Dr. Munawar Haque

Munawar Haque earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies with specialization in Islamic Theology and Comparative Religion from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), where as a Professor, he taught courses on Islamic Worldview, Islamic Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Family Management & Parenting. Presently, he is the Imam at the American Muslim Diversity Association (AMDA) in the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan. He is responsible for leading congregational prayers, delivering sermons,...See more

Munawar Haque earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies with specialization in Islamic Theology and Comparative Religion from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), where as a Professor, he taught courses on Islamic Worldview, Islamic Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Family Management & Parenting. Presently, he is the Imam at the American Muslim Diversity Association (AMDA) in the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan. He is responsible for leading congregational prayers, delivering sermons, conducting religious discussions, counseling, officiating marriages, leading funeral prayers, participating in interfaith dialogues, and getting involved in community, social, and humanitarian services. Dr. Haque has also been the editor and staff writer for the Research and Publications Division at the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) in the city of Warren, Michigan, and an Adjunct Professor at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary (ETS), Detroit, Michigan, where he taught Arabic and Islamic History in the Muslim Chaplaincy Program. He is a member of the Imams Council of MMCC representing Islamic centers in Southeast Michigan, and a certified speaker of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of the Islamic Networks Group (ING). He has also worked as a national and international banker in India and the United Arab Emirates for over two decades. Dr. Haque has authored, edited, reviewed, and translated a few books and articles on Islam. He is fluent in English, Arabic, Urdu, and Hindi, and enjoys traveling and spending time with his children and grandchildren. See less