Anwar Shaikh
Mohammad Anwar Shaikh ( June 1, 1928 - November 25, 2006 in Cardiff , Wales ; better known as Anwar Shaikh) was a Pakistani-British author.
biography
He grew up in a devout Sunni Muslim family in Gujrat, Punjab . His ancestors were earlier "Kashmiri Pandits" (Hindus from Kashmir ). His mother could recite a large part of the Koran by heart. During the riot at the time of the partition of India in 1947, he killed two Sikhs , a father and his son, in one day . Some time later he killed a third Sikh.
Although he was once a staunch Islamist, he later began to doubt Islam and became a critic of the religion. He then emigrated to the United Kingdom, married a Welsh woman and became a successful businessman. His books critical of religion made him a famous and controversial person. The importance of Shaikh's work was recognized by Tariq Ali , who dedicated a chapter of his book "The Clash of Fundamentalisms" to Anwar's books and the reactions to his books. Anwar Shaikh converted to Hinduism and took the name "Aniruddha Gyan Shikha". In 1995 a fatwa was issued against him in Pakistan , and fourteen clerics sentenced him to death. He died in Wales in November 2006.
Works
- Vedic Civilization
- Islam: The Arab National Movement
- Islam: Sex and Violence
- Islam and Human Rights
- This is jihad
- Islam: The Arab Imperialism
- Eternity
- Faith and Deception
- Taxation and Liberty
Individual evidence
- ^ The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West by Daniel Pipes, Pg. 283
- ^ Tariq Ali, Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002). ISBN 978-1-85984-679-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaikh, Anwar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shaikh, Mohammad Anwar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani-British author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2006 |
| Place of death | Cardiff |