Azhar Azeez

Azhar Azeez was born on Oct 9th 1971 in HYDERABAD, INDIA and has been living in US since 1995. He has bachelors in Finance from the prestigious Osmania University and a Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Newport University. For last 12 years he worked for major US corporations such as General Electric, American General Life & Capital One. He is a member of ISNA Executive Council (Central Zone Representative) since 2003 and is also the founder and current President of Islamic Association of Carrollton, Texas one of the large mosques in the suburbs of Dallas, TX.  He was also a founding member & past President of Council on American Islamic Relations –Dallas/ Fort Worth Chapter. He is a regular speaker and a fundraiser for various local, regional and national Islamic organizations. He has made several media appearances and was interviewed by many local and national T.V. stations and newspapers such as affiliates of CBS, ABC, FOX, KDTN, NBC, PBS KERA, CNN, Associated Press, USA today, Dallas Morning news etc. He speaks regularly on local & national radio programs and has written for various newspapers and magazines. He is the founder & moderator of the weekly global e-mail newsletter which goes out to over 15,000 subscribers every week on issues related to Islam & Muslims. He is married and has two kids and currently resides in Dallas, TX. You can reach him via e-mail at azhar_azeez2@hotmail.com