Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (Urdu: جاوید احمد غامدی, romanized: Jāvēd Aḥmad Ghāmidī; April 7, 1952) is a Pakistani philosopher, educationist, and a scholar of Islam. He is also the founding President of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisation Danish Sara.

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
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Ghamidi at Georgetown University, USA, 27 May 2015.
Founder and Patron Al-Mawrid (A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education) (Principal Research Fellow of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning)
Personal
Born (1952-04-18) 18 April 1952
Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
EraIslamic modern era
Main interest(s)
Notable idea(s)
  • Separation of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Sharia (Divine law)
  • Clear delineation of rules governing the primary sources of religion
  • Complete framework for study of Islam, Counter Discourse to mystical interpretation of Islam: Sufism
  • Re-interpretation of Hadees under the framework of Quran.
Notable work(s)
  • Mizan
  • Counter Narrative
  • Reconstruction of Islamic Philosophy
  • Al Bayan (Quran exegesis)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Islamic scholar
  • Philosopher
  • Theologian
  • Historian
  • Linguistic
  • Political Theorist
Poet
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
    • Ammar Khan Nasir
    • Abu Yahya
    • Shehzad Saleem
    • Khalid Zaheer
    • Asif Iftikhar
    • Sajid Hameed
    • Muhammad Amir Gazdar
    • Moiz Amjad
    • Adnan Zulfiqar
    • Muhammad Hassan Ilyas
    • Hamza Ali Abbasi
    • Nahiem Ajmal
    • Muhammad Ali Mirza
AwardsSitara-i-Imtiaz
Websitejavedahmadghamidi.com//

He became a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology (responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the Pakistani Government and the country's Parliament) on 28 January 2006, where he remained for a couple of years. He also taught Islamic studies at the Civil Services Academy for more than a decade from 1979 to 1991. He was also a student of Islamic scholar and exegete, Amin Ahsan Islahi. He is running an intellectual movement similar to Wasatiyyah, on the popular electronic media of Pakistan. Currently he is Principal Research Fellow and Chief Patron of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning in United States. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi was named in The Muslim 500 (The World's Most Influential Muslims) in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions.

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