Ehsan Elahi Zaheer

Ehsan Elahi Zaheer
Born 31 May 1945
Ahmedpura, Sialkot, British Raj, now Punjab, Pakistan
Died 30 March 1987 (aged 41)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Other names Allama, Ihsan Ilahi Zahir; Ehsaan.
Era Modern era
Religion Islam
Creed Ahl-e-Hadith
Main interest(s) Salafism

Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (Urdu: احسان الہی ظہیر‎) (31 May 1945 – 30 March 1987) was a Pakistani Islamic theologian and leader of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement.[1][2] He died from an assassin's bomb blast in 1987.

Biography

Views

Zaheer believed that Shi'ites were Israeli agents[3] and infidels.[4]

Death

While Zaheer was giving a speech, a bomb which had been planted on the stage exploded, killing him.[5]

Works

  • Al-Qadiyaniyyah, a refutation of Ahmadiyyah (1376 AH)[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ravinder Kaur, Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia, p 153. ISBN 0761934308
  2. ↑ Roy, Olivier, The Failure of Political Islam, by Olivier Roy, translated by Carol Volk, Harvard University Press, 1994, p.118-9
  3. ↑ Commins, David (2015-03-30). Islam in Saudi Arabia. I.B.Tauris. p. 170. ISBN 9781848858015.
  4. ↑ Moghadam, Assaf (2011-07-21). Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism: Trends and Patterns. Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 9781136663536.
  5. ↑ Derrick M. Nault, Development in Asia: Interdisciplinary, Post-neoliberal, and Transnational Perspectives, p 184. ISBN 1599424886
  6. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Al-Qadiyania-Ehsan-ilahi-zaheer/dp/B007OVXODI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409218638&sr=8-1&keywords=Ehsan+ilahi+zaheer
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