Abdul Rashid Dawoodi
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11 November 1979
- Abdul Rahman Sheikh (father)
Abdul Rashid Dawoodi Sheikh | |
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عبدالرّشيْد شيخ | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Abdul Rashid Sheikh 11 November 1979 Budroo, Yaripora, Kulgam district |
| Spouse | Jameela Banoo |
| Children | Furqan Dawoodi |
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| Known for | Founder of Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Qadiriyya |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Movement | Barelvi |
| Website | abdulrashiddawoodi |
Abdul Rashid Sheikh Dawoodi is a Sunni Muslim scholar,[1] preacher[2][3][4] and reformer from Jammu and Kashmir,[5][6] who founded the Islamic organisation Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya.[5][7][8][9]
Abdul Rashid Sheikh was born at Yaripora, Kulgam district.[5] He was enrolled by his father, Sheikh Abdul Rahman, in a religious institute run at that time by Qazi Nisar.[10][5] After Qazi Nisar died in 2005, he established an Islamic institute called Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya,[11][12][5]which promotes the teachings of the 19th-century Indian scholar Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi of the Hanafi tradition.[13]
In November 2006, he was wounded in a grenade attack while entering a mosque in Tahab area of Pulwama.[14][15][16] Police alleged that the attack was instigated by the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.[17][18][19][20]
He believes that Islam is a religion of peace[21] and advocates for Ulemas to issue fatwas (edicts) in accordance with the Quran and Sharia, than to please anyone.[22] This statement was especially aimed at senior Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh who, back in 2012, called for the banning and demolition of the churches in Kuwait. Dawoodi said that "there is no scope for violence in Islam".[22]
In September 2022, he was arrested by the central government, without the police citing any details that led them to invoke the Public Safety Act against him.[23][24] He was released after a year as the court quashed the detection order.[25][26][27]