(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Ibrahim Bumelha, Chairman of the Award Organising Committee, told the media on Tuesday Estes was chosen among a group of nominees for his unremitting efforts to spread and preach Islam's tolerant teachings and values in the West.
"When he was told of his selection, he was happy and he said he expressed his thanks and gratitude to Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and to the award's organising committee members," Bumelha said.
Estes was born in 1944 in Texas to a musically talented Christian family. He became a Muslim in 1991 and since then he has been very active in Islamic Dawa (call) in the west. He is always studying Islam, the Arabic language and the Quran while working day and night to present the correct message of Islam.
While traveling all around the world, Sheikh Yusuf has given hundreds of lectures, written books, established thousands of websites, began live web-casting and video conferences in mosques and schools.
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Yusuf Estes, an American Muslim preacher and teacher, was named the Islamic Personality of the Year at the 16th Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA).
