Asghar Ali Engineer
Asghar Ali Engineer (10 March 1939 – 14 May 2013) was an Indian reformist writer and social activist. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work was on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South Asia. He was a votary of peace and non-violence and lectured all over world on communal harmony. Engineer also served as head of the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies Mumbai, and the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS), both of which he founded in 1980 and 1993 respectively. He also made contributions to ''The God Contention'', a website comparing and contrasting various worldviews. Engineer's autobiography ''A Living Faith: My Quest for Peace, Harmony and Social Change'' was released in New Delhi on 20 July 2011 by Hamid Ansari, the then vice-president of India. Biography left, Asghar Ali Engineer Asghar Ali Sheikh Kurban (sometimes rendered as Asgh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salumbar
Salumbar is a city in Salumbar district, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Salumbar is a part of "Mewar" dynasty. Salumbar is also known as "Hadirani nagri" which has history of queen Hadirani who sacrificed her life to motivate her husband to go to a battle. Geography, economy and tourism Salumbar is located at . It has an average elevation of 262 metres (859 feet). Salumbar is known for its historical monuments, temples, spiritual atmosphere, and beautiful geographical locations with beautiful Aravali mountain range. Salumbar is a major trading hub for nearby villages and is known for its gold and silver jewellery. It has major population of Hindu, Jain, Bohra, and Muslim community. Tourist places to visit : * Hadi rani Mahal by the pond Sering * Sonar mata temple on mountain with panaromic view of city and its surroundings * Jaisamand lake (Dhebar lake) - India's first and world's oldest historical and second largest artificial fresh water lake in Asia (18 k ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asghar Ali Engineer 1
Asghar () is a Persian name and may refer to: Given name * Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1971), United Arab Emirates cricketer * Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–1979), cricketer in India from 1943 to 1949, and in Pakistan from 1949 to 1957 * Ali Asghar Bazri, Iranian wrestler * Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian civil engineer, Islamic scholar, and religious figure * Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director and screenwriter * Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, the youngest child of Husayn ibn Ali * Asghar Khan, Pakistani Air Force veteran fighter pilot and politician * Asghar Qadir, Pakistani mathematician and scientist in the field of cosmology * Asghar Afghan, Afghan cricketer Surname * Mohammad Asghar, Welsh politician * Mohammad Asghar (cricketer), Pakistani Cricketer * Natasha Asghar, Welsh politician * Sohail Asghar Sohail Asghar (15 June 1954 – 13 November 2021) was a Pakistani TV, film and theater actor. Career Sohail was born in Multan, Pakistan in 1954. After completing his e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dawoodi Bohra
The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. They number approximately one million worldwide and have settled in over 40 countries around the world. The majority of the Dawoodi Bohra community resides in India, with sizable congregations in Pakistan, Yemen, East Africa, and the Middle East. They also have a growing presence in Europe, North America, and Australia. The Dawoodi Bohra community follows Islam and is specifically identified as Shia Fatimid Ismaili Tayyibi Dawoodi Bohra. Their faith is founded on the conviction that there is only one God in Islam, God, that the Quran is the message of God, that the Islamic prophet Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets, last of the prophets, and that Ali is his legatee and successor. They follow the tenets of Islam, such as reciting the Quran, performing the five daily prayers (Salah), annual Tithe, tithes of 2.5% (or 1⁄40) of total income and savings (Zakat), fasting during the month ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Udaipur
Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia Dynasty, Sisodia clan of List of Rajput dynasties and states, Rajputs, when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when Mewar became a British Raj, British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained Indian Independence Act 1947, independence in 1947. It is also known as the ''City of Lakes,'' as it is surrounded by Udaipur City's Five lakes, five major artificial lakes. The city is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. To its west is the Aravali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bombay Municipal Corporation
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. Salman Khan Is Now Brand Ambassador of BMC from 2016. The BMC is India's richest municipal corporation. Its annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller states. Established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act of 1888, the BMC is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been formed with the functions of improving the infrastructure of the town. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is also a beneficial corporation which creates a surplus of 3000Cr - 4000Cr annually. The total budget of Jharkhand Municipality is less than one percent of the total budget of Brihanmumbai Corporation. In the year of 2024, BMC has invested its 47% revenue on infrastructure in Mumbai. __TOC__ History The Municipal adm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ujjain
Ujjain (, , old name Avantika, ) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative as well as religious centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain division. It is one of the Hindu pilgrimage centres of Sapta Puri famous for the ''Kumbh Mela'' (Simhastha) held there every 12 years. The ancient and world famous temple of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is located in the center of the city. The city has been one of the most prominent trade and political centres of the Indian Subcontinent from the time of the ancient Mahājanapadas until the British colonisation of India. An ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Shipra River, Ujjain was the most prominent city on the Malwa plateau of central India for much of its history. It emerged as the political centre of central India around 600 BCE. It was the capital of the ancient Avanti kingdom, one of the sixteen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vikram University
Vikram University is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The university was named after the ruler Vikramaditya. It was established in 1957. It was evaluated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and was awarded B++ grade. History Vikram University was established in Ujjain on 1 March 1957. Shri Ranchod Lalji Dhabai donated the land for it from Barnagar. The foundation stone of Vikram University was laid by the then Home Minister of India Shri Govind Vallabh Pant on 23 October 1956. The function was presided over by the Rajpramukh of Madhya Bharat State Late Jiwajirao Scindia. The state of Madhya Pradesh was formed in 1956, and Madhya Bharat was merged into it. The Act relating to the University was accordingly amended. The amended Act of Vikram University No. 13, 1957 was published in ''Madhya Pradesh Gazette on'' 16 August 1957. The University's jurisdiction diminished due to the 1964-65 formation of Indore University, Gwalior and Bhopal Univer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yoginder Sikand
Yoginder Singh Sikand (born 1967) is an Indian writer and academic who has written several books on Islam-related issues in India. Early life and education Sikand received his B.A. (Hons.) in economics from St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi (1985–88), followed by an MA in sociology (1990–92) and an MPhil in sociology, from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (1992–94). Thereafter, he received his PhD in history, focusing on the Tablighi Jama'at, from Royal Holloway College, University of London (1995–98). He has been a post-doctoral fellow at Royal Holloway College (1999–2001), and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands (2002–2004). Career Sikand was a reader in the department of Islamic studies at Hamdard University in New Delhi and was then appointed professor at the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. He currently lives in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arabic Language
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as ( "the eloquent Arabic") or simply ' (). Arabic is the List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language, third most widespread official language after English and French, one of six official languages of the United Nations, and the Sacred language, liturgical language of Islam. Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities around the wo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ( companions in Sunni Islam, Ahl al-Bayt in Shiite Islam). Each hadith is associated with a chain of narrators ()—a lineage of people who reportedly heard and repeated the hadith from which the source of the hadith can be traced. The authentication of hadith became a significant discipline, focusing on the ''isnad'' (chain of narrators) and '' matn'' (main text of the report). This process aimed to address contradictions and questionable statements within certain narrations. Beginning one or two centuries after Muhammad's death, Islamic scholars, known as muhaddiths, compiled hadith into distinct collections that survive in the historical works of writers from the second and third centuries of the Muslim era ( 700−1000 CE). For ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fiqh
''Fiqh'' (; ) is the term for Islamic jurisprudence.Fiqh Encyclopædia Britannica ''Fiqh'' is often described as the style of human understanding, research and practices of the sharia; that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions). Fiqh expands and develops Shariah through interpretation (''ijtihad'') of the Quran and ''Sunnah'' by Islamic jurists (''ulama'') and is implemented by the rulings (''fatwa'') of jurists on questions presented to them. Thus, whereas ''sharia'' is considered immutable and infallible by Muslims, ''fiqh'' is considered fallible and changeable. ''Fiqh'' deals with the observance of rituals, morals and social legislation in Islam as well as econo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tawil
''Ṭawīl'' (, literally 'long'), or ''al-Ṭawīl'' (), is a Meter (poetry), meter used in classical Arabic poetry. It comprises distichs (''bayt'') of two 'lines'—in Arabic usually written side by side, with a space dividing them, the first being called the ''sadr'' (صدر, literally "chest") and the other the ''ʿajuz'' (عجز, literally "belly"). Its basic form is as follows (the symbol ''–'' representing a long syllable, ''⏑'' representing a short syllable, and ''x'' representing a syllable that can be short or long):''Classical Arabic Literature: A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology'', trans. by Geert Jan van Gelder (New York: New York University Press, 2013), p. xxiii. : , ᴗ – x , ᴗ – – – , ᴗ – x , ᴗ – ᴗ – , (2×) This form can be exemplified through the traditional mnemonic ' (). The final syllable of every distich rhymes throughout the whole poem; a long poem might comprise a hundred distichs. In Classical verse, each di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |