Babri Masjid case lawyer Zafaryab Jilani (73) passed away in Lucknow after a prolonged illness. The death of Muslim Personal Law Board President Maulana Syed Rabi Hosni, is the second major tragedy of the Nation of Islam. He has closed his eyes at a time when the nation of Islam, suffering from various problems, is…
Lucknow: Maulana Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi,94, renowned Islamic scholar, writer and president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow passed away here on April 13 after a prolonged illness. He was also a patron of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, India and the Vice President of the…
ALIGARH: Former Chief Justice of India and former Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Justice AM Ahmadi (Aziz Mushabbar Ahmadi), 91, passed away Thursday (2 March 2023) morning. Expressing a deep sense of sorrow and grief on his demise, AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof Tariq Mansoor said Justice Ahmadi had a legendary status and AMU enjoyed a…
Dr. Nafees Siddiqui Passes Away New Delhi: Dr. Nafees Ahmad Siddiqui, former Principal, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi passed away on January 19 after a brief illness. Delhi-based the Institute of Objective Studies has mourned his death. In a statement, the IOS said,” With immense grief and sorrow, the Chairman, office-bearers, and members…
Progressive Kannada Writer Saara Aboobacker passed away in Mangalore on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. She was 87 and is survived by four sons. Saara belonged to the Beary Muslim community and was born in Kasaragod town of Kerala, an area in Kerala close to the Karnataka border to a lawyer father. Beary Muslims number around…
Dear brothers and Sisters: I read the following obituary note on the Facebook page of Mr. Zia UsSalaam. I felt deeply moved to read the account. Zia Us Salaam writes: “Haji Abdul Qayyum devoted 54 years of his life to Madrasa Husain Bux, a historic seminary in Old Delhi where our freedom fighters often gathered.…
Dr. Najatullah Siddiqui was a famous economist of India, an excellent Islamic scholar, and the author of many popular intellectual and research books on the subject of economics, and a prominent member of Jamaat-e-Islami. Dr. Najatullah Siddiqui is one of the eminent scholars and economists of the Islamic world. On the one hand, his books…
Qatar-based Egyptian scholar Qaradawi, who was in his nineties, was well-known across the Muslim world. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the Sunni Muslim world’s most influential religious scholars, has died. Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who was based in Qatar, was the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and also a spiritual leader for the…
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University mourned and paid rich tributes to its alumnus Prof B Sheik Ali who was a renowned historian and former Vice Chancellor of Goa and Mangalore universities. He passed away in Mysuru after a brief illness. He was 98 years old. “It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing…
New Delhi: Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, former president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and author of more than two dozen books passed away at Al Shifa Hospital in New Delhi at around 8.30 pm on August 26. He passed away at the age of 87, leaving behind two daughters and two sons. His burial…
