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
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi
Notable work(s)Muzda e Bakshish

Barkat e Shariat Noorie Aurad o Wzaif

Wisdom of Namaz
Muslim leader
Websitesunnidawateislami.net
HonorsThe 500 Most Influential Muslims

Life and career

Noorie says that he was born in Junagadh, Gujarat in India.[5] Dawat-e-Islami (a Sunni organisation based in Pakistan) held weekly conferences in Mumbai (India) from 1988. In 1991, it held its first annual conference in India. It is said that a dispute about the 1991 conference, led to a split in Dawat-e-Islami in 1991[6] or 1992.[1] The Indian branch became independent as Sunni Dawat-e-Islami (SDI). At the time, Noori was the negran [caretaker] of the Indian branch of Dawat-e-Islami, and so became head of SDI.[1] He is therefore described as founding SDI.[3][4]

Noorie has been ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre since 2013, with the omission of 2018.[7][8][9]

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][10] Followers of Dawat-e-Islami wear green turbans; 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.[5] 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).

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, 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. "Jaipur me sunni dawate islami ka sammelan" [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. Gugler, Thomas K., Jihad, Da´wa, and Hijra: Islamic Missionary Movements in Europe (PDF), Zmo.de, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015, retrieved 11 December 2018
  7. Jafri, Syed Amin (12 October 2015), "22 Indians among world's influential Muslims", The Times of India
  8. Mirsab, A. (16 October 2014), "World's 500 'Most Influential Muslims': 24 Indians in the list; Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan, Mahmood Madani in first 50", TwoCircles.net
  10. 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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