Asghar Ali Engineer
Asghar Ali Engineer (born March 10, 1939 in Salumbar ; † May 14, 2013 in Mumbai ) was an Indian Islamic theologian and scholar who was famous for his view of Islam - especially that in India - and current issues. He was the leader of the Dawudi Bohras Progressive Movement, which broke away in the 1970s from the Dawudi Bohras community led by the 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin . His son is an Irfan Engineer .
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Asghar Ali Engineer is the author of many books and articles in international journals. He was the founding chairman of the Asian Muslim Action Network, the Institute of Islamic Studies, and the Center for the Study of Society and Secularism.
In March 2000 he was assassinated.
In 2004 he was one of the people who received the Right Livelihood Award ("Alternative Nobel Prize").
In 2009 he was listed on the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Prince al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan.
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References and footnotes
- ^ Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer dead. In: Hindustan Times . May 14, 2013, accessed May 2, 2017 .
- ^ Irfan Engineer , South Asia Citizens Web
- ↑ Books written and edited by Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer , csss-isla.com
- ↑ Asghar Ali Engineer's Articles ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ About Us , csss-isla.com
- ↑ themuslim500.com: Asghar Ali Engineer ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Attack on Asghar Ali Engineer condemned ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , People's Union for Civil Liberties, March 2000
- ↑ Prof. John Esposito , Prof. İbrahim Kalın : The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World , The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center, 2009
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| SURNAME | Engineer, Asghar Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian Islamic theologian and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salumbar |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2013 |
| Place of death | Mumbai |