Rashid Shaz
راشد شاز
Dr. Rashid Shaz addressing CRANS MONTANA FORUM ON AFRICA & SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION "Toward a better Governance for a sustainable Economic & Social Development" Dated 17 to 22 March 2016 held in Dakhla (Morocco)
Personal
Born5 February 1963
Darbhanga India
ReligionIslam
DenominationIslam
Main interest(s)Interfaith studies[1]
Notable idea(s)Building a bridge between Religion and Science.
Notable work(s)idrak-e-zawaal-e-ummat, Lastam pokh, Islam: negotiating the future,[2] Islam: creating a future Islamic civilization.[3]
Alma materAligarh Muslim University[4]
OccupationIslamic scholar[5]

Rashid Shaz (Urdu: راشد شاز; c. ) is an Indian Islamic scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University, India. His books include: Idrak Zawal-e-Ummat,[6] lastam pokh,[7] kitabul Urooj, and Manifesto of United Islam.

Brief introduction

Rashid Shaz is an ISESCO Ambassador for Dialogue of Culture among Civilizations [8] and a professor of English at the Aligarh Muslim University,[9] India. In 2008, he released in Monaco an important founding document “Calling for a New Dialogue between Islam and Christianity”.[10] Shaz has also engaged with the debate on shibh-ahle-kitab. In his book ادراک اسباب تراجع الامۃ(۲ مجلد) he takes up the issue from the point where Al-Baironi and Shahrastani had left. In 2004, he motivated many enlightened intellectuals in Abrahamic traditions to debate the common issues on futureislam.com.[11]

Appreciation and activism

In 1992, while the Oslo Peace Accord was in the air, he went on a peace mission to London and Washington DC to convey to the policy makers in these capitals about the Muslim sentiments on Jerusalem. In 1994, he launched from New Delhi a weekly newspaper Milli Times International that ceased publishing in the year 2001.[12][13]

In news

Professor Rashid Shaz condemned the silence of Aligarh on lynching incidents.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Rashid Shaz addressing International Conference - Reconfiguring Interfaith and Intrafaith Understanding, CPECAMI, AMU, 2015". Future Islam. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Islam negotiating the future by Rashid Shaz - Issuu". 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Creating a future islamic civilization by Rashid Shaz - Issuu". 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Biography". rashidshaz.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Aligarh Muslim University || Bridge Course". amu.ac.in. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Shāz, R. (2003). In Pursuit of Arabia. Milli Publications. p. 221. ISBN 9788187856108. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lastam Pokh By Rashid Shaz : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Indian Muslim academic Dr Rashid Shaz appointed as ISESCO's Ambassador for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations". archive.isesco.org.ma. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Aligarh Muslim University || Bridge Course". amu.ac.in. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "A New Dialogue between Islam & Christianity by Rashid Shaz by Rashid Shaz - Issuu". 30 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Perspective". Future Islam. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Home". barizmedia.com.
  13. ↑ "Biography". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  14. ↑ https://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=rashid+shaz+on+lynching&gws_rd=ssl>
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