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November 13, 2014
MIM: Bio of Bokhari on the Stratfor website.
http://www.stratfor.com/about/analysts/kamran-bokhari#axzz2kzQWv28c
Bokhari was the head of Al Muhajiroun in the United States and invited Anjem Choudary who is the presently the leader of AM Aka Sharia4UK to speak at the MSA of Southwest Missouri State University. The event was partially funded by the Student Union.
He wrote this defense of Osama Bin Laden in 1999. "Freedom Fighters Now Being Called Terrorists"
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/6405
For more on Bokhari enter his name into the search engine of MIM and see:
Kamran Bokhari :Strategic Forecasting's Terrorism Intelligence Report's 'Islamist Disservice'
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/233
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Kamran Bokhari Advocating change within Muslim World
Jennifer Cline | Posted Feb 24, 1999
"I begin with the name of God." That's how Kamran Bokhari began his speech at the panel presentation "Iraq in Crisis" Feb. 2. His message was clear: the Muslim world must be reunited under one government. An Islamic government supported by its people. This ideology is Bokhari's life work.
Bokhari, a senior majoring in political science, is far from an ordinary undergraduate student. At age 30, he is the official spokesperson for the Al-Muhajiroun in North America, which in Arabic means "The Immigrants." It is an organization that is active in many Muslim countries.
Al-Muhajiroun actively advocates social, economic and political change within the Muslim world. Bokhari said the word Muhajiroun is used 76 times in the Koran, the holy book of Islam.
"We are an Islamic group trying to re-establish the Islamic State (the Caliphate) through intellectual, ideological, political and revolutionary means," Bokhari said. However, the group is not militant, he said.
Bokhari was born in Islamabad, Pakistan, the country's capital city. He lived there until he was 3 years old and then his family moved to New York City. Since then he has shifted between Pakistan and New York, and lived in India for a few years.
Bokhari's father worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan and throughout his career he had been posted in various countries and embassies.
Bokhari said he was lucky to have a father who worked in that area of government, because it afforded him the rare opportunity to see the world. Bokhari's father is now employed in the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York City. Bokhari's mother was a schoolteacher. He also has two younger sisters.
He has settled in the United States until he completes his education.
"I came to this country to get a good education," Bokhari said. "The country I come from measures your social status by your profession."
A decent education is very expensive in Pakistan and only the rich elite can afford to attend the top universities. Since Bokhari comes from a middle class family, his best option was to come to the United States. Pakistan has only 27 universities scattered throughout the country, which is the size of Texas and Louisiana combined.
The school system in Pakistan is very different than the schools in the United States. Children attend primary school, the equivalent of kindergarten through fifth grade. Then they move into senior secondary school, grades six through 10.
Bokhari was able to receive more schooling by going abroad and was educated in New York and India through high school graduation. He is now completing his bachelor of science at SMS.
Bokhari attended City College of New York, where he was an electrical engineering major before moving to Springfield to be with his wife, Chandni Malik, also from Pakistan. Malik, a graduate of SMS with a B.S. in economics, is in graduate school working toward a Master of Business Administration.
After moving to Springfield, Bokhari attended Ozarks Technical College for two years before finally transferring to SMS. He decided to pursue a degree in political science instead of electrical engineering so he could do something he loves, he said. He is currently looking into graduate schools that offer degrees in Islamic law, political Islam, or Islamic studies.
He intends to obtain a doctorate before returning to Pakistan to work as a university professor.
He also hopes to write and publish books about international affairs, Islam, and comparative studies. Bokhari anticipates some problems when he returns to his home country because of his vocal opposition to the government.
While at SMS Bokhari is actively involved in the Muslim Students Association and serves as its planning coordinator. He said the group participates in two types of activities: those within the Muslim community and those with the Springfield community at large.
The members of the Muslim Students Association hold study circles and Friday prayer. Bokhari said that Muslims always pray five times a day, but Friday is their day of Sabbath. They come together and pray as a congregation at their place of worship, the Masjid. The group is currently renting a place on South Grant Street and holds lectures, seminars and conferences on campus.mran Bokhari devotes his life to his Islamic faith and reuniting the Muslim world under one government, an Islamic government supported by its people. at the panel presentation "Iraq in Crisis" Feb. 2. His message was clear: the Muslim world must be reunited under one government. An Islamic government supported by its people. This ideology is Bokhari's life work.
Bokhari, a senior majoring in political science, is far from an ordinary undergraduate student at SMSU. At age 30, he is the official spokesperson for the Al-Muhajiroun in North America, which in Arabic means "The Immigrants." It is an organization that is active in many Muslim countries. Al-Muhajiroun actively advocates social, economic and political change within the Muslim world. Bokhari said the word Muhajiroun is used 76 times in the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam.
"We are an Islamic group trying to re-establish the Islamic State (the Caliphate) through intellectual/ideological/political/revolutionary means," said Bokhari. However, the group is not militant, he said.
Bokhari was born in Islamabad, Pakistan, the country's capital city. He lived there until he was 3 years old and then his family moved to New York City. Since then he has fluidly shifted between Pakistan and New York, and for a few years lived in India. Bokhari's father works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan and throughout his career he has been posted in various countries and embassies. Bokhari said he was lucky to have a father who worked in that area of government. Because of it, he has been afforded the rare opportunity to see the world. Bokhari's father is now employed in the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York City. Bokhari's mother was a schoolteacher and he has two younger sisters.
He has settled in the United States until he completes his education. "I came to this country to get a good education," he said. "The country I come from measures your social status by your profession."
A decent education is very expensive in Pakistan and only the rich elite can afford to attend the top universities. Since Bokhari comes from a middle class family, his best option was to come to the United States. Pakistan has only 27 universities scattered throughout the country, which is the size of Texas and Louisiana combined.
The school system in Pakistan is very different than in the United States. Children attend primary school, the equivalent of kindergarten through fifth grade. Then they move into senior secondary school, grades six through ten. Bokhari was able to receive more schooling by going abroad and was educated in New York and India through high school graduation. He is now completing is Bachelor of Science at SMSU.
Bokhari attended City College of New York, where he was an electrical engineering major before moving to Springfield to be with his wife, Chandni Malik, also from Pakistan. Malik, a graduate of SMSU with a B.S. in economics, is in graduate school working toward a Master of Business Administration.
After moving to Springfield, Bokhari attended Ozarks Technical College for two years before finally transferring to SMSU. He decided to pursue a degree in political science instead of electrical engineering so he could do something he loves, he said. He is currently looking into graduate schools that offer degrees in Islamic law, political Islam, or Islamic studies.
He intends to obtain a doctorate before returning to Pakistan to become a university professor there. He also hopes to write and publish books about international affairs, Islam, and comparative studies. Bokhari anticipates some problems when he returns to his home country because of his vocal opposition to the government.
While at SMSU, Bokhari is actively involved in the Muslim Students Association and serves as its planning coordinator. He said the group participates in two types of activities: those within the Muslim community and those with the Springfield community at large.
The members of the Muslim Students Association hold study circles and Friday prayer. Bokhari said that Muslims pray always five times per day, but Friday is the day of sabbath for Muslims. They come together and pray as a congregation at their place of worship, the Masjid. They are currently renting a place on South Grant Street and hold lectures, seminars and conferences on campus.
This item is available on the Militant Islam Monitor website, at http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/6671