Rashad Khalifa
| Rashad Khalifa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 19, 1935 Egypt |
| Died | January 31, 1990 (aged 54) Tucson, Arizona, US |
| Nationality | Egyptian-American |
| Occupation | Biochemist |
| Known for | Quran code |
| Children | Sam Khalifa and Beth Bujarski |
Rashad Khalifa (Arabic: رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935 – January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International. He was assassinated on January 31, 1990.
Khalifa was born in Egypt on November 19, 1935.
Khalifa obtained an honors degree from Ain Shams University, Egypt, before he emigrated to the United States in 1959, later earning a Master's Degree in biochemistry from Arizona State University and a PhD. from University of California. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and lived in Tucson, Arizona.
Khalifa worked as a science adviser for the Libyan government for about one year, after which he worked as a chemist for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, then became a senior chemist in Arizona's State Office of Chemistry in 1980.
He was central to the founding of the United Submitters International, (USI), an offshoot Islamic group. He coined the phrase "Final Testament" in reference to the Quran.
Khalifa said that he was a messenger of God and that the archangel Gabriel "most assertively" told him that chapter 36, verse 3, of the Quran, "specifically" referred to him.His followers refer to him as God's Messenger of the Covenant. He promoted a strict monotheism and was a prominent Quranist, rejecting the hadith and sunnah as fabrications attributed to Muhammad by later scholars.
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