Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique (3 April 1892 - 22 August 1954) was an Islamic scholar from Meerut, India.He was taught by Ahmad Raza Khan.[1]

Life

Siddiqui travelled continuously for 40 years. He visited Singapore where he pioneered the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, now known as Jamiyah, in 1932.[2] He also travelled to Hejaz, , Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Ceylon, China, Japan, Philippines,[3] Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Belgium, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, France, England, West Indies, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, United States of America and Canada.[4] The All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore) has built a Mosque named after him.[5]

In 1935, in Mombasa (Kenya), Abdul Aleem Siddique met with European intellectual George Bernard Shaw, and they enjoyed an exchange of thoughts in which Shaw called Abdul Aleem Siddique “a learned sage”.[6]

References

  1. http://www.aleemsiddique.org.sg/index.php?/Info/maulana-abdul-aleem-siddique.html
  2. MENDAKI: 10 Years Making the Difference. Yayasan Mendaki. 1992. p. 212.
  3. Lacar, Luis Q.; Moner, Nagamura T. (1986). Madrasah Education in the Philippines and Its Role in National Integration. Coordination Center for Research and Development MSU-IIT. p. 123.
  4. Biography of Maulana Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (R.A). World Federation of Islamic Missions
  5. Ariff, Mohamed (1991). The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 225. ISBN 9813016078. line feed character in |publisher= at position 23 (help)
  6. George Bernhard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar. Commentary and editing by Imran N. Hosein. December 2000.

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