Altamash Tanweer in Abu Dhabi

Altamash Tanweer

Revoke against the ban on Zakir Naik

Please sent the following email

Dear Home Secretary

Re: Dr Zakir Naik - Exclusion Order


I wish to express my disappointment at your decision to exclude Dr

Zakir Naik, the eminent Islamic Scholar from India, from entering the

United Kingdom to conduct a series of lectures as part of a Peace

Conference.


Your decision goes against the values of freedom and social justice

that we hold dear in our country, and will impede the promotion of

integration and harmony between the diverse peoples of this land. Your

decision is likely to alienate the very people we seek to promote our

values to.


I would urge you to re-consider your decision in the name of freedom

and social justice and withdraw this exclusion order immediately.


Thank you in anticipation of re-considering your decision.



Yours sincerely,
followed by your full address
to the following e-mail
To : mayt@parliament.uk
Cc : justice@zakirnaikban.com
 

Dhoni with his newly married wife.

Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (Death and Works)

Zaheer had earned his fair share of controversy during his lifetime due to his well know debates with the leaders of various movements within the Muslim world, whom Zaheer viewed as deviated from the religious practices of the companions of Muhammad and the early generations of Muslims. This led to a number of death threats against him by various extremists, including an assassination attempt when he was visiting the United States and a Fatwa put out for Zaheer's death by Ayatollah Khomeini. In particular, his books and debates were known to have gained the ire of and death threats from members of the Barelwi and Shi'a sects and the Deobandi movement with previous incidents of extremist members assassinating and kidnapping Sunni Muslim figures.. He was also reported to have fallen out of favour with the Government of General Zia ul Haq for his outspoken opposition to the Sharia Bill and the involvement of the Government agencies in the enforcement of Shariat Law in Pakistan. He had also criticized the politically-influenced view of Islam propagated by Jamaat-e-Islami. Thus , it seems , he had fallen foul with virtually every force in Pakistan.

These death threats were finally carried out on March 23, 1987. While giving a speech on the biography of Muhammad, a bomb which had been planted on the stage exploded eventually killing Zaheer along with 18 attendees; 114 were seriously injured.Of the death toll, nine were also scholars and teachers within the Salafi and Ahle Hadith sects. Zaheer initially survived the blast and after initial treatment at the central hospital of Lahore, he was transferred for further medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.

He died on 30 March 1987 after spending 22 hours in a Riyadh hospital. Bin Baaz, whilst crying, led his funeral prayer in Riyadh. It was considered one of the most historical funerals ever prayed in Riyadh that included countless scholars and students of Islamic studies , and also senior government officials from Pakistan like General Zia ul Haq , General Akhtar Abdur Rehman and Sahabzada Yaqub Khan , the foreign minister. The funeral attendance was estimated above 3 million people, after which his body was taken to the Baqi graveyard.^[7] His body was buried next to the grave of Malik ibn Anas.

Works

his famous books: “ash-Shia Was-Sunnah” “ash-Shia Wa-Ahlul-Bayt” “ash-Shia Wal-Qur'aan” “ash-Shiawat-TaShia” “Baynash-Shia Wa Ahlus-Sunnah”"Al brelwiyah"

Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (Birth and Education)

He was born on Thursday, May 31, 1945 in the city of Sialkot in Pakistan to a prominent and wealthy Punjabi industrialist family with a history of involvement with the Ahl-e-Hadees.

[edit] Education

He studied at Jamia Islamiyyah Gujranwala and at Jamia Salafiyyah in Faisalabad before leaving to study abroad at the prestigious Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, where he studied under well known contemporary Islamic scholars such as Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani and Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz. After graduating from the department of Sharia he returned to his country and pursued further education and received his Masters in Arabic, Islamic Studies, Urdu and Persian.

During his final year of study at Medina Bin Baz asked him to deliver lectures, a very rare opportunity amongst attending students. During this time his book ‘al-Qadiyaniyyah’ was also to be printed in Madina. Ehsan Elahi however wanted to include on the book ‘Graduate of Madina University' but at that time he had not actually graduated. He went to see Shaikh bin Baaz who was at that time the chancellor of Madina University, Shaikh bin Baaz agreed and granted him permission to do so. Ehsan Elahi then asked the Shaikh ‘What if I fail my degree?’ to which Shaikh bin Baaz replied, ‘I will close the University.’

The People of hadith (Arabic: Ahl al-ḥadīth; أهل الحديث) or (Aşḥāb al-ḥadīth; أصحاب الحديث) is an Islamic reformist movement and school of thought.[citation needed] The term Ahl al-Hadith refers to the adherent's belief that they are not bound by taqlid (as are Ahl al-Rai, literally "the people of rhetorical theology"), but consider themselves free to seek guidance in matters of religious faith and practices from the authentic hadith which, together with the Qur'an, are in their view the principal worthy guide for Muslims. The term Ahl al-Hadith is often used interchangeably with the term Salafi, and proponents prefer to call themselves Salafis, although they are often called Wahhabis by their adversaries.