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Shah Ahmad Noorani

Shah Ahmad Noorani
شاہ احمد نورانی
Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1985).jpg
Ahmad Noorani in 1985
President of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
In office
9 October 2002 – 11 December 2003
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Hussain Ahmad
Member of Parliament
In office
14 April 1972 – 7 March 1977
Personal details
Born Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi
Urdu: احمد نورانی صدیقی

(1926-10-01)1 October 1926
Meerut, British India
(present-day India)
Died 11 December 2003(2003-12-11) (aged 77)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Resting place Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mausoleum
Citizenship Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan
Political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
1970–2002
Parents Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Residence Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma mater Allahabad University
Darul-Uloom Arabia, Meerut
Religion Islam
Website web.archive.org/web/20140517131553/http://imamnoorani.net/

Philosophy career
Era 20th Century
Region Islamic world
School Sunniat
Main interests
Islamic philosophy
Modernity
Notable ideas
Revival of Shia-Sunni relations

Shah Ahmad Noorani (Urdu: شاہ احمد نورانی‎; 1 October 1926 – 11 December 2003, known as Allama Noorani), was a Pakistani, Sunni-Barelvi Islamic scholar, mystic, philosopher, revivalist and an ultra–conservative politician.

He graduated with BA in Arabic language from the Allahabad University and later certified from the Darul Uloom in Meerut, he established himself as renowned Islamic scholar and worked in the developing the Islamic philosophy as well as helping found the World Islamic Mission in 1972.

Ahmad Noorani was born in Meerut, British India (now India), into an ultra-religious Urdu-speaking family on 1 October 1926. His father, Abdul Aleem Siddiqi was also an Islamic scholar and had accompanied him on Islamic missionary tours to various parts of the world in his early youth. He received his BA degree in Arabic language from the Allahabad University, and certified from the Darul-Uloom in Meerut in Islamic jurisprudence. His family moved to Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan after the partition of India. He established World Islamic Mission in 1972 which is based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.


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