Ahmad Von Denffer

From 1972 to 1978 he studied Islamic Studies and Ethnology at the University of Mainz. From 1978 to 1984 he was a research associate of the "Islamic Foundation" in Leicester (England), the Islamist Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami and the teachings of Maududi stands close. It was developed by Khurram Murad directed, wrote the later of common Denffer books. Since 1984 he has been advisor for German-speaking affairs of Islamic Center of Munich, whose director then Mahdi Akef was a subsequent supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. [1] From Denffer is editor of the magazine "Al-Islam".

In 1984 he became a founding member of the "International Islamic Charitable Foundation" in Kuwait. [2] 1986-1988 and from 1993 to 2011 he was chairman of "helping Mu

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