Kalim Siddiqui (writer)

This article is about British-Pakistani writer. For the Indian Islamic scholar and preacher, see Kaleem Siddiqui.
Dr.
Kalim Siddiqui
Born15 September 1931
Dondi Lohara, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died18 April 1996(1996-04-18) (aged 64)
Pretoria, South Africa
EducationUniversity College London (PhD in International Relations, 1972)
OccupationsWriter, political activist
Era20th century
Organization(s)Muslim Institute for Research and Planning, Muslim Parliament of Great Britain
Known forFounding the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain; support for Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa against Salman Rushdie
Notable work
  • In pursuit of the power of Islam (1996)
  • The implications of the Rushdie affair for Muslims in Britain (1989)
  • Stages of Islamic revolution (1996)
MovementPolitical Islam

Kalim Siddiqui (15 September 1931 - 18 April 1996) was a Pakistani British writer and Islamic activist. He gained notability for his controversial support of the fatwa issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, which called for the assassination of British author Sir Salman Rushdie amidst the Satanic Verses controversy.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.