Yusuf estes biography

American Islamic preacher (born 1944)

SheikhYusuf Estes (born: Joseph Estes, 1944), is an American Islamic preacher and chaplain from Texas.^[2] Estes converted from Christianity to Islam in 1991. He served as a Muslim chaplain for the United States Bureau of Prisons during the 1990s, and as a delegate to the United Nations World Peace Conference for Religious Leaders held at the UN in September 2000.^[3]

Estes has served as a guest presenter and a keynote speaker at various Islamic events.^[4] Estes was named as the Islamic Personality of the Year at the Dubai International Holy Quran Award ceremony on 8 August 2012.^[5]

Estes is the founder and president of Guide US TV, a free-to-air Internet and satellite TV channel, which broadcasts programs about Islam.^[6] In 2010 Estes was list as one of the top 500 most influential Muslims.^[7]

In November 2017, Estes was denied entry into Singapore for having expre