Shakir Ali Noori
{{short description|Indian Muslim scholar}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
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| honorific_prefix = Maulana
| name = Shakir Ali Noorie
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| caption = Noorie in 2020
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|3|17}}
| birth_place = Junagadh, Gujarat
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| era = Modern era
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| denomination = Sunni
| jurisprudence = Hanafi
| creed = Matrudi
| movement = Barelvi
| main_interests = Sufism
| notable_works = *Muzda e Bakshish
- Barkat e Shariat
- Noorie Aurad o Wzaif
- Wisdom of Namaz
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| Sufi_order = Qadri
| honors = The 500 Most Influential Muslims
| influences = Abu Hanifa
Abdul Qadir Gilani
Mu'in al-Din Chishti
Nizamuddin Auliya
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Akhtar Raza Khan
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| website = [http://www.sunnidawateislami.net/ sunnidawateislami.net]
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| founder = Sunni Dawate Islami
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Shakir Ali Noorie (also written as Muhammad Shākīr ´Alī Nūrī){{Cite journal|url=http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/142/|title=The Politics of Difference, Parrots of Paradise - Symbols of the Super-Muslim: Sunnah, Sunnaization and Self-Fashioning in the Islamic Missionary Movements Tablighi Jama'at, Da'wat-e Islami and Sunni Da'wat-e Islami|first=Thomas K.|last=Gugler|date=22 April 2008|website=crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de|doi=10.11588/xarep.00000142|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201154221/http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/142/|url-status=dead}} is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and current President of Sunni Dawate Islami, a non-political, religious organisation in Mumbai, India.{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/maulana-shakir-ali-noorie/|publisher= Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|title=The Muslim 500, the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2020 |chapter=Maulana Shakir Ali Noorie |date=2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190726155748/http://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/maulana-shakir-ali-noorie/|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date= 26 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/sunni-leaders-preach-tolerance-purity-1-5-lakh-183000893.html|title=Sunni leaders preach tolerance, purity to 1.5 lakh attendees on final day of Ijtema|website=in.news.yahoo.com|date=16 December 2012}}{{Citation |url=https://kohraam.com/national/sunni-davate-islami-conference-in-jaipur-on-13-october-163539.html/|title=जयपुर में सुन्नी दावते इस्लामी का महासम्मेलन 13 अक्टूबर को, क़मरुज़्ज़माँ आज़मी होंगे शामिल|trans-title=Conference of Sunni Dawate Islami in Jaipur on 13 October, Qamruzzam Azmi to be included |date=7 October 2019|work=Kohram News}} He adheres to the principles of Ahle Sunnat wa Jamaat (Barelvi) ideology.{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/exclusive-how-dawat-e-islami-took-root-in-india-and-what-it-does-a-news18-investigation-5578627.html | title=Exclusive | How Dawat-e-Islami Took Root in India and What It Does: A News18 Investigation | date=18 July 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://sunnidawateislami.net/hafiz-o-qari-maulana-muhammed-shakir-noorie/ | title=ASDI Biography – Sunni Dawate Islami }}
He has been ranked among the top 500 Muslims in The 500 Most Influential Muslims published by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. The mission has been growing yearly with thousands of members joining. Noorie has established schools that provide both modern and religious education, thereby providing a platform for a new generation of Muslim leaders in India.
Life and career
Noorie says that he was born in Junagadh, Gujarat in India.{{citation |url=http://sunnidawateislami.net/biography.aspx |work=Sunni Dawate Islami |title=ASDI Biography, Hafiz o Qari Maulana Muhammed Shakir Noorie (Ameer e Sunni Dawate Islami) |access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716040806/http://sunnidawateislami.net/biography.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Noorie has been ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre since 2013, with the omission of 2018.{{Citation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/22-Indians-among-worlds-influential-Muslims/articleshow/49315830.cms|title=22 Indians among world's influential Muslims |work=The Times of India |date=12 October 2015 |first1=Syed Amin |last1=Jafri}}* 2013/14 Edition: {{cite book|url=http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2013-low.pdf|title=2013/14 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2013|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Jordan|page=126|editor-last2=Ahmed|editor-first2=Dr Aftab|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Al-Rawadieh|editor-first4=Dr AlMahdi|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185254/http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2013-low.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=live}}
- 2014/15 Edition: {{cite book|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2014-low.pdf|title=2014/15 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2014|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Jordan|page=126|editor-last2=Ahmed|editor-first2=Dr Aftab|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Al-Rawadieh|editor-first4=Dr AlMahdi|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106224803/https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2014-low.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2019|url-status=live}}
- 2016 Edition: {{cite book|url=http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2016-low.pdf|title=2016 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2016|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Jordan|page=133|editor-last2=Ahmed|editor-first2=Dr Aftab|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=El-Sharif|editor-first4=Farah|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185228/http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2016-low.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=live}}
- 2017 Edition: {{cite book|url=http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2017-low.pdf|title=2017 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2017|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Jordan|page=136|editor-last2=Ahmed|editor-first2=Dr Aftab|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Asfour|editor-first4=Zeinab|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185228/http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2017-low.pdf|archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=live}}
- 2018 Edition: {{cite book|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2018-low.pdf|title=2018 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2018|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Jordan|page=257|editor-last2=El-Sharif|editor-first2=Farah|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Ahmed|editor-first4=Dr Aftab|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|editor-last6=Elgawhary|editor-first6=Dr Tarek|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024044848/http://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TheMuslim500-2018-low.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2018|url-status=live}}
- 2019 Edition: {{cite book|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/books/M500-2019-10years-Free_eBook.pdf|title=2019 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2019|isbn=978-9957-428-37-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Amman|page=167|editor-last2=El-Sharif|editor-first2=Farah|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Ahmed|editor-first4=Dr Aftab|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019075818/https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/books/M500-2019-10years-Free_eBook.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=live}}
- 2020 Edition: {{cite book|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TheMuslim500-2020-low.pdf|title=2020 Edition|work=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding|year=2019|isbn=978-9957-635-44-2|editor-last=Schleifer|editor-first=Prof. S. Abdallah|editor-link=Abdallah Schleifer|location=Amman|page=138|editor-last2=El-Ella|editor-first2=Omayma|editor-last3=Al-Meheid|editor-first3=Dr Minwer|editor-link3=:de:Minwer al-Meheid|editor-last4=Ahmed|editor-first4=Dr Aftab|editor-last5=Asfour|editor-first5=Zeinab|editor-last6=Elqabbany|editor-first6=Moustafa|department=Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010040021/https://www.themuslim500.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TheMuslim500-2020-low.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2019|url-status=live}}
= [[Sunni Dawate Islami]] =
Sunni Dawate Islami (SDI) is a non-political and religious organisation in Mumbai [Bombay], India. It holds an annual conference [Ijtema] in Mumbai, which is said to be attended by between 150,000 and 300,000 people; the first day (Friday) is reserved for women.{{citation |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/50-000-muslim-women-attend-sunni-gathering-at-azad-maidan-in-mumbai/story-DiEZyWmZxYYoaA3wS8TQ4K_amp.html |title=50000 Muslim women attend sunni gathering in Azad Maidan in Mumbai |work=Hindustan Times |date= 19 November 2016 |first1=Akash |last1=Sakaria |access-date=22 April 2020}} Followers of Sunni Dawate Islami wear white turbans.
In 2008, SDI had a European headquarters at Noor Hall in Preston, England, and centres in some other English towns, including: Blackburn, Bolton, Leicester and Manchester. SDI also had a North American headquarters in Chicago. By 2008, SDI had founded 12 madrasas in India. In 2020, SDI says that in India it manages 50 madrasas and 15 schools that teach in English. SDI says it has an educational centre in Bolton (England), and an educational centre in Mauritius.
Literary works
His works include:
- Ahlussunnah Beliefs and Practices, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2016) {{ISBN|0993573517}}
- Modesty in Islam, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2016) {{ISBN|0993573525}}
- Marital Life of Prophet, Idarah Ma'arif-e-islami, (2019) {{ISBN|0993573568}}
- Noorie Aurad o Wazaif
- Muzda e Bakshish (collections of naats).
- Barkat e Shariat
- Maah-e-Ramadan Kaise Guzarein (English: How to spend the month of Ramadan)
- The Wisdom of Namaaz
- Guldasta-e-Siratun Nabi (English: A bouquet of Siratun Nabi)
- Azmat Maah-e-Muharram aur Imam Hussain (English: The glory of the month of Muharram and Imam Hussain).
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