Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf
Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf (born April 15, 1952 in Andijon , Uzbek SSR ; † March 10, 2015 in Tashkent , Uzbekistan) was an Islamic theologian and was considered the "unofficial spiritual leader of Islam in Uzbekistan". He was the first mufti after the independence of Uzbekistan and Grand Mufti of the "Muslim Spiritual Administration of Central Asia".
Life
He studied first at the Mir-i Arab Madrasa in Bukhara and at the Imam-al-Bukhari Institute in Tashkent , then in Libya . He emerged as a translator and commentator on the Koran . Its aim was the gradual but complete Islamization of Uzbek society.
Most of his writings are published in Kyrgyzstan , in the publishing house of the Islamic Center Osh in the city of Kara-Suu in the south of the country in Uzbek and Russian .
He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( english A Common Word Between Us and You ), the Islamic personalities "Christian leader churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ...") sent (October 13, 2007).
literature
- carnegieendowment.org: A Face of Islam: Muhammad-Sodiq Muhammad-Yusuf ( Martha Brill Olcott ; PDF; 288 kB) - short introduction
- yale.edu: The 500 most influential Muslims , p. 98 (PDF file; 4.8 MB)
- Idil Tuncer Kilavuz: Understanding Violent Conflict: A Comparative Study of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. 2007 ( online excerpt ; abstract )
Web links
- onlinehistories.ssrc.org: Islamic Cultural Movements - Biographies (Muhammad Sadiq Muhammad Yusuf) ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
See also
References and footnotes
- ↑ "the most prominent theologian and unofficial spiritual leader of Uzbekistan" (Martha Brill Olcott - carnegieendowment.org)
- ↑ cf. lonelyplanet.com: Imam Ismail al-Bukhari Islamic Institute ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (based on al-Buchārī )
- ↑ http://carnegieendowment.org/
- ↑ bautz.de: Religion in Kyrgyzstan ( 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.
- ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yusuf, Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jusuf, Mohammed As-Sadeq Mohammed; Yusuf, HE Shaykh Muhammad Sodiq Mohammad; Yusuf ibn Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Sodiq ibn Muhammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uzbek mufti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andijon , Uzbek SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2015 |
| Place of death | Tashkent , Uzbekistan |