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Ahmad Thomson : biography

In 2009 Thomson gave a talk at Cambridge University entitled Shariah Law: A Stairway to Heaven., Talk given at Christ’s College, Cambridge on February 10, 2009Thomson, Ahmad. In 2011 he participated in an interfaith event hosted at the House of Lords honouring Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Background

He was born as Martin Thomson in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, and educated in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and England. Most of his early years were spent in remote locations in the African bush where there was no electricity, gas or piped water. After being awarded an LLB (Hons) in 1972 at Exeter University, England, he worked as a bus conductor in Exeter, Devon, for a year before moving to London where he worked firstly as a labourer building the Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow and then as an accountant at Luzac & Co, Oriental Booksellers. He embraced Islam at the hand of the Raja of Mahmudabad, the first director of the Regent’s Park Mosque in London, alayhi rahma, on August 13, 1973. After going on Hajj (the pilgrimage to Makka) overland in 1977, Ahmad Thomson completed his training as a lawyer and was called to the Bar of England & Wales on the 26 July 1979.

Career

He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1979. He was a co-founder of the Association of Muslim Lawyers in 1993. He has been the head of Wynne Chambers since 1994. He is the author of several books, including The Difficult Journey and The Way Back (1994); The Next World Order (1994); the revised editions of Jesus, Prophet of Islam and Blood on the Cross (in two volumes, For Christ’s Sake and Islam in Andalus) with Muhammad Ata Ur-Rahim (1996); the revised edition of Dajjal: the AntiChrist (1997); Making History (1997); The Last Prophet (2000) Books by Ahmad Thomson and

Golden Days on the Open Road (2005) and is co-author of The Islamic Will with Hajj Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley (1995).Books by Ahmad Thomson He has been described by some in the press as having acted as an informal advisor to 10 Downing Street on matters related to Muslims,Helm, Toby. , in The Telegraph, September 12, 2005 although he has never set foot inside No. 10 or met any Prime Minister except Kenneth Kaunda, in Zambia, in 1965. He made both written and oral representations to the House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Offences in 2002, arguing that different religious groups including Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs should have equal rights and equal protection under English law.Thomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom ParliamentThomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom ParliamentThomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom ParliamentThomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom ParliamentThomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom ParliamentThomson, Ahmad. , published by the United Kingdom Parliament He has given regular talks about Islam throughout the United Kingdom, including the annual Gateway to Divine Mercy event. He has been a regular contributor to the annual interfaith conferences held at the Regents Park Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre and also contributed to the College of Law LNTV Programme 1378 which is concerned with Islamic Family Law and its interaction with English Family Law. He has recommended that Muslim personal law should be recognised and accommodated by English civil law – and that the personal law of other minority faith communities should receive similar recognition and accommodation by English civil law if they too desire this confirmation of their ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights) Article 9 rights, as enshrined and guaranteed by the Human Rights Act 1998.Thomson, Ahmad, , paper delivered at Interfaith Conference held at Regents Park Mosque & Islamic Cultural Centre, July 20, 2008