Shaykh Amer holds a (LLB) law degree from Strathclyde university and BA (Hons) in Islamic studies from the University of Wales. He spent 10 years studying the Islamic sciences including 6 years with distinguished scholars in the Middle East (Syria and Yemen), gaining him teaching licenses (ijaza) in various Islamic sciences.
Shaykh Amer’s specialisation lies in Islamic Family Law. Being a certified NLP practitioner and also holding a certificate in counselling skills he has combined his religious and secular knowledge to help contextualise marital issues for the Western Muslim living in the 21st century. In 2007 he authored the booklet What Islam Really Says About Domestic Abuse, supported by the Scottish Government and Strathclyde Police, in which he helped shatter the myth that Islam allowed domestic abuse. It was translated into 5 languages with 8000 copies distributed to the Police, women's groups, Social Work and other relevant agencies.
In 2009 he co-founded the Solas Foundation and with his partner Shaykh Ruzwan Muhammad, established the iSyllabus Islamic studies program; a one year comprehensive Islamic studies course. He is currently the project director of the programme.
In 2010 he launched a national campaign on raising awareness and tackling domestic abuse in the Muslim community. This was covered in media: BBC News - Domestic abuse campaign targets mosques in Scotland and Herald Scotland - Imams urged to condemn domestic abuse.
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Biography
Shaykh Amer was born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating from Strathclyde University with an LLB (Bachelor in Law), He spent ten years studying the Arabic language and Islamic Sciences. During this period he obtained a BA (Hons) in Islamic Sciences from the University of Wales and then strengthening his studies by studying for six years with renowned scholars in the Middle-East (Syria and Yemen). He has studied with numerous distinguished scholars from a range of different schools of thought. His balanced studies in both secular and religious arenas give him a combination of sound scholarship with a profound understanding of society.His main field of interest is primarily Islamic family law, an area in which he has studied in depth having studied all four schools of Islamic jurisprudence (Hanafi and Hanbali schools in Syria, Shafi and Maliki schools in Yemen). Currently, he is conducting a PhD research on the relationship between Islamic family law and Scots family law.
In addition, his further qualifications include:
Certificate in counselling skills accredited by COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
Certified practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and TIME Techniques.
He is an Islamic Family Law advisor and consultant to a local Scottish law firm.
In 2007 he authored the booklet What Islam Really Says About Domestic Abuse, supported by the Scottish Government and Strathclyde Police, in which he helped shatter the myth that Islam allowed domestic abuse. It was translated into 5 languages with 8000 copies distributed to the Police, women's groups, Social Work and other relevant agencies.
In 2009 he co-founded the Solas Foundation and with his partner Shaykh Ruzwan Muhammad, established the iSyllabus Islamic studies program; a one year comprehensive Islamic studies course. He is currently the project director of the programme.
In 2010 he launched a national campaign on raising awareness and tackling domestic abuse in the Muslim community. This was covered in media: BBC News - Domestic abuse campaign targets mosques in Scotlandand Herald Scotland - Imams urged to condemn domestic abuse.
