Haqq (حقّ) is the Arabic word for truth. In Islamic context, it is also interpreted as right and reality. Al-Haqq, the truth, is one of the names of God in the Qur'an. It is often used to refer to God as the Ultimate Reality in Sufism.

See also

Names of God

Haqiqa

Allahu Haqq

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Haq Islam

Sala@m, search for "El-Haqq"

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Name	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Background	solo_singer
Born	October 13, 1948Faisalabad, PunjabPakistan
Died	August 16, 1997London, England
Instrument	Vocals, harmonium
Genre	Qawwali, Ghazal
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1965–1997

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( (Shahmukhi)}}) (October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997) a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). Considered one of the greatest singers ever recorded, he possessed a six-octave vocal range and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited with introducing Sufi music to international audiences. He was popularly known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, meaning The King of Kings of Qawwali.

Born in Faisalabad, Nusrat had his first public performance at age of 16, at his father's chelum. He officially became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971, and was signed by Oriental Star Agencies (OSA), Birmingham, U.K., in the early 1980s. In subsequent years, Khan released movie scores and albums for various labels in Pakistan, Europe, Japan and the U.S. He engaged in collaborations and experiments with Western artists, becoming a well-known world music artist in the process. He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.

Biography

Early life and career

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on October 13, 1948 in the city of Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Pakistan. He was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and Qawwal. Khan's family, which included four older sisters and a younger brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, grew up in central Lyallpur. He began by learning to play tabla alongside his father before progressing to learn Raag Vidya and Bol Bandish. He then went on to learn to sing within the classical framework of khayal. Khan's training with his father was cut short when his father died in 1964, leaving Khan's paternal uncles, Mubarak Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan, to complete his training. His first performance was at a traditional graveside ceremony for his father, known as chehlum, which took place forty days after his father's death.

In 1971, after the death of Mubarak Ali Khan, Nusrat became the official leader of the family Qawwali party and the party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. Khan's first public performance as the leader of the Qawwali party was at a studio recording broadcast as part of an annual music festival organised by Radio Pakistan, known as Jashn-e-Baharan. Khan sang mainly in Urdu and Punjabi and occasionally in Persian, Brajbhasha and Hindi. His first major hit in Pakistan was the song Haq Ali Ali, which was performed in a traditional style and with traditional instrumentation. The song featured restrained use of Nusrat's sargam improvisations.

In 1979, Khan married his first cousin, Naheed (the daughter of Fateh Ali Khan's brother, Salamat Ali Khan); they had one daughter, Nida.

Early in his career, Khan was signed up by Oriental Star Agencies in the U.K. to their Star Cassette Label. OSA sponsored regular concert tours by Nusrat to the U.K. from the early '80s onwards, and released much of this live material on cassette, CD, videotape and DVD.

Later career

In the 1992-93 academic year, Nusrat was a Visiting Artist in the Ethnomusicology department at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Nusrat teamed with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ in 1985, with Canadian musician Michael Brook on the albums Mustt Mustt (1990) and Night Song (1996), and with Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder in 1995 on two songs for the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking. One of these songs ("The Long Road") was re-used on the soundtrack for Eat, Pray, Love in 2010. Nusrat also contributed to the soundtrack of Natural Born Killers. He composed the music for the 1994 film Bandit Queen in collaboration with Roger White.

Peter Gabriel's Real World label later released five albums of Nusrat's traditional Qawwali, together with some of his experimental work which included the albums Mustt Mustt and Star Rise. Nusrat provided vocals for The Prayer Cycle, which was put together by Jonathan Elias, but died before the vocals could be completed. Alanis Morissette was brought in to sing with his unfinished vocals. Nusrat also collabrated with Michael Brook to create music for the song 'Sweet Pain' used in the movie Any Given Sunday. He also performed traditional Qawwali before international audiences at several WOMAD world music festivals and the single Dam Mast Qalandar was remixed by electronic trip hop group Massive Attack in 1998.

His album Intoxicated Spirit was nominated for a Grammy award in 1997 for best traditional folk album.

Khan contributed songs to, and performed in, several Pakistani films. Shortly before his death, he recorded a song each for two Bollywood films, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (in which he also sang the song onscreen) and Kachche Dhaage. He sang the title song of the film, Dhadkan. He also sang Saya bhi saath jab chhod jaye for Sunny Deol's movie, Dillagi. The song was released only in 1999, two years after Nusrat's death.

Khan contributed the song "Gurus of Peace" to the album Vande Mataram, composed by A.R. Rahman, and released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of India's independence. Rahman, who was a big fan of Khan could not do further songs with him. As a tribute, Rahman later released an album titled Gurus of Peace, which featured "Allah Hoo" by Nusrat. Rahman's 2007 song "Tere Bina" was also done as a tribute to Nusrat.

After his death, the song "Solemn Prayer", on which Nusrat provided vocals, was used on the Peter Gabriel song "Signal to Noise" (on the album Up), and on the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist—a total of 125 albums as of 2001.

Death

Khan was taken ill with kidney and liver failure on August 11, 1997 in London, England while on the way to Los Angeles in order to receive a kidney transplant. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital, London, on Saturday, August 16, 1997, aged 48. His body was returned to Faisalabad, Pakistan and his funeral was attended by the public.

Composition of Nusrat's qawwali party

The composition of Nusrat's ensemble — called a party (or Humnawa in Urdu) — changed over its 26 years. Listed below is a snapshot of the party, circa 1983:

#Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan: Nusrat's first cousin, vocals #Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan: Nusrat's brother, vocals and lead harmonium #Rehmat Ali: vocals and second harmonium #Maqsood Hussain: vocals #Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Nusrat's nephew & pupil, vocals #Dildar Hussain: percussion #Majawar Abbas: mandolin and guitar/chorus, handclapping #Mohammed Iqbal Naqvi: secretary of the party, chorus, handclapping #Asad Ali: chorus, handclapping. Nusrat's cousin #Ghulam Farid: chorus, handclapping #Kaukab Ali: chorus, handclapping

The one significant member of the party who does not appear on this list is Atta Fareed. For many years, he alternated with Rehmat Ali on vocals and second harmonium. He is easily identifiable in videos since he plays the harmonium left-handed.

This snapshot is non-representative in one respect: harmoniums were usually the only instruments. Only rarely were instruments like mandolin or guitar used.

Awards and Titles

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely considered to be the most important qawwal in history. In 1987, Khan received the President of Pakistan’s Award for Pride of Performance for his contribution to Pakistani music. In 1995 he received the UNESCO Music Prize. In 1996 he was awarded Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival for exceptional contribution to the art of cinema. In 2005, Nusrat was awarded the "Legends" award at the UK Asian Music Awards. TIME magazine's issue of November 6, 2006, "60 Years of Asian Heroes", lists him as one of the top 12 Artists and Thinkers in the last 60 years. He also appeared on NPR's 50 Great Voices list in 2010. In August, 2010 he was included in CNN's list of the twenty most iconic musicians from the past fifty years.

Many honorary titles were bestowed upon Nusrat during his 25-year music career. He was given the title of Ustad after performing classical music at a function in Lahore on his father's death anniversary.

Tributes, legacy and influence

Alexandra A. Seno of Asiaweek wrote:

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's voice was otherworldly. For 25 years, his mystical songs transfixed millions. It was not long enough .... He performed qawali, which means wise or philosophical utterance, as nobody else of his generation did. His vocal range, talent for improvisation and sheer intensity were unsurpassed.

Jeff Buckley cited Nusrat as a major influence, saying of him "He's my Elvis", and performing the first few minutes of Nusrat's hit "Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai" (including vocals) at live concerts. Many other artists have also cited Nusrat as an influence, such as A.R. Rahman, Sheila Chandra, and Alim Qasimov.

Paul Williams picked a concert performance by Nusrat for inclusion in his 2000 book "The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: a 'top-40' list", in which he devotes a chapter each to what he considers the top 40 artistic achievements of the 20th century in any field (including art, movies, music, fiction, non-fiction, science-fiction).

In 2004, a tribute band called (Brooklyn Qawwali Party) (formerly Brook's Qawwali Party) was formed in New York City by percussionist Brook Martinez to perform the music of Nusrat. The 13-piece group still performs mostly instrumental jazz versions of Nusrat's qawwalis, using the instruments conventionally associated with jazz rather than those associated with qawwali.

Films

Documentaries

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: le dernier prophète (1996). Directed by Jérôme de Missolz.

Nusrat has Left the Building... But When? (1997). Directed by Farjad Nabi. (This 20-minute docudrama focuses on Nusrat's early career.)

A Voice from Heaven (1999). Directed by Giuseppe Asaro. New York, NY: Winstar TV & Video. (This 75-minute documentary, available on VHS and DVD, provides an excellent introduction to Nusrat's life and work.)

Samandar Main Samandar (2007). A documentary aired on Geo TV detailing Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's career.

The King of Qawalli (2009). A short film aired on Dawn News about Nusrat's life and career.

Concert films

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance (1990). Video 14 (of 30) (South Asia IV). Produced by Ichikawa Katsumori; directed by Nakagawa Kunikiko and Ichihashi Yuji; in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. [Tokyo]: JVC, Victor Company of Japan; Cambridge, Massachusetts: distributed by Rounder Records. Features a studio performance by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party (two Urdu-language songs: a Hamd, and a Manqabat for Khwaja Mu`inuddin Chishti. Filmed in Tokyo, Japan, September 20, 1987, for Asian Traditional Performing Arts).

Nusrat! Live at Meany (1998). Produced by the University of Washington. (87-minute recording of a January 23, 1993 concert at Meany Hall, University of Washington in Seattle, during Nusrat's residency at the Ethnomusicology Program there.)

Live in Concert in the U.K. (DVD, vols. 1-17) [OSA]; recorded between 1983 and 1993; first thirteen listed below:

*Live in Concert in UK (DVD vol. 1)

*Live in Concert (DVD vol. 2)

*Live in Concert (DVD vol. 3)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 4)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 5)

*Live in Concert (DVD vol. 6)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 7)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 8)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 9)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 10)

*Live in UK (DVD vol. 11)

*Digbeth Birmingham 12 November 1983 (DVD vol. 12)

*Digbeth 30 October 1983 (DVD vol. 13)

Akhiyan Udeek Diyan (DVD) [Nupur Audio]

Je Tun Rab Nu Manauna (DVD) [Nupur Audio]

Yaadan Vicchre Sajan Diyan Aayiyan (DVD) [Nupur Audio]

Rang-e-Nusrat (DVD, vols. 1-11) [Music Today]; recorded between 1983 and 1993 (same material as the OSA DVDs)

VHS videotapes, vols. 1-21 [OSA]; recorded between 1983 and 1993 (same material as the OSA DVDs)

*Luxor Cinema Birmingham (VHS vol. 1, 1979)

*Digbeth Birmingham (VHS vol. 2, 1983)

*St. Francis Hall Birmingham (VHS vol. 3, 1983)

*Royal Oak Birmingham (VHS vol. 4, 1983)

*Private Mehfil (Wallace Lawley Centre, Lozells Birmingham, November 1983) (VHS vol. 5)

*Private Mehfil (VHS vol. 6, 1983)

*Natraj Cinema Leicester (VHS vol. 7, 1983)

*Live In Southall (VHS vol. 8)

*Live In Bradford (VHS vol. 9, 1983)

*Live In Birmingham (VHS vol. 10, 1985)

*Allah Ditta Hall (VHS vol. 11, 1985)

*Harrow Leisure Centre (VHS vol. 12)

*University Of Aston (VHS vol. 13, 1988)

*Aston University (VHS vol. 14, 1988)

*WOMAD Festival Bracknell (VHS vol. 15, 1988)

*Live In Paris (VHS vol. 16, 1988)

*Poplar Civic Centre London (VHS vol. 17)

*Imperial Hotel Birmingham (VHS vol. 18, 1985)

*Slough Gurdawara (SHABADS) (VHS vol. 19)

*Imran Khan Cancer Appeal (VHS vol. 20)

*Town Hall Birmingham (VHS vol. 21, 1993)

See also

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan albums

Music of Pakistan

List of Pakistani musicians

References

Additional reading

Baud, Pierre-Alain. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Messenger of Qawwali. Editions Demi-Lune, 2008. (A biography of Nusrat.)

External links

Article with brief 1993 interview (edwebproject.org)

KING OF QAWALI Documentary on You Tube's Dawn news Channel

NPR Audio Report: Nusrat Fate*h Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan

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Birthname	Malika Haqq
Birthdate	March 10, 1983
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress

Malika Haqq (born March 10, 1983) is an American actress who is well known for her role as Penny in 2005 release Sky High. She acted in the movie with her twin sister Khadijah Haqq in ATL as Star.

Haqq was once Khloe Kardashian's assistant but decided to quit and just be more of friends.

She and her twin sister Khadijah, are friends with Khloe Kardashian. Haqq has appeared on several episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Khloé & Lamar. She was also the lead role on Omarion's video "Speedin'", the two have been best friends since childhood. Haqq has also been known to have dated Chicago Bulls player Rasual Butler and her best friend's brother, Rob Kardashian.

Filmography

Somebody Help Me 2 (2010) ... Jasmine

20 Years After (2008) ... Dilcy

Las Vegas (2007) ... Mindy Hayes (1 episode)

School for Scoundrels (2006) ... Margaret

ATL (2006) ... Star

Sky High (2005) ... Penny

The Bernie Mac Show (2005) ... Uncredited (1 episode)

Strong Medicine (2004) ... Sanya Valdez (1 episode)

Reality TV appearances

Khloe and Lamar (2011) ... Herself (multiple episodes)

Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2008) ... Herself (multiple episodes)

References

External links

Category:American film actors Category:American people of Iranian descent Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:Living people Category:1983 births

Name	Feisal Abdul Rauf
Caption	Rauf at the 2005 World Economic Forum in Cologny, Switzerland.
Birth date	1948
Birth place	Kuwait
Known for	Sponsor of Park51, AKA Cordoba House
Occupation	Imam, author, landlord
Nationality	American

Feisal Abdul Rauf (, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West. From 1983 to 2009, he served as Imam of Masjid al-Farah, a mosque in New York City.

He has written three books on Islam and its place in contemporary Western society, including What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America, and founded two non-profit organizations whose stated missions are to enhance the discourse on Islam in society. He has condemned the 9/11 attacks as un-Islamic and called on the U.S. government to reduce the threat of terrorism by altering its Middle Eastern foreign policy. Author Karen Armstrong, among others, has praised him for his attempts to build bridges between the West and the Muslim world.

In 2010, Sufi Imam Rauf received national attention for his plans to build Park51, an Islamic Community Center, two blocks from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.

Early life

Rauf was born in Kuwait. His father, Egyptian Imam and Sunni scholar Muhammad Abdul Rauf (1917–2004), moved with the younger Rauf to New York City in the 1960s. The elder Rauf assisted with efforts to create the multimillion dollar Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the first building designed as a mosque in New York City, which took 25 years to complete and opened in 1991. His father, Abdul Rauf, was actively involved in the American Civil Rights Movement with Malcolm X.

Rauf studied physics at Columbia University, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in nuclear engineering in 1969, before earning a master's degree in plasma physics at Stevens Institute in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Career

After his studies, Rauf focused on his religious aspirations, and became a popular leader of a New York City mosque. Rauf served as imam of Masjid al-Farah at 245 West Broadway in New York City's Tribeca district between the years 1983 and 2009.), a civil society organization aimed at promoting positive engagement between American society and American Muslims. The organization is now headed by his wife. and has received both the Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution’s annual Alliance Peacebuilder Award and The Interfaith Center of New York’s annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Award (2006). He was a major speaker at the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia.

In 2003, Rauf founded the Cordoba Initiative, another registered nonprofit organization with offices in both New York and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As CEO of Cordoba Initiative, Rauf coordinates projects that emphasize the bonds that connect the Muslim world and the West.

Rauf is a friend of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order, and in 1983 was appointed prayer leader at their New York City mosque, Masjid al-Farah. In 1997 he founded the American Sufi Muslim Society (ASMA), which has since been renamed the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

British author Karen Armstrong said in the introduction to Rauf's book:

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf ... is a bridge figure because he has deep roots in both worlds. He was educated in Egypt, England, Malaysia and the United States, and his mosque in New York City is only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. After September 11, people often asked me, "Where are the moderate Muslims? Why are they not speaking out?" In Imam Rauf, we have a Muslim who can speak to Western people in a way they understand."

Walter Isaacson, head of The Aspen Institute, says Rauf "has participated at the Aspen Institute in Muslim-Christian-Jewish working groups looking at ways to promote greater religious tolerance. He has consistently denounced radical Islam and terrorism, and promoted a moderate and tolerant Islam."

Controversies

Post-9/11 comments

Following the September 11 attacks, Rauf conducted training and speeches for the F.B.I. and U.S. State Department. referring to comments Rauf made when interviewed by Ed Bradley on CBS 60 Minutes on September 30, 2001. Rauf's website says he was referring to the US CIA in the 1980s "financing Osama Bin Laden and strengthening the Taliban." Columnist Jonathan Rauch wrote that Rauf gave a "mixed, muddled, muttered" message after 9/11. Nineteen days after the attacks, he told CBS's 60 Minutes that fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam. Rauch said that the message was mixed, however, because when then asked if the U.S. deserved the attacks, Rauf answered, "I wouldn't say that the United States deserved what happened. But the United States' policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."

Although this CIA-Osama bin Laden controversy has been brought up by many others, Rudy Giuliani, Peter T. King, Rick Lazio, and Sarah Palin expressed concern about these remarks when discussing Rauf as the driving force behind the Park51 project. As Daisy Khan, Rauf's wife, explained on August 15, 2010 on This Week with Christiane Amanpour:

KHAN: It was a longer interview, and in the longer interview, he talked about the CIA support specifically to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. And... AMANPOUR: You mean that... KHAN: Yes, in the '80s. AMANPOUR: ... against the Soviet Union. KHAN: The Soviet Union. And how this was, you know, in CIA terms, a blowback of that. That's what he meant.

At National Review, Dan Foster wrote:

When you say that the United States was "an accessory to the crime" of 9/11, as he did, it tends to blunt my ability to pick up the subtleties of what comes after. That interview was equivocal at every turn, and when moral equivalences are trotted out re: 9/11, the tie goes to "you're either with us, or with the terrorists." In other words, we are perfectly entitled to suspect that the "accessories to the crime" bit represents the investment, while the "condemning terrorism" bit is merely the hedge.

The editors of the magazine wrote "While he cannot quite bring himself to blame the terrorists for being terrorists, he finds it easy to blame the United States for being a victim of terrorism."

In 2004, he said the U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they have done to Muslims before terrorism can end. Speaking at his New York mosque, Rauf said:

The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.

He also said that there could be little progress in Western-Islamic relations until the U.S. acknowledged backing Middle East dictators, and the U.S. President gave an "American Culpa" speech to the Muslim world, because there are "an endless supply of angry young Muslim rebels prepared to die for their cause and there [is] no sign of the attacks ending unless there [is] a fundamental change in the world". Sarah Palin and Lazio criticized his refusal to agree with the assessment of the United States that Hamas is a terrorist organization, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani alleged that Rauf had supported radical causes that sympathized with Islamic terrorism.

New York's Mayor Bloomberg was asked to comment on whether Rauf is a man of peace, given his background "where he's supposedly supported Hamas, [and] blamed the U.S. for 9/11 attacks". Bloomberg responded:

My job is not to vet clergy in this city.... Everybody has a right to their opinions. You don't have to worship there.... this country is not built around ... only those ... clergy people that we agree with. It's built around freedom. That's the wonderful thing about the First Amendment—you can say anything you want.

Park51

at this former Burlington Coat Factory, two blocks from Ground Zero.]] In 2009, The New York Times reported on the plans for an Islamic center to be established at 45 Park Place, two blocks from Ground Zero:

A presence so close to the World Trade Center, "where a piece of the wreckage fell", said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric leading the project, "sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11. We want to push back against the extremists...The location is not designated a mosque, but rather an overflow prayer space for another mosque, Al Farah at 245 West Broadway in TriBeCa, where Imam Feisal is the spiritual leader."

It was considered to be akin to the Chautauqua Institution, the 92 Street YMCA or the Jewish Community Center:

Joy Levitt, executive director of the Jewish Community Center, said the group would be proud to be a model for Imam Feisal at ground zero. “For the J.C.C. to have partners in the Muslim community that share our vision of pluralism and tolerance would be great,” she said. Mr. El-Gamal agreed. “What happened that day,” he said, “was not Islam.”

Sharif El-Gamal, chairman and chief executive of Soho Properties, bought 45 Park Place in July, 2009. "It’s really to provide a place of peace, a place of services and solutions for the community which is always looking for interfaith dialogue."

Later, the interfaith community center was named Cordoba House, after the Great Mosque of Córdoba, a mosque built in Spain during the Islamic occupation after being converted by the Umayyad Moors from the Visigothic Christian church. According to the September 8, 2010 statement by Park51:

“Park51 is the name of the planned Muslim community center being built in lower Manhattan. Park51 is also the name of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity that has already been established, which will fund and oversee this initiative. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will be the spiritual leader of the Cordoba House which will be the interfaith and religious component of the center and will reside within Park51.” About Park51: Park51 is a nonsectarian community, cultural and interfaith spiritual center along with a Muslim prayer area and a monument to honor all those we lost on 9/11.

Plans for the project include a mosque which would accommodate 1,000–2,000 Muslims in prayer. Rauf won support from the local Community Board, and received both support and opposition from some 9/11 families, politicians, organizations, academics, and others. The initiative was supported by some Muslim American leaders and organizations, including CAIR, and criticized by some other Muslims such as Sufi mystic Stephen Suleyman Schwartz, director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism in Washington. Supporters of the project point out that two mosques already have firm roots in Lower Manhattan and that one of them was founded in 1970, pre-dating the World Trade Center.

Controversy over the location ensued, and in an interview with Larry King on September 8, 2010 Rauf was asked "...given what you know now, would you have said, listen, let's not do it there? Because it sounds like you're saying in retrospect wouldn't have done it." Rauf answered:

If I knew this would happen, this would cause this kind of pain, I wouldn't have done it. My life has been devoted to peacemaking.

On January 14, 2011, Park51 developer Sharif el-Gamal surprised Rauf by unilaterally announcing that Rauf would no longer speak for or raise money for Park51, replacing him with Imam Abdallah Adhami. The split was attributed to a number of differences in vision for the project -- Rauf had wanted a larger interfaith center named Cordoba House, but el-Gamal had changed the name to Park51, wanted it to primarily serve Muslims, and wanted it to have a local rather than global scope. The removal of Rauf from this leadership role raised concerns that the project would be unable to raise the necessary funds to build the planned center. On January 29, Rauf announced that he would move the Cordoba House to a different site if one were offered to him and if the new site was "on par, or even better" than the current Park51 site. He also discussed differences between himself and el-Gamal, saying ""Mr. Gamal is more focused on the Islam aspect than on the multifaith aspect of it. . . He came at this from the point of view of wanting to establish an Islamic center."

Statements on religious relations and Sharia Law

Some have referred to Imam Feisal's statements about Sharia Law and the role of other religions in the Islamic communities as "radical", "worrying", "equivocal" and "deceptive". Ibn Warraq wrote in the National Review:

Before President Barack Obama's planned visit to Turkey, Imam Feisal, writing in the Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad on March 31, 2009, stated of Sharia Law:

Rental properties

in Union City, New Jersey, one of several in Hudson County owned by Rauf.]] Rauf owns several apartment buildings in Hudson County, New Jersey, including four in Union City, and one in North Bergen in which he lives. By 2010, numerous residents of Rauf's properties in Union City had alleged that those properties have fallen into disrepair over the course of the prior several years, with some of the residents attributing this to time Rauf spends on his activities in Lower Manhattan. One resident in particular described Rauf's property at 2206 Central Avenue as "horrible" and a "mess", describing a two-week period during the winter of 2009 in which the residents lacked hot water following the malfunction of the building's boiler. Residents have also cited rat and bed bug infestations, and have complained that such issues can take up to six months to be resolved. Union City spokesperson Mark Albiez confirmed that multiple health violations have been leveled against Rauf's properties. These allegations have added to the controversy over Park51. and the creation of a Quality of Life Task Force to identify 15 apartment buildings in need of renovations, including Rauf's. A September 15, 2010 hearing revealed that following a September 7 inspection that determined imminent hazards, police began monitoring two of Rauf's buildings, due to inoperable fire alarms and sprinklers, and failure on Rauf's part to hire a private fire patrol. Judge Thomas Olivieri gave Rauf's lawyers until September 23 to produce plans and evidence of efforts to address these violations, lest Rauf face loss of control over the buildings. Some Union City residents questioned why the timing of these actions against Rauf's properties did not become an issue in New York City and national media, and why the long-standing problems faced by these properties were not addressed until the larger controversy over Park51 came to light, particularly given that Stack became mayor in 2000. On November 9, Judge Olivieri placed the Central Avenue property into temporary custodial receivership, with $7,000 in rent payments held in escrow from Rauf's attorney set aside to pay for the repairs.

According to 2010 reports by the Bergen Record, Rauf met with U.S. Senator Robert Menendez around 1991 when Menendez was Mayor of Union City, to request state funds to renovate three of his properties. As a result, Rauf received $80,000 in city funds, $384,000 from the Union City Community Development Agency, $1.3 million in construction loans from Hudson County's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and $630,900 from the state. Rauf was also sued for fraud in 2008 by his one-time business partner, James Cockinos, over a $250,000 mortgage that Cockinos gave Rauf for his Central Avenue property, ownership of which Rauf then transferred to Sage Developments for a second $650,000 mortgage. Rauf and his wife, Daisy Khan, made payments to Cockinos for 11 years, but ceased after a fire damaged the property. The two parties settled out of court. The Record also reported that records beginning thirty years previous indicated that Rauf owned an apartment in North Bergen and in Palisades Park. Though records indicate Rauf owns a home on 78th Street in North Bergen, a neighbor indicated that Khan is there more often than the frequently traveling Rauf, and it is unclear if he still owns the Palisades Park property. and at times functions as his spokesperson. They live in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam: A Sacred Law (Threshold Books, 2000) ISBN 978-0939660704

Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam: A Search for Meaning (Mazda Publishers, 1996) ISBN 978-1568590370

Feisal Abdul Rauf and Laleh Bakhtiar, Quran for Children (Kazi Publications, 1985) ISBN 978-0935782080

Other writings

"Building on Faith", The New York Times. September 7, 2010.

"Need for some cultural sensitivity", The Star (Malaysia). May 12, 2010.

"Using Qur'anic Narratives in Pursuit of Peace", Common Ground News Service, March 4, 2010.

"Putting the faith back", The Star (Malaysia). December 30, 2009.

"Religion must be part of the Afghanistan solution", The Star (Malaysia). October 12, 2009.

"Sharing the core of our beliefs", Common Ground News Service, March 31, 2009.

"Religious organisations are key to Mideast peace", Common Ground News Service, March 5, 2009.

"Preventing Chaos", The Star (Malaysia). March 9, 2008.

"Asceticism in Islam", Cross Currents. Winter, 2008, (vol. 57 No. 4) ed. by Pederson, Kusumita.

"The Ideals We Share", Newsweek. July 31, 2007. with Khan, Daisy.

"The End of Barbarism: The Phenomenon of Torture and the Search for Common Good", Pursuing the Global Common Good: Principle and Practice in US Foreign Policy. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. 2007. with Schulz, William F., ed. by Steenland, Sally, et al. video

"What is Sunni Islam?" in Voices of Islam: Voices of Tradition, vol. 1 of 3, ed. Cornell, Vincent J. Westport: Praeger. 2007.

"Al-Qaeda's Greatest Fear may be US Leaving Iraq". Aspen Times. October 11, 2006. with Bennett, John.

"Arab Reform Final Report". New York: Council on Foreign Relations. 2005. with Albright, Madeleine, et al.

"Bringing Muslim Nations into the Global Century", Fortune. October 18, 2004.

References

External links

Biography at the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA)

Biography at Cordoba Initiative

Feisal Abdul Rauf "On Faith" column archives at Washington Post/Newsweek (2008 to present)

Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf at Beliefnet, includes columns

Appearances on C-SPAN

Collected news and commentary at NPR

Collected news and commentary at The New York Times

Interview, Muslims, PBS Frontline documentary

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Region	Islamic philosophy
Era	Medieval philosophy
Color	#B0C4DE
Name	Abdul Haqq Dehlavi |
Birth date	1551Delhi
Death date	1642Delhi
Influences
Influenced

Sheikh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlawi or Al Muhaddith Shaykh Abdul Haqq Dehlavi () was an Islamic scholar.

Biography

He was born in 1551 (958 AH) in in Delhi, hence the suffix Dehlavi to his name. He went on become a noted writer in Arabic and Persian, who won favour from both Mughal Emperors, Jahangir (r.1605-28) and Shah Jahan (r.1628-58), and in time became a respected scholar on Islam. His ancestors were natives of Bokhara, and later while visiting Delhi was ennobled and attached to the Mughal Royal Court at Delhi. His father too made a name for himself in the courts.

In 996 AH, 1587 CE, he made the pilgrimage to Mecca, where he stayed remained for the next two years studying the Prophetic traditions (Hadith) and Sufism under various noted scholars. Upon his return to Delhi, he taught for half a century, and authored more than 100 works, noted among them a history of Medina, a biography of Prophet Muhammad, and a work on the lives of saints. He died in Delhi, in 1642 (1052 AH), and has over 40 works to his name.

His mausoleum, today exists at the edge of Hauz-i-Shamsi near Qutub Minar, Mehrauli, Delhi.

Legacy

Abdulhaq Haqqi Muhaddith Dehlavi-> Noorul Haq Mashriki-> Nurullah-> Muhibullah-> Noorulhaq-> Muhibul haq-> Nizamuddin-> Khan Bhahadur Ikramuddin-> Khan Sahib Ehsanul Haq-> Khan Bhahadur Anwarul Haq-> Khan Bhahadur Salamul Haq-> Tasneemul Haq-> Abdulhaq Farhan Dehlavi( Living lone Descendant from The Muftwallan Branchof Delhi)at Delhi

Works

"Akhbar al Akhyar", 16th Century. Urdu Edition 1990. Sharh Mishkat Shareef Perfection of Faith (Translation), Adam Publishers.

External links

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Category:1551 births Category:1642 deaths Category:Persian writers Category:Mughal historians Category:People from Delhi Category:Mughal Empire Category:Indian writers Category:Indian Shi'a Muslims