Ghayasuddin Siddiqui
Male, Person
1939 –
Who is Ghayasuddin Siddiqui?
Ghayasuddin Siddiqui is an academic and political activist. He was born in Delhi, India, migrated to Pakistan in late 1947 and moved to the UK in 1964.
He has been leader of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, which he co-founded in 1992, and director of one of the oldest Muslim think-tanks in Britain, The Muslim Institute, which he co-founded in 1973.
Siddiqui claims to have met Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi and much of the early Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim Brotherhood leadership. Rejecting their methodologies, he forged a close relationship with Iran and met the more radical Ayatullah Khomeini and other members in the revolutionary Iranian leadership. This explains some reports that the Institute was funded by the Iranian government.
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- Born
- 1939
Delhi - Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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on July 23, 2013
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