Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (; born 1980 ) is a British Muslim apologist, public speaker and a researcher on Islam. He is a British Muslim convert of Greek descent from the village of Raveni. He wrote The Divine Reality: God, Islam and The Mirage of Atheism.

Early life Tzortzis was born in 1980 to Greek parents, with his paternal family hailing from the village of Raveni in northern Greece.

He converted to Islam in 2002.

Career Tzortzis has been a guest speaker in the United Kingdom, Turkey and Australia. Tzortzis was involved in publishing a survey study in 2010 to gauge non-Muslims' views of Islam in the United Kingdom. Tzortzis has contributed to the BBC news programs: The Big Questions and Newsnight. Tzortzis stepped down from his role at iERA and joined the Sapience Institute as of 2020.

Andrew Gilligan described Tzortzis in a 2010 The Telegraph article as "a former researcher for the hardline Hittin Institute and chaired the launch event of iERA, an umbrella organisation hosting many well-known British Muslim extremists who preach opposition to democracy and hatred against homosexuals and Jews." After Keele University cancelled a speech by Tzortzis, the Stoke Sentinel called him a "radical Islamic speaker ... a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir which believes in the idea of an Islamic state ... who supports Sharia law ... [and has] also been linked to controversial comments on homosexuality and a series of other issues." Tzortzis said in a 2016 interview that, while he still sees homosexuality as "sinful" in the eyes of God, he condemns any violence towards the homosexual community. FB Publishing, 2016.

Translations Bengali

The Divine Reality: Allah, Islam o Nastikkobader Morichika. Tr. Masud Shorif, Sean Publications, 2020. Liberalism o Muslim Somaj (Liberalism and Muslim Society). Tr. Hossain Shakil, Minarah Publications, Unpublished.

Arabic

al-Haqiqah al-Ilahiyyah: Allah wal-Islam wa Sarab al-Ilhad (The Divine Reality). Tr. Naif al-Mal, Markaz Dalil, 2016.