Shakir Ali Noori

Shakir Ali Noorie (also written as Muhammad Shākīr ´Alī Nūrī)[1] is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and current President of Sunni Dawate Islami, a non-political, religious organisation in Mumbai, India.[2][3][4] He has been ranked among the top 500 Muslims in The 500 Most Influential Muslims published by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.[2]

Maulana
Shakir Ali Noorie
Personal
Born (1960-03-17) 17 March 1960
Junagadh, Gujarat
ReligionIslam
EraModern era
RegionMumbai, India
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedQadri
MovementBarelvi
Main interest(s)Sufism
Notable work(s)
  • Muzda e Bakshish
  • Barkat e Shariat
  • Noorie Aurad o Wzaif
  • Wisdom of Namaz
TariqaQadri
Founder ofSunni Dawate Islami
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Websitesunnidawateislami.net
HonorsThe 500 Most Influential Muslims

Life and career

Noorie says that he was born in Junagadh, Gujarat in India.[5]

Noorie has been ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre since 2013, with the omission of 2018.[6][7]

Sunni Dawate Islami

Sunni Dawate Islami (SDI) is a non-political and religious organisation in Mumbai [Bombay], India.[2] It holds an annual conference [Ijtema] in Mumbai, which is said to be attended by between 150,000[3] and 300,000 people;[2] the first day (Friday) is reserved for women.[1][8] Followers of Sunni Dawate Islami wear white turbans.[1]

In 2008, SDI had a European headquarters at Noor Hall in Preston, England, and centres in some other English towns, including: Blackburn, Bolton, Leicester and Manchester.[1] SDI also had a North American headquarters in Chicago.[1] By 2008, SDI had founded 12 madrasas in India.[1] In 2020, SDI says that in India it manages 50 madrasas and 15 schools that teach in English. SDI says it has an educational centre in Bolton (England),[5] and an educational centre in Mauritius.[5]

Literary works

His works include:

  • Ahlussunnah Beliefs and Practices, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2016) ISBN 0993573517
  • Modesty in Islam, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2016) ISBN 0993573525
  • Marital Life of Prophet, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2019) ISBN 0993573568
  • Noorie Aurad o Wazaif
  • Muzda e Bakshish (collections of naats).
  • Barkat e Shariat
  • Maah-e-Ramadan Kaise Guzarein (English: How to spend the month of Ramadan)
  • The Wisdom of Namaaz
  • Guldasta-e-Siratun Nabi (English: A bouquet of Siratun Nabi)
  • Azmat Maah-e-Muharram aur Imam Hussain (English: The glory of the month of Muharram and Imam Hussain).

See also

References
  1. Gugler, Thomas K. (22 April 2008). "The Politics of Difference, Parrots of Paradise - Symbols of the Super-Muslim: Sunnah, Sunnaization and Self-Fashioning in the Islamic Missionary Movements Tablighi Jama'at, Da'wat-e Islami and Sunni Da'wat-e Islami". crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000142.
  2. "Maulana Shakir Ali Noorie", The Muslim 500, the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2020, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, 2020, archived from the original on 26 July 2019, retrieved 22 April 2020
  3. "Sunni leaders preach tolerance, purity to 1.5 lakh attendees on final day of Ijtema". in.news.yahoo.com. 16 December 2012.
  4. "जयपुर में सुन्नी दावते इस्लामी का महासम्मेलन 13 अक्टूबर को, क़मरुज़्ज़माँ आज़मी होंगे शामिल" [Conference of Sunni Dawate Islami in Jaipur on 13 October, Qamruzzam Azmi to be included], Kohram News, 7 October 2019
  5. "ASDI Biography, Hafiz o Qari Maulana Muhammed Shakir Noorie (Ameer e Sunni Dawate Islami)", Sunni Dawate Islami, retrieved 7 May 2020
  6. Jafri, Syed Amin (12 October 2015), "22 Indians among world's influential Muslims", The Times of India
  8. Sakaria, Akash (19 November 2016), "50000 Muslim women attend sunni gathering in Azad Maidan in Mumbai", Hindustan Times, retrieved 22 April 2020
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