• Dr. Salah asSawy is an Egyptian born in Fazarah village - Quseya district - Asuit governorate in 9/11/1954.
• He completed memorizing the Holy Qur`an at the age of seven. He took the first place in a national contest for Qur`an memorization in 1962 in Egypt.
• He has six brothers and two sisters who also memorize the entire Holy Qur`an by heart. Their father supervised their learning as he continued the tradition of memorization of the entire Holy Qur`an by heart from his father and his grandfather.
• In 1967, he finished his Junior High school at Dairout Religious Institute (Azhar schools are called Institutes) and he was ranked first, graduated with honors.
• In 1971, he finished his High school in Asuit Religious Institute and he was also ranked the first locally and the fifth nation wide in Egypt, graduated with honors.
• In 1976, he completed his bachelor degree in the faculty of Legislation and Law in Al Azhar University.

• In 1985, he earned his PhD in Islamic Religious Sciences at the faculty of Legislation and Law. He earned his degree with distinction and the highest level honors

Professional Experience

• In 1977, he worked as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Legislation and Law at Al-Azhar University
• In 1981-1986, he worked as an assistant professor at Umm Al Qura University
• In 1987- 1985, he worked as a director for the Scientific Miracle Association of the Islamic World League.
• In 1987-1992, he worked as a director for the Legislative Research Center of the office of the Islamic World League in Islamabad.
• In 1992-1995, he worked as a visiting professor in the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Sciences in Washington.
• Working as a director in the Legislative Research Center in United States of America.
• Working as a Vice-President of the American Open University since it was opened in 1995 till 2004.
• Working as a legislative consultant/adviser for Dar Al-Salam in Maryland.
• Currently, he is working as the Secretary General for the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America.

Authored Books

• Americans’ Misconceptions about Islam.
• A Reconsideration of the Fatwa Permitting Interest-Based Mortgages
• Unassailable matters and variables on the path of Islamic work.
• Revisions on the path of Islamic work.
• Belief Fundamentals (1).
• What a Moslem can not be ambivalent About.
• What a Merchant Can not be Ambivalent About.
• Commentary on Aqeeda Tahaweya Explanation.
• Commentary on Al-Sarem Al-Masloul Ala Shatem Al-Rasool (P.B.U.H).
• Applying Shriea in Muslim Countires: Making the Case.
• Between Islam and Secularism: A Confrontation.
• The Collapse of Secularism.
• Between Moslems and Seculars: A Debate.
• Religious Extremism: The Other Point of View.
• Reforming Islamic Work: an Introductory Guide.
• The Concept of an Islamic Nation and the Methods of Adhering to it our Contemporary Life.
• On the Legitimacy of Participating in Islamic Parties and Associations.
• The Concise Jurisprudence of the Supreme Leadership.
• The Issue of Political Diversity.
• Analyzing Globalization.
• Settling the Dispute of Following vs. Independence of Jurisprudence.
• Be Aware that there is No God (Worthy of Worship) but Allah.
• The Issue of Investments in the Islamic Banks and the way Islam Dealt with it.
• In this Manner let the daa`iyas proceed.
• The way out of Fitnah (testing and trial).
• Sovereignty Theory and its Influence on the Human Legislative Systems.
• A Reading in the book of a “Dua`ah La Qudah”.
• In this manner Daa`iyas Articulate.
• The Rank of Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them) in the Qur`an.
• Basic issues on the Path of the Islamic movement.
• Debates around Sufism.
• Commentary on the book "Hadd Al Islam".
• And what is after the Aggression?

Contributions in the Islamic Professional, Social Fields

• Participated in many Islamic conferences about Islamic da`wah in general and particularly in the field of the scientific miracle in Qur`an and Sunnah in Saudi Arabia, Cairo, Islamabad, Britain, America, Kenya, Senegal and other world countries

• Held numerous specialized jurisprudential workshops in the fields of legislative politics, guidance of Islamic awakening and in the fields of Doctrine, Jurisprudence and Creed in the UK and US a number of African countries.

• Supervised the project of intellectual heritage facilitation which aims at spreading the utilization of heritage books of by rendering their material concise thus achieving their objectives and also re-organizing their contents and adding commentary where needed.

• Supervised the project of “Towards a Proper Understanding for the Daa`iyahs Methodologies” which aims to eliminate misconceptions that surrounded many practical and theoretical methodologies of some Daa`iyahs. These methodologies leads to widening the gaps and deepening differences with these active workers. The projects establishes direct communication channels with those daa`iyahs and introducing proper re-directing for such methodologies within the frame of reforming the Islamic awakening movement.

• Co-founded the American Open University which offers undergraduate and post graduate level education in all fields of the Islamic and Arabic studies for English and Arabic speakers, through distant leaning means. The university expands the base of Islamic knowledge utilization through its virtually unlimited capacity.

• Co-founded the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in North America which analyzes and studies different critical jurisprudential issues confronting Muslims in the American society to reach an Islamic verdict. AMJA also holds specialized training sessions for Imams and directors of the Islamic centers in various areas in the United States of America.

official website
http://www.assawy.com