Our Founder
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Qadri
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Qadri is the Founding Director of the Islamic Educational and Cultural Research Center (IECRC). IECRC is a non-profit, non-political, 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Founded in 2002, IECRC provides community services through active centers located in the United States (Bay Area – CA, Houston and Dallas – TX), Canada (Surrey – B.C. and Calgary – Alberta), Kingdom of Bahrain, and Karachi, Pakistan.
Dr. Qadri is a renowned scholar from Pakistan who taught at its local colleges as well as the University of Karachi, Pakistan for over 35 years. He has expertise both in modern education as well as traditional Islamic Sciences having completed the Dars-e-Nizami, an 18 year traditional Islamic course from Pakistan. He has also studied with scholars from Al-Azhar University, Cairo. Dr. Qadri holds certification in Intercultural Communication from the Center for Intercultural Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada. He is also an authorized spiritual guide in the Qadiri, Chisti, Naqshbandi, Suharwardi, and Rifai Sufi orders.
Dr. Qadri is a gold medalist from University of Karachi, and has received gold medals from the Intellectual Forum of Pakistan. Dr. Qadri is also the recipient of many prestigious international awards such as the Ambassador for Peace Award presented by the Universal Peace Foundation and Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace in Canada, the National Education Award presented by the Pakistan Education Forum, and the Award for Research in Social Sciences presented in Dubai.
Dr. Qadri has appeared on several television programs including Pakistan Television Corporation, QTV (Quran TV part of ARY Network), ARY Digital, Hum TV, Dawn TV, Express News, Geo TV, and many others. He has also made regular guest appearances on radio broadcasts in the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Qadri’s goal at the IECRC is to foster and promote the light, love, and message of peace of our beloved Leader, Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah Almighty be upon Him, His Blessed Family and Noble Companions) and carry on the legacy of the Saints of our tradition of unconditional service to humanity, creating a culture of world peace and tolerance.