Yaqub Mirza

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Yaqub Mirza
BornDecember 6, 1946
Karachi, British Raj
DiedDecember 3, 2025 (age 78)
EducationMSc from the University of Karachi (1969), M.A. in Teaching Science from University of Texas at Dallas (1975), PhD in Physics (1974)
Occupation(s)Business and teaching

M. Yaqub Mirza [1] (born 1946 [2] in Karachi, British Raj (now Pakistan)) was a Herndon, Virginia-based businessman and Islamic activist.

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Background

Muhammad Yaqub Mirza [3] held a MSc from the University of Karachi (1969), and a PhD in Physics (1974) and M.A. in Teaching Science (1975) from the University of Texas at Dallas. His doctoral thesis was entitled Multiphoton Ionization of Cesium Through Resonant Dissociative States of Cs2 and his thesis advisor was Carl B. Collins. [3]

Mirza was a co-founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Mirza was a co-founder and trustee (1984–2003) of Amana Mutual Funds Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based mutual fund that operates in accordance with Sharia financial principles. [4] From 1998 until his death in late 2025, he was President and CEO of Sterling Management Group, Inc (SMG). [5]

Lecturing career

Mirza lectures on Islamic finance [6] and Entrepreneurship and has spoken at several institutions. [7]

In 2002, Mirza's offices were raided by the FBI as part of an investigation into money laundering and terrorism, although Mirza was not charged with any crime as a result of this. [8]

Mirza and Sterling Group were active financial supporters of the Republican party in Virginia. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Also spelled Yacub Mirza
  2. ↑ Emerson, Steven (25 September 2009). Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the US. Prometheus Books. p. 387. ISBN   9781615920556 . Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Doctoral Degrees Awarded". UT Dallas. 1974–1975. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Tom Verde (30 June 2017). "Retirement Savings, the Muslim Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sterling Management Group :: Home". Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
  6. ↑ Humayon Dar (28 August 2016). "Malaysia replaces Pakistan as leader in Islamic banking, finance". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "SU News". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  8. ↑ Dick Russell (September–October 2006). "Revolt of the Elders". Mother Jones. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Chase Purdy and Matt Chittum (7 January 2014). "Sam Rasoul easily takes Roanoke House of Delegates seat". The Roanoke Times.


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