Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique (3 April 1892 – 22 August 1954) was an Islamic scholar from Meerut, India. He was taught by Ahmad Raza Khan.[1]

Life

Siddiqui travelled continuously for 40 years. He visited Singapore where he pioneered the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, now known as Jamiyah, in 1932.[2] He also travelled to Hejaz, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Ceylon, China, Japan, Philippines,[3] Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Belgium, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, France, England, West Indies, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname,[4] United States of America and Canada.[5] The All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore) has built a mosque named after him.[6]

In 1935, in Mombasa (Kenya), Abdul Aleem Siddique met with playwright George Bernard Shaw, and they enjoyed an exchange of thoughts in which Shaw called Abdul Aleem Siddique “a learned sage”.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aleemsiddique.org.sg/index.php?/Info/maulana-abdul-aleem-siddique.html
  2. ↑ MENDAKI: 10 Years Making the Difference. Yayasan Mendaki. 1992. p. 212.
  3. ↑ Lacar, Luis Q.; Moner, Nagamura T. (1986). Madrasah Education in the Philippines and Its Role in National Integration. Coordination Center for Research and Development MSU-IIT. p. 123.
  4. ↑ His Eminence Maulana Shah Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (Rahmatullah Alaih). caribbeanmuslims.com
  5. ↑ Biography of Maulana Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (R.A). World Federation of Islamic Missions
  6. ↑ Ariff, Mohamed (1991). The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 225. ISBN 9813016078.
  7. ↑ George Bernhard Shaw and the Islamic Scholar. Commentary and editing by Imran N. Hosein. December 2000.
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