Rashid Shaz

Rashid Shaz (Urdu: راشد شاز; c. ) is an Indian Islamic scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University, India. His books include: Idrak Zawal-e-Ummat,[6] lastam pokh,[7] kitabul Urooj, and Manifesto of United Islam.

Rashid Shaz
راشد شاز
Dr. Rashid Shaz addressing CRANS MONTANA FORUM ON AFRICA & SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION "Toward a better Governance for a sustainable Economic & Social Development" Dated 17 to 22 March 2016 held in Dakhla (Morocco)
Personal
Born5 February 1963
Darbhanga India
ReligionIslam
DenominationIslam
Main interest(s)Interfaith studies[1]
Notable idea(s)Building a bridge between Religion and Science.
Notable work(s)idrak-e-zawaal-e-ummat, Lastam pokh, Islam: negotiating the future,[2] Islam: creating a future Islamic civilization.[3]
Alma materAligarh Muslim University[4]
OccupationIslamic scholar[5]

Brief introduction

Rashid Shaz is an ISESCO Ambassador for Dialogue of Culture among Civilizations [8] and a professor of English at the Aligarh Muslim University,[9] India. In 2008, he released in Monaco an important founding document “Calling for a New Dialogue between Islam and Christianity”.[10] Shaz has also engaged with the debate on shibh-ahle-kitab. In his book ادراک اسباب تراجع الامۃ(۲ مجلد) he takes up the issue from the point where Al-Baironi and Shahrastani had left. In 2004, he motivated many enlightened intellectuals in Abrahamic traditions to debate the common issues on futureislam.com.[11]

Appreciation and activism

In 1992, while the Oslo Peace Accord was in the air, he went on a peace mission to London and Washington DC to convey to the policy makers in these capitals about the Muslim sentiments on Jerusalem. In 1994, he launched from New Delhi a weekly newspaper Milli Times International that ceased publishing in the year 2001.[12][13]

In news

Professor Rashid Shaz condemned the silence of Aligarh on lynching incidents.[14]

References
  1. "Dr Rashid Shaz addressing International Conference - Reconfiguring Interfaith and Intrafaith Understanding, CPECAMI, AMU, 2015". Future Islam. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. "Islam negotiating the future by Rashid Shaz - Issuu".
  3. "Creating a future islamic civilization by Rashid Shaz - Issuu".
  4. "Biography". rashidshaz.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. "Aligarh Muslim University || Bridge Course". amu.ac.in. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. Shāz, R. (2003). In Pursuit of Arabia. Milli Publications. p. 221. ISBN 9788187856108. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. "Lastam Pokh By Rashid Shaz : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  8. "Indian Muslim academic Dr Rashid Shaz appointed as ISESCO's Ambassador for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations". archive.isesco.org.ma. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. "Aligarh Muslim University || Bridge Course". amu.ac.in. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. "A New Dialogue between Islam & Christianity by Rashid Shaz by Rashid Shaz - Issuu".
  11. "Perspective". Future Islam. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  12. "Home". barizmedia.com.
  13. "Biography". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  14. https://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=rashid+shaz+on+lynching&gws_rd=ssl>
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