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Birth:1922One of the world's foremost scholars One of the world's great scholars and a spiritual leader Mehmet Nâzım Adil, formally referred to as Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Qubrusi al-Haqqani, often called Sheikh Nazim, was a Turkish Cypriot Sufi Sheikh and leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order. Widely travelled Sheikh Nazim ...
Birth:1969British politician A British Conservative Party politician, Sajid Javid has been the Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove since 2010 and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities since 2014. His glittering career in international finance to the British cabinet is extra-ordinary. Sajid Javid was born in ...
Birth:1703A reformer in India who was one of the first Muslim thinkers to see the threat that Western modernity posed to Islam. Shah Waliullah was the most celebrated theologian, scholar, translator and expounder of the Qur'an in Muslim India. His greatest contribution to India was popularising the Qur'anic education. He ...
Birth:1915The spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Muslims. The 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq (Summoner with comprehensive authority) of the Shia Fatimi Ismaili Tayyibi Muslims, commonly known as Dawoodi Bohras, Syedna Muhammad Burhanuddin 'played a dynamic role in bringing his flock into the 21st century while maintaining their spiritual traditions.' Leader of ...
Birth:1897A leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry Called the last Renaissance man, Dr Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry, is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical components from the Neem, Rauwolfia and various other flora. He was a polymath of social and natural ...
Birth:1938Folk musician A master of kamancha or kamaicha, a bowed stringed instrument, Sakar Khan excelled in learning, performing and collecting a huge amount of music dating back generations, perhaps centuries, handed down from father to son. Learning from his father, at an early age, Sakar Khan played 17-string instrument created ...
Birth:1990Scaled Mount Everest The youngest women, Samina Baig, reached the 8,850-meter peak of Mount Everest on 19 May 2013. She joined a small but growing list of Muslim women to climb the world's highest mountain. In 2010, she became the first person to reach the summit of the 6,400-meter Chaskin Sar peak. She ...
Birth:1919Singer extraordinaire Leading singer and reigning queen of Bollywood, Shamshad Begum was known for her distinctive nasal twang in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a versatile singer. Her golden voice immortalised songs such as Saiyyan Dil Mein Aana Re (Bahar: 1951) and Leke Pahla Pehla Pyar (C.I.D: 1956). Born ...
Birth:1933Acclaimed Sindhi language novelist A renowned novelist, writer, scholar, journalist, historian and literary researcher and linguist of Sindhi language Siraj Memon wrote several novels and books. Starting his career as a lawyer Siraj Memon after passing the Pakistan Public Service Commission examinations in the early 1960s joined the Income Tax ...
Birth:1971British politician Created life peer, in 2007, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi was shadow minister from 2007 to 2010. Chairman of the Conservative party (2010 - 2012) Baroness Warsi, in 2012, became minister of state for faith and communities and foreign and commonwealth affairs. Lady Warsi who championed David Cameron's bid to lead the Tory Party in 2005 and ...
