Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

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Full Name	Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Occupation	Academic
Date Of Birth	Apr 7, 1952(1952-04-07)
Age	72
Birthplace	Jivan Shah
Country	Pakistan
Horoscope	Aries

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Biography

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on April 7, 1952 in Jivan Shah, Pakistan.

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi was born on 7 April 1952 to a Kakazai family in a village called Jivan Shah (near Pakpattan) in District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. His family village settlement was in a town called Dawud in Sialkot. His father, Muhammad Tufayl Junaydi was a Sufi & landowner by ancestral profession. After the death of his father, Nur Ilahi, Tufayl Junaydi became interested in medicine and spent the rest of his life in that area. To follow the path of tasawwuf (mysticism), Tufayl Junaydi stepped into this valley at the young age of about twenty, and for the rest of his life remained an epitome of commitment and sincerity to his chosen course. He died in 1986.

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi has two elder sisters & he grew up in a Sufi household. His early education included a modern path (Matriculation from Islamia High School, Pakpattan), as well as a traditional path (Arabic and Persian languages, and the Qur’an with Mawlawi Nur Ahmad of Nang Pal). His father wanted him to have both traditional and modern education, splitting his time between school and learning Arabic and Persian. His first exposure to traditional Islamic studies was in the Sufi tradition. After matriculating, he came to Lahore in 1967 where he is settled ever since. Initially, he was more interested in Literature and Philosophy. He later graduated from Government College, Lahore, with a BA Honours in English Literature & Philosophy in 1972.

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Net Worth

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is one of the richest Academic from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Like Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Maulana Naeem Siddiqui and Dr. Israr Ahmed, Ghamidi also worked closely with Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi (alternative spelling Syed Maudoodi; often referred to as Maulana Maududi) (1903–1979) and Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi. His work with Maududi continued for about nine years before he voiced his first differences of opinion, which led to his subsequent expulsion from Mawdudi’s political party, Jamaat-e-Islami in 1977. Later, he developed his own view of religion based on hermeneutics and ijtihad under the influence of his mentor, Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997), a well-known exegete of the Indian sub-continent who is author of Tadabbur-i-Qur’an, a Tafsir (exegeses of Qur’an). Ghamidi’s critique of Mawdudi’s thought is an extension of Wahid al-Din Khan’s criticism of Mawdudi. Khan (1925– ) was amongst the first scholars from within the ranks of Jamaat-e-Islami to present a full-fledged critique of Mawdudi’s understanding of religion. Khan’s contention is that Mawdudi has completely inverted the Qur’anic worldview. Ghamidi, for his part, agreed with Khan that the basic obligation in Islam is not the establishment of an Islamic world order but servitude to God, and that it is to help and guide humans in their effort to fulfill that obligation for which religion is revealed. Therefore, Islam never imposed the obligation on its individual adherents or on the Islamic state to be constantly in a state of war against the non-Islamic world. In fact, according to Ghamidi, even the formation of an Islamic state is not a basic religious obligation for Muslims. Despite such extraordinary differences and considering Maududi’s interpretation of “political Islam” as incorrect, Ghamidi in one of his 2015 interviews said that he still respects his former teacher like a father.

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Ghamidi left Pakistan in 2010 as a result of strong and violent actions against his work. In a 2015 interview with Voice of America, Ghamidi explained his reason for departure was to safeguard the lives of people near him including his neighbours who had begun to fear for their safety. Some of his close associates had already been killed like Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan and Dr. Habib-ur-Rehman, the latter of whom was murdered in his clinic. Another close associate who was related to the work of Ghamidi’s Risala, Syed Manzoor-ul- Hasan, one day after leaving Ghamidi’s office was shot through the mouth but survived although the bullet still remains in his body. Ghamidi maintained that because of today’s means of communication, his work of education does not get affected by his exile. Ghamidi, also regularly appears on Ilm-o-Hikmat, a Pakistani Dunya News show. He has also presented his desire to return in the future when circumstances change. Ghamidi has moved to Dallas, Texas, USA as of July 2019, to support establishment of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning, an initiative of Al-Mawrid US and an educational institute named after himself.

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Ghamidi believes that there are certain directives of the Qur’an pertaining to war which were specific only to Prophet Muhammad and certain specified peoples of his times (particularly the progeny of Abraham: the Ishmaelites, the Israelites, and the Nazarites). Thus, Muhammad and his designated followers waged a war against Divinely specified peoples of their time (the polytheists and the Israelites and Nazarites of Arabia and some other Jews, Christians, et al.) as a form of Divine punishment and asked the polytheists of Arabia for submission to Islam as a condition for exoneration and the others for jizya and submission to the political authority of the Muslims for exemption from death punishment and for military protection as the dhimmis of the Muslims. Therefore, after Muhammad and his companions, there is no concept in Islam obliging Muslims to wage war for propagation or implementation of Islam. The only valid basis for jihad through arms is to end oppression when all other measures have failed. According to him Jihad can only be waged by an organised Islamic state, that too only where a leader has been nominated by the previous leader or by the consensus of the ulema if the state is newly established. No person, party or group can take arms into their hands (for the purpose of waging Jihad) under any circumstances. Another corollary, in his opinion, is that death punishment for apostasy was also specifically for the recipients of the same Divine punishment during Muhammad’s times—for they had persistently denied the truth of Muhammad’s mission even after it had been made conclusively evident to them by God through Muhammad.

Top Facts about Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

1. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher.
2. He was born in 1952 in Punjab, Pakistan.
3. Ghamidi studied Islamic law and philosophy at the University of Punjab.
4. He has written several books on Islam and its principles.
5. Ghamidi advocates for a modern interpretation of Islam.
6. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the context of Quranic verses.
7. Ghamidi founded Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan.
8. He has been a vocal critic of extremism and terrorism in Islam.
9. Ghamidi’s views have sparked controversy among traditionalists in Pakistan.
10. Despite opposition, he remains a respected figure among progressive Muslims globally.

Where is Javed Ahmad Ghamidi now?

Currently he is Principal Research Fellow and Chief Patron of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning in United States. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi was named in The Muslim 500 (The World’s Most Influential Muslims) in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions.

How old is Javed Ahmed Ghamidi?

70 years (April 7, 1952)

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