Ahmad Kutty

Who is Ahmad Kutty?

Ahmad Kutty, is a prominent North American Islamic scholar.

He arrived in Canada in the 1970s as a student and has since obtained Canadian citizenship.

Kutty graduated in the traditional Islamic sciences and received the Ijazah of al-Faqih fi al-ddeen from Islamiya College Santapuram, a leading Islamic institution in south India. He then obtained his Licentiate in Usul al-Ddeen from the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. In 1973 he earned an M.A. in Islamic studies from the University of Toronto. From 1975 to 1980 he pursued his Doctoral studies in Shari’ah thought at McGill University.

Kutty has served on the Fiqh Council of North America, the pre-eminent Islamic law body on the continent. He has served as Imam and resident scholar at various institutions in Montreal and Toronto, including Toronto's Jami Mosque and the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. He is currently resident scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto.

Kutty is a prolific writer and has written a number of articles, books and journal articles. He is a regular scholar answering Islamic law questions on IslamOnline.

In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and inter-faith dialogues in North America, Kutty is invited as a guest speaker in functions all over the world.