Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher (born 1952)
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
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Ghamidi at Georgetown University, USA, 27 May 2015.
Founder and Patron Al-Mawrid (A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education) (Principal Research Fellow of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning)
Personal
Born
(1952-04-18) 18 April 1952 (age 72)
Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan
Religion
Islam
Nationality
Pakistani
Era
Islamic modern era
Main interest(s)
Islamic law
Quran
Exegesis
Islamic philosophy
Islamic history
Modern philosophy
Notable idea(s)
Separation of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Sharia (Divine law)
Clear delineation of rules governing the primary sources of religion
Complete framework for study of Islam,
Counter Discourse to mystical interpretation of Islam: Sufism[1]
Re-interpretation of Hadees under the framework of Quran.[2]
Notable work(s)
Mizan
Counter Narrative
Reconstruction of Islamic Philosophy
Al Bayan (Quran exegesis)
Alma mater
Government College (MA in Philosophy, BA Hons in English Literature & Philosophy)
Occupation
Islamic scholar
Philosopher
Theologian
Historian
Linguistic
Political Theorist
Poet
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Shibli Nomani
Hamiduddin Farahi
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Sulaiman Nadvi
Allama Iqbal
Abul Kalam Azad
Abul Ala Maududi
Wahiduddin Khan
Aristotle
Plato
Friedrich Nietzsche
Immanuel Kant
René Descartes
Influenced
Ammar Khan Nasir
Abu Yahya
Shehzad Saleem
Khalid Zaheer
Asif Iftikhar
Sajid Hameed
Muhammad Amir Gazdar
Moiz Amjad
Adnan Zulfiqar
Muhammad Hassan Ilyas
Hamza Ali Abbasi
Nahiem Ajmal
Muhammad Ali Mirza
Awards
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Website
javedahmadghamidi.com//
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (Urdu: جاوید احمد غامدی, romanized: Jāvēd Aḥmad Ghāmidī; April 7, 1952)[3] is a Pakistani philosopher, educationist, and a scholar of Islam. He is also the founding President of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisation Danish Sara.[4]
He became a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology (responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the Pakistani Government and the country's Parliament) on 28 January 2006, where he remained for a couple of years.[5] He also taught Islamic studies at the Civil Services Academy for more than a decade from 1979 to 1991.[6] He was also a student of Islamic scholar and exegete, Amin Ahsan Islahi. He is running an intellectual movement similar to Wasatiyyah, on the popular electronic media of Pakistan.[7] Currently he is Principal Research Fellow and Chief Patron of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning in United States. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi was named in The Muslim 500 (The World's Most Influential Muslims) in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions.
^"اسلام اور تصوف (1)".
^"Al-Mawrid".
^Ahmed Ghamidi, Javed. "Birth Date on his official website".
^Esposito, John (2003). The Oxford dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 93. ISBN 9780195125580.
^Council's two new members appointed Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Press Release 30-01-06
^"The Team".
^Masud(2007)
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