Abdul Rashid Dawoodi

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Abdul Rashid Dawoodi
عبدالرّشيْد شيخ
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Abdul Rashid Sheikh

(1979-11-11) 11 November 1979 (age 44)
Budroo, Yaripora, Kulgam district
Religion Islam
SpouseJameela Banoo
Parent
  • Abdul Rahman Sheikh (father)
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed Maturidi
Movement Barelvi
Tariqa Qadiriyya
Known forFounder of Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya
Website abdulrashiddawoodi.com

Abdul Rashid SheikhDawoodi is a Sunni Muslim scholar, [1] preacher [2] [3] [4] and reformer from Jammu and Kashmir, [5] [6] who founded the Islamic organisation Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya. [5] [7] [8] [9]

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Biography

Abdul Rashid Sheikh was born at Yaripora, Kulgam district. [5] He was enrolled by his father, Sheikh Abdul Rahman, in a religious institute run at that time by Qazi Nisar. [10] [5] After Qazi Nisar passed away in 2005, he established an Islamic institute called Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya, [11] [12] [5] which promotes the teachings of the 19th-century Indian scholar Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi of the Hanafi tradition. [13]

In November 2006, he was wounded in a grenade attack while entering a mosque in Tahab area of Pulwama. [14] [15] [16] Police alleged that the attack was instigated by the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. [17] [18] [19] [20]

He believes that Islam is a religion of peace [21] and advocates for Ulemas to issue fatwas (edicts) in accordance with the Quran and Sharia, than to please anyone. [22] This statement was especially aimed at senior Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh who, back in 2012, called for the banning and demolition of the churches in Kuwait. Dawoodi said that "there is no scope for violence in Islam". [22]

In September 2022, he was arrested by the central government, without the police citing any details that led them to invoke the Public Safety Act against him. [23] [24] He was released after a year as the court quashed the detection order. [25] [26] [27]

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