Shah Ahmad Noorani
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Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1 October 1926 – 11 December 2003, known as Allama Noorani) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, mystic, philosopher, revivalist and politician.[1][2]
Shah Ahmad Noorani | |
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President of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | |
In office 9 October 2002 – 11 December 2003 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Qazi Hussain Ahmad |
Member of National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 14 April 1972 – 7 March 1977 | |
Constituency | NW-134 (Karachi-VII) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1926-10-01)1 October 1926 Meerut, India |
Died | 11 December 2003(2003-12-11) (aged 77) Islamabad, Pakistan |
Resting place | Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mausoleum |
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan 1970–2002 |
Relations | Fazlur Rahman Ansari (brother-in-law) |
Children | Shah Owais Noorani |
Parent | Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi |
Residence(s) | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Alma mater | Allahabad University Darul-Uloom Arabia, Meerut |
Philosophy career | |
Era | 20th Century |
Region | Islamic world |
School | Sunnism |
Main interests | Islamic philosophy Modernity |
Notable ideas | Revival of Shia-Sunni relations |
Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) and founder president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[1][3]
The JUP was the main Barelvi political party of Pakistan until the establishment of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in 2015.[4]
Active in politics since the 1970s, agitating against General Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s, and after disassociating from politics during most of the 1990s, he made his notable come back after rigorously opposing and further forming an ultra–conservative alliance to oppose the regime of President Pervez Musharraf.[5] Assuming the presidency of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), he was known to use tough rhetoric against Musharraf and formed a public support against Musharraf's policies in the country.[6]