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Asghar Ali Engineer

أصغر علي إنجينير

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Indian reformist writer and social activist, leader of the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement and internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam; he founded the Institute of Islamic Studies (1980) and the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (1993), wrote more than fifty books, and received the Right Livelihood Award in 2004.

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Roles
writer · activist
Region
South Asia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab · Abdelaziz Bouteflika · Abderrahmane Youssoufi · Abdul Qadeer Khan · Abdul Rahim Hatif

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    Sources

    • Asghar Ali Engineer — English Wikipedia
    • Asghar Ali Engineer — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Asghar Ali Engineer — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Asghar Ali Engineer — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Asghar Ali Engineer”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asghar-ali-engineer/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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