Prof. Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri Barkati | |
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Born | 15. August 1955 Marehra | (age 69)
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Indian |
Denomination | Sunni; Sufi |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Barelvi |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Occupation | Spiritual & religious Leader of the Qadiriyya Barkatiya Silsila; Ahlus Sunnah Sufis in India |
Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri is the Sajjada Nashin of the Khanqah-e-Barkatiya Marehra Shareef of Qadri Order, a subgroup of the Indian Sufi Barelvi movement and founder of Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh with 50,000,000 adherents.[1]
He was senior professor and Chairman Department of Urdu at India's prestigious Aligarh Muslim University.[1] He has been ranked 44th in the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims of the world and only Influential Muslim from India[2] by the Amman, Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Georgetown University, Washington DC.[1][3]