an into easy-to-read modern American English. The translation was worked on for ten years and was published in 2011Please support the Lamppost Education Inititiave. Your donations help Lamppost provide high quality content for English speaking Muslims all over the world. Visit us at: https://lamppostedu.org/donate to contribute and aid Islamic education from qualified Muslim scholars. Dont miss any episodes of the Talking With Teachers Podcast. Subscribe to our channel and also, please Like, Share, and Comment on our content! Connect with Lamppost on Social Media: http://www.facebook.com/LEIscholars http://www.twitter.com/thelight99 http://www.instagram.com/lamppost_edu