Kalbe Sadiq

Kalbe Sadiq received his early education from the Madrasa of Sultan ul Madaris and Nazmia in Lucknow. He then moved to Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Arabic Literature with a gold medal in 1971.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

Beside Arabic, Kalbe Sadiq had mastery over Urdu, Persian, English and Hindi languages. He traveled overseas to deliver speeches and lectures on Islamic theology.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

Kalbe Sadiq became engaged in religious and social issues with the Muslim masses in the mid-1970s. He was moved by the pathetic condition of the community and believed that the root cause of the backwardness of Muslims lay in their distance from education and knowledge. Therefore, he resolved to spread education and knowledge on modern lines and waged a community-wide war against illiteracy and ignorance. This became the aim of his life.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

He founded the Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust on 18 April 1984 with an aim to give educational assistance and scholarships to needy and poor students.

The educational, charitable and constructive projects that were running under his supervision include:

• Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust, Lucknow
• Unity College, Lucknow{{Cite web |url=http://unity-college.org/ucabout.html |title=Unity College {{!}} About the College |access-date=29 January 2014 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207192901/http://unity-college.org/ucabout.html |url-status=dead }}
• Unity Mission School, Lucknow{{Cite web |url=http://unity-college.org/umisnabt.html |title=Unity Mission School {{!}} about us |access-date=29 January 2014 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207194022/http://unity-college.org/umisnabt.html |url-status=dead }}
• Unity Industrial Training Center, Lucknow{{Cite web |url=http://unity-college.org/aboutuitc.html |title=UITC {{!}} about us |access-date=29 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202185604/http://unity-college.org/aboutuitc.html |url-status=dead }}
• Unity Public School, Allahabad
• M.U. College, Aligarh[http://www.tauheed.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145&Itemid=529 MU College, Aligarh]
• Unity Computer Centre, Lucknow
• Unity Free Education Programmes in Lucknow, Jaunpur, Jalalpur, Allahabad, Barabanki, Moradabad and Aligarh etc.
• Hiza Charitable Hospital, Lucknow[http://www.tauheed.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157&Itemid=531 HIZA Hospital, Lucknow]
• T.M.T Medical Centre, Shikarpur, U.P.
• T.M.T’s Widows' Pension Scheme
• T.M.T’s Orphans' Educational Sponsorship Scheme
• Reconstruction and expansion of the Imam Bargah of Ghufran Maab, Lucknow
• Reconstruction and renovation of the tomb of Urdu elegy writer and Marsia Khwan Hazrat Meer Anees, Lucknow

He was also the President of The Era’s Medical College & Hospital Lucknow and the general secretary of All India Shia Conference besides being a member of Anjuman-e-Wazifiya-e-Sadat-o-Momineen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

[https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2020/11/24/islamic-cleric-maulana-kalbe-sadiq-has-passed-away/ Islamic cleric, Maulana Kalbe Sadiq dies at the age of 82 years]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140106113519/http://india.shafaqna.com/intelligentsia/item/11971-what-makes-maulana-dr-syed-kalbe-sadiq-a-reformer?.html What makes Maulana Dr. Syed Kalbe Sadiq a reformer?]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034256/http://www.india.shafaqna.com/india/item/7516-struggling-against-sectarianism-shia-sunni-ecumenism.html Struggling Against Sectarianism: Shia-Sunni Ecumenism]
• [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/give-babri-land-away-and-win-hearts-aimplb-vice-president-maulana-kalbe-sadiq/articleshow/60046039.cms "Give Babri land away and win hearts" - AIMPLB Vice President Maulana Kalbe Sadiq]
• [http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/sudarshan-sadiq-make-a-joint-appeal-elect-honest-people/ K.C. Sudarshan and eminent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq asked people not to vote by religion but elect candidates who are honest and have a good character]
• [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Prophet-had-prohibited-cow-meat-says-Kalbe-Sadiq/articleshow/49679966.cms Prophet had prohibited cow meat, says Kalbe Sadiq]
• [http://insaf.net/pipermail/insafny_insaf.net/2004-November/000791.html "An interview with Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, a leading Indian Shia scholar"]{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://www.rationalistinternational.net/archive/en/rationalist_2000/50.htm Taliban is Anti-Islamic, Says Leading Islamic Cleric]
• [http://www.islaminterfaith.org/dec2004/article1.htm An Islamic Critique of Patriarchy: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq’s Approach to Gender Relations in Islam]
• [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=59386 Not four, but one marriage for Muslims]{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/12/04/0412islam-permits-birth-control.html Islam permits birth control: Shia cleric Maulana Sadiq] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015181542/http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/12/04/0412islam-permits-birth-control.html |date=15 October 2008 }}
• [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=82407 When we are no longer called Muslim Indians but Indian Muslims]

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