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A K Sayed
A. K. Sayed was born in Glencoe in South Africa on the November 23, 1941. In his youth, he was a founding member and secretary of the Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) and secretary and trustee of the Bu...view moreA. K. Sayed was born in Glencoe in South Africa on the November 23, 1941. In his youth, he was a founding member and secretary of the Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) and secretary and trustee of the Buffelsdale Muslim Society in Tongaat (KZN). In 1961 and then for the next eighteen years, he was employed at the South African Sugar Association Experiment Station at Mount Edgecombe (KZN), first working in the agronomy department and then in the biometrics and records department. During the 1980s, he owned a chain of bakeries. Furthermore, during the last forty years, Mr. Sayed has written numerous letters defending Islam in the mass media. Some of the letters are entitled “Islam Is Compatible with Democracy,” “The Arab/Israeli Conflict Is Not Complicated,” “Islam Is Less Flawed than the Constitution of South Africa,” “All Fundamentalism Is Evil,” “Godless Science Is an Impaired Vision,” “South Africa’s Diversity Is Its Strength.” In addition, Mr. Sayed has lived through the apartheid era and also witnessed the making of the new rainbow nation. Thus, he has a very broad and deep knowledge and experience of science, religion, politics, and business, which has helped him immensely to understand the true teachings of peace and Tawhid (the divine teachings of unity and universality.view less