Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Abdalqadir as-Sufi in 2007
Born	Ian Dallas 1930 (age 86–87) Ayr, Scotland
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation	Shaykh of Instruction
Title	Shaykh
Website	shaykhabdalqadir.com

Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas in Ayr, Scotland in 1930) is a Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory. Born in Scotland, he was a playwright and actor before he converted to Islam in 1967 with the Imam of the Masjid al-Qarawiyyin (Qarawiyyin Mosque) in Fes, Morocco.

In 1930 Ian Dallas was born in Scotland of a Highland family. He travelled extensively in Greece, France and Italy. In 1963 he acted in Federico Fellini's film 8½ as "Il partner della telepata".

As-Sufi converted to Islam in 1967 in Fes, Morocco as Abdalqadir, witnessed by Abdalkarim Daudi, the Imam Khatib of the Qarawiyyin Mosque, and Alal al-Fasi. He then joined the Darqawi order as a student of Muhammad ibn al-Habib. He travelled Morocco and Algeria with his Shaykh and was further instructed in Sufism by Sidi Hamud ibn al-Bashir of Blida and Sidi Fudul al-Huwari as-Sufi of Fes.

Abdalqadir as-Sufi advocates adherence to the original legal school of Islam, the tradition of the people of Medina as recorded by Malik ibn Anas, since, as discussed at length in his work Root Islamic Education, he considers this the primal formulation of Islamic society and a necessity for the re-establishment of Islam in the current age.

Abdalqadir has been responsible for the establishment of three mosques,