Islamic Feminists Speak on Fight to Reclaim Rights

By Maria Salim

Source: Islamic Feminists Speak on Fight to Reclaim Rights

NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 2020 (IPS) – The court victory to allow women into the inner sanctum of a Sufi shrine in Mumbai was a significant victory for a secular rights-based movement led by Muslim women. However, there is a fear the political climate in India regarding Muslims, could put the women’s rights agenda on the back foot.

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Book City to review Dilaver Gurer’s “Abd al-Qadir Jilani”

Copies of the Persian translation of Turkish writer Dilaver Gurer’s book “Abd al-Qadir Jilani” by Davud Vafai are on display in a Tehran bookstore.

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute plans to review Turkish writer Dilaver Gurer’s book “Abd al-Qadir Jilani” during its weekly session on Tuesday.

Source: Book City to review Dilaver Gurer’s “Abd al-Qadir Jilani”

 

Translated by Davud Vafai into Persian, the book has recently been published by the Mola Publishing House in Tehran.

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26th Rabi ath Thani Urs Hazrat Dost Mohammed, Aurangabad 1090AH

Hazrat Dost Muhammad (ra)

The most I can find of him was that he was a great warrior and the father of Hazrat Syed Ali Mira Datar (ra). If you have more information please let me know, insha’allah.

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Excellent Source for Abdul Qadir Jilani Books

On this occasion of the Urs anniversary of the beloved Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani I though to introduce to you a publisher of English translations of his works. Please feel free to browse around the books you find here. If you need a recommendation please feel free to contact me or the publisher themselves. I gain no income from any purchase that you make, just promoting the knowledge you can gain from these works.

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29 November, Hazrat Khadim Hasan Gudri Shah Baba III, Usmani Chillah, Ajmer, 1970

Gudri Shah Baba III, Usmani Chilla, Ajmer, India

Hazrat Mohammed Khadim Hasan Shah, Nawab Gudri Shah Baba III

The following is from the website http://sufiajmer.net/gudrishahbaba3.html.

Hazrat Nawab Khadim Hasan Shah Gudri Shah Baba or Gudri Shah Baba III was born in Moradabad in the area known as Nawabpura. His grand father, Fida Ali Sahib who died on 12th June 1864, had developed the area. He was a very big landlord and owned thirty-seven villages. The date of Gudri Shah Baba III’s birth is given as 15th. December 1894 / 4th Jamadi us Sani, 1312 AH.

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