Kalbe Jawad
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Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi (مولانا سيد كلب جواد نقوى) is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India comes from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad", notably Syed Dildar Ali, also known as Ghufran Ma'ab. His father was Syed Kalbe Abid, his grandfather Syed Kalbe Hussain.
The word "Kalb" means "heart" so his name "Kalbe Jawad" means "Heart of Jawad", "al-Jawad" being the title of the 9th Imam of Islam (Mohammad at-Taqi al-Jawad (a.s)), notably the Twelver Shia.
He has studied for 10 years in notable religious seminaries in Qum, Iran and now takes the task of claiming back lands of Shias in Lucknow from the time when they were conviscated by the East India Company.
He is famous for discovering the alleged anti-Islamic conspiracy in the Coca-Cola logo.
He leads the Juma (Friday) Prays at the grand Asafi Masjid in Lucknow.
[edit] External links
- Pasdarane Husain - Website of an organisation run by Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawwad
- An article entitled "Who is Kalbe Jawad"