Syed Soharwardy
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B.S. NED University of Engineering and Technology
M.S.New Jersey Institute of Technology
M.Eng University of Calgary
Sheikh Al Islam Pir Syed Baddiudin Soharwardy | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Education | B.A. University of Karachi B.S. NED University of Engineering and Technology M.S.New Jersey Institute of Technology M.Eng University of Calgary |
| Occupations | Islamic scholar, senior IT consultant |
| Known for | President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada |
| Parent | Syed Riazuddin Soharwardy (father) |
Hazrat Al Imaam ul imams Allama Mufti Mulana Al Sheikh ul Islam Pir Syed Azaam Badiuddin Soharwardy Shaah Sahb D.B (born 1955 in Karachi) is a Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar, a sheikh of the Suhrawardi Sufi order, chairman of the Al-Madinah Calgary Islamic Assembly, [1] and is the founder and current president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada. In January 1998, he founded the group Muslims Against Terrorism.[2]
A direct descendant (Sayyid) of Muhammad, Soharwardy studied Islam at Dar-ul-Aloom Soharwardia, a traditional Islamic madrasah (school) founded by his father Allama Syed Riazuddin Soharwardy, the imam of the Jamia Baghdadi Masjid in Karachi, Pakistan. His grandfather Syed Jalaluddin Chishty had been the Grand Mufti of Kashmir before moving to Amritsar in India to become the head of Dar-ul-Aloom Nizamiah Sirajiah in the wake of the Partition of India.[2] After earning a B.A. in Islamic Studies from the University of Karachi and a degree in electrical engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, he later earned a M.Sc. in management engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a M.Eng. in project management from the University of Calgary, he is certified as a project manager from Project Management Institute. First appointed as a teacher at Dar-ul-Aloom Soharwardia in Karachi, where he taught Islamic studies, he later served as an assistant Imam and Kahteeb at Jamia Bughdadi Masjid (1971-1979), He has lectured on Islam in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Canada at various universities and institutes.[2]
Soharwardy has authored papers on information technology management, Islamic beliefs, challenges for Muslims in the Western world, conflicts within the Muslim community and interreligious conflict. He is the head of the first Dar-ul-Aloom in Calgary, where he teaches Islamic studies and he delivers lectures to Muslim congregations across Canada.[2]
Soharwardy is a Sufi and has the Ijazah (certificate) in Soharwardy, Qadiriyya, and Chistiyya Sufi orders from his Murshid (spiritual guide).[2]
His brother is naat recitor Fasihuddin Soharwardi.[importance?][citation needed]