Subhan Raza Khan

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Subhan Raza Khan
Personal
Born
Religion Islam
Nationality Indian
ChildrenAhsan Raza Khan
Parent
EraModern Era
Region India
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed Qadri
Movement Barelvi
Main interest(s) Sufism
Notable work(s)Editor of Ala Hazrat Monthly magazine
Tariqa Qadri
Occupation Islamic Scholar
Relations Tauqeer Raza Khan (brother)

Subhan Raza Khan, also known as Subhani Mian, is former head of a Sufi centre popularly known as Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat, shrine of his great-great grandfather Ahmed Raza Khan, [1] in Bareilly, India. [2] He is chairperson of the Manzar-e-Islam seminary. [3] He also edits the Urdu-language Ala Hazrat monthly magazine which is published in Dargah. [4] [5] His son Ahsan Raza Khan Quadri has been appointed present head of the Dargah Ala Hazrat. [6]

Contents

In 2015 during a protest against illegal encroachment on Waqf properties, he called Samajwadi Party founder-patron Mulayam Singh Yadav an " RSS agent". [7]

Activism

Call to boycott Talibani and Wahabi ideology

In the presence of lacs of Sunni Muslims during Urs-e-Razvi in 2014 at the Dargah Aala Hazrat Muslim clerics condemned the terrorism practiced by the Taliban, and the ideology of the Wahhabi. He said the world should come together to protest the killing of innocent people in the name of Islam. Ulemas should launch a campaign against the Taliban and the Wahhabis. [8]

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