Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
Dr. Israr Ahmad (26 April 1932 – 14 April 2010), was a Pakistani Islamic theologian, philosopher, and Islamic scholar who was followed particularly in South Asia as well as by South Asian Muslims in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America.He was the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami, an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami. He wrote about sixty books about Islam and Pakistan. As of 2017, twenty nine books have been translated into several other languages, including in English.