  amr mohamed helmi khaledethar el-katatney a religious man egypt today october 2007. (; born september 5, 1967) is an egyptian muslim activist and television preacher. the new york times magazine, in reference to khaled's popularity in arab countries, described him in its april 30, 2006 issue as "the world's most famous and influential muslim television preacher." amr khaled has recently been chosen as one of the world's 100 most influential people by time magazine.[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1616173,00.html the time 100 (13 of 100) ==early days== amr khaled was born in alexandria, egypt in the 5th of september 1967. he graduated from cairo university in 1988 with a degree in accounting. in 2001, he received a diploma from an islamic studies institute. he received his ph.d at the university of wales, lampeter in may 2010 with a grade of a.amr khaled cvhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qijxv5euxs he began preaching in mosques in 1990 while still working as an accountant. in 1998, he moved to full-time preaching, primarily on satellite television. khaled's popular lectures, which can be seen on the iqraa tv channel via the nilesat direct broadcast satellites, are also distributed over the internet and on audio and video cassette tapes. ==ministry and audience== amr khaled rejects extremism and strongly denounces the actions of osama bin laden. he announced that arab muslims want to live peacefully in coexistence with the west. his main teachings remain the same as those before him in more modern media, talking about everyday actions to get closer to allah such as honesty, humbleness, and being polite. he believes that for society to improve it must change from the grassroots (from the bottom up). khaled promotes community development in the arabic and muslim nation based on what he terms "faith based development" (arabic: Ø§ÙØªÙÙÙØ© Ø¨Ø§ÙØ¥ÙÙØ§Ù). the idea is for people to develop their communities and countries with faith as their motivator and guide. khaled's primary audience consists of arabs ages fifteen through thirty-five.[htt
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