Sayed Safi Haidar
Syed Safi Haidar is a Shia Muslim cleric from India. He is the secretary of Tanzeemul Makatib, an organization with educational units across India.[1] He was born in Jargaon, Barabanki district.
Career
He has given religious sermons and lectures in Majlises gathering to commomerate the Battle of Karbala.[citation needed] In 1996 he addressed a Majlis in Karari, Allahabad on occasion of the Chehlum of Sayed Ghulam Hasnain Rizvi.[2][3]
He has praised the activities of the World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities, saying: "It is wonderful and inspiring to see the WF run by youths, inshAllah this will continue for years to come."[4]
He assisted in the opening of a new polyclinic in Lucknow, India where there was a need for all medical services under a single roof. On 14 June 2009 the polyclinic opened with the name of Zainabiya Health Center to provide better health services to the local community.[5]
In February 2005 he was detained at a US airport and was questioned for several hours.[6] Later he was deported.
References
- ↑ Financial Outlook @ Tanzeemul Makatib
- ↑ Mumbai Shia News: September 2008
- ↑ Sayed Ghulam Hasnain Rizvi
- ↑ Relief & Economic Development1, a 2009 Conference Report on Relief and Economic Development activities of World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities, #34
- ↑ World Federation Newswire, 08 Juillet 2009, a World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities newsletter in French
- ↑ Ulema deported by US