Muzammil H. Siddiqui
Muzammil H. Siddiqui ( Arabic مزّمل صدّيقي; * 1943 in Rampur , Uttar Pradesh , India ) is a scholar and professor of Islamic law. He is an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Chapman University in Orange , California . He is the former chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America in the United States.
He initially received his training at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama , Lucknow , India . He graduated from the Islamic University of Medina in Saudi Arabia in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1965 , received his MA in theology from the University of Birmingham in England and his Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from Harvard University in the USA. He was - "on behalf of all members of the Fiqh Council of North America" - 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 personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian Churches everywhere "(" Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") sent (October 13, 2007).
Web links
- isocmasjid.org (biography at the Islamic Society of Orange County)
- Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former President of the Fiqh Council of North America, rules on the validity of an American court decision in dissolving Islamic marriages
- Dr Muzammil H. Siddiqi and some soul searching questions!
See also
References and footnotes
- ↑ fiqhcouncil.com
- ↑ isocmasjid.org ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2013 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. (Biography at the Islamic Society of Orange County) - cf. the information at investigativeproject.org
- ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
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SURNAME | Siddiqui, Muzammil H. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | صدّيقي, مزّمل (Arabic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rampur , Uttar Pradesh , India |