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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Farida Khanam<br />
| image = Prof. Farida Khanam.png<br />
| birth_date = 1952<br />
| father = [[Wahiduddin Khan]]<br />
| relatives = [[Zafarul Islam Khan]] (brother)<br>[[Saniyasnain Khan]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
'''Farida Khanam''' (born 1952) is an Islamic scholar, speaker, author, translator, and peace activist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Farida Khanam {{!}} www.islamandpeace.org |url=https://www.islamandpeace.org/content/dr-farida-khanam |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.islamandpeace.org}}</ref> She spent more than two and half decades teaching Islamic Studies at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi, India where she also earned her Master's and PhD.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ghitreef |first=Muhammad |date=2018-01-01 |title=Contribution of Muslim Women to Islamic Studies in India |url=https://www.academia.edu/41707255 |journal=Presented in an International Seminar Held in Islamabad Pakistan}}</ref> She is the current chairperson of [[Centre for Peace and Spirituality|CPS International]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parray |first=Dr Tauseef Ahmad |title=A thinker in the eyes of scholars |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/a-thinker-in-the-eyes-of-scholars |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Greater Kashmir |date=28 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-14 |title=Scholars divided on whether mosques are integral to Islam |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/scholars-divided-whether-mosques-integral-islam |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |language=en-US |archive-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203205807/https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/scholars-divided-whether-mosques-integral-islam |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamia - Departments -Department of Islamic Studies - Faculty Members - Dr. Farida Khanam (Retd.) |url=https://www.jmi.ac.in/islamicstudies/faculty-members/dr_farida_khanam-1702 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.jmi.ac.in}}</ref> She is the daughter of the noted Islamic Scholar [[Wahiduddin Khan|Maulana Wahiduddin Khan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parray |first=Dr Tauseef Ahmad |title=A thinker in the eyes of scholars |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/a-thinker-in-the-eyes-of-scholars |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Greater Kashmir |date=28 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and has edited and translated his commentary of the Quran, [[Tazkirul Quran]] into English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parray |first=Dr Tauseef Ahmad |title=A thinker in the eyes of scholars |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/a-thinker-in-the-eyes-of-scholars |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Greater Kashmir |date=28 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Quran : English translation, commentary and parallel Arabic text |date=2011 |others=Vaḥīduddīn K̲h̲ān̲, Farīdah K̲h̲ānam |isbn=978-81-7898-746-0 |location=New Delhi |oclc=864446867}}</ref> Prof. Farida Khanam is the editor-in-chief and translator of many of [[Wahiduddin Khan|Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's]] works.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ghitreef |first=Muhammad |date=2018-01-01 |title=Contribution of Muslim Women to Islamic Studies in India |url=https://www.academia.edu/41707255 |journal=Presented in an International Seminar Held in Islamabad Pakistan}}</ref><br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
* {{Cite book |title=The Quran |date=2009 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Vaḥīduddīn K̲h̲ān̲, Farīdah K̲h̲ānam |isbn=978-81-7898-653-1 |location=New Delhi |oclc=607794294}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=Peace in Kashmir |date=2011 |others=Farīdah K̲h̲ānam |isbn=978-81-7898-741-5 |location=New Delhi |oclc=936644151}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=Introducing Islam : a simple introduction to Islam |date=1999 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-87570-02-4 |location=[New Delhi] |oclc=48218103}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=The ideology of peace : towards a culture of peace |date=2003 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-7898-129-7 |location=New Delhi |oclc=495614013}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=The moral vision |date=1999 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-87570-01-6 |location=[New Delhi] |oclc=48219067}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=Islam and peace |date=1999 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-85063-60-5 |location=[New Delhi] |oclc=48218149}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ānam |first=Farīdah |title=A study of world's major religions |date=September 2014 |isbn=978-93-5179-002-0 |location=Aurangabad |oclc=993077586}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Khanam |first=Farida |title=A simple guide to Sufism |date=2006 |publisher=Goodword Books |isbn=81-7898-482-2 |location=New Delhi |oclc=294942344}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Khanam |first=Farida |title=Life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad : its relevance in a global context |date=2003 |publisher=Goodword Books |isbn=81-7898-338-9 |location=New Delhi |oclc=308613492}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=Islam as it is |date=2001 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-87570-66-0 |location=New Delhi |oclc=65471525}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=K̲h̲ān̲ |first=Vaḥīduddīn |title=The call of the Qur'an |date=1999 |publisher=Goodword Books |others=Farida Khanam |isbn=81-87570-03-2 |location=[New Delhi] |oclc=48218064}}<br />
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