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Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (age 58) |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Naqshbandi (Hijazi) |
| Movement | Barelvi |
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| Personal (Ism) | Fayḍ al-Aqṭāb فيض الأقطاب |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿUmar ibn Amīn ibn ʿAbd al-Mālik بن عبد الوهاب بن عمر بن أمين بن عبد المالك |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | aṣ-Ṣiddīqī الصديقي al-Itsharwī الإتشروي |
| Website | blessedsummit |
Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (born 1967) is aMuslim scholar, principal of theHijaz College, founder of Hijaz Community, founder of Hijaz Expo, national convener for the campaign for Global Civility, National Convenor of theMuslim Action Committee (MAC), President General of theInternational Muslims Organisation, Grand Blessed Guide of theNaqshbandi Qadri HijaziSufi Order, Chairman of Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, international lecturer in Islam, and abarrister at law.
Shaykh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi is the eldest son of the late MurshidAbdul Wahab Siddiqi and the grandson of Maulana Muhammad Umar Icharvi. Murshid Siddiqi's bloodline traces its origins directly to MurshidAbu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam and one of the closest companions of theMuhammad. He studied under his father and many other Shayukh of the time. Later he studied atAl-Azhar University inEgypt[1]
Murshid Siddiqi's father, Late Murshid Maulana Abdul Wahab Siddiqi's mausoleum and final resting place is in Nuneaton, UK. According to the British Pilgrimage Trust,[2] the mausoleum where Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Wahab Siddiqi lies, which is based at Hijaz College, is one of the most significant religious sites of pilgrimage in all of Western Europe.
Murshid Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi is the leader of the Naqshbandi Qadri Hijazi Spiritual Sufi Order, a branch of Sufism with followers in over 34 countries.
During the Danish cartoon controversy, a meeting of Islamic scholars in the United Kingdom took place in which Murshid Faiz ul Aqtab Siddiqi was chosen to represent the perspectives of British scholars and Muslims. The meeting aimed to foster dialogue around freedom of speech, particularly addressing concerns regarding the potential harm caused by unrestrained expression.
As part of this initiative, an organisation of scholars advocated for what they termed "global civility," proposing the establishment of a standard of civility in public discourse. Murshid Siddiqi authored a Declaration of Global Civility, which called upon world leaders to support the notion that mutual respect, rather than insults or vilification, should be the foundation of a civil society.
He is the principal and founding trustee of Hijaz College[3] inNuneaton,England, where he resides on campus.
Shaykh Siddiqi is a signatory to Charter 3:103 based on the verse of theQur'an which urges Muslims to remain united despite sectarian differences.[4]
Siddiqi convened the Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella organisation ofSunni andShia Islamic scholars and Islamic political groups such as theIslamic Human Rights Commission andHizb ut-Tahrir to organise a demonstration against the repeated publications of theDanish cartoons of theIslamic prophet,Muhammad. The demonstration was the largest inEurope and the largest within the UK since theSalman Rushdie incident. The organisation works to combat attacks on Islamic religious symbols.[5]
Murshid Siddiqi is the founder ofHijaz Community, which is an international network of over 10,000 professionals, focused on contributing to community enrichment through a various initiatives.
A team of 150 Hijaz community volunteers delivered over 1700 food parcels[6] to key workers, including police and medical workers, in the towns of Hinckley and Nuneaton during the coronavirus pandemic.
Murshid Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi is abarrister underEnglish and Welsh law, and as such is a member of theLincoln's Inn[7] since 1991 and practiced law for over a decade.
Murshid Siddiqi is the President General of theInternational Muslim Organisation (IMO), founded in 1980 and headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, aims to address the religious, social, and cultural needs of the global Muslim community.
Siddiqi was among the guests on theLaw in Action programme aired on 28 November 2006 which discussed the issue of Sharia courts in the UK, which was covered by many newspapers and other media. Siddiqi made the following observation about the issues:[8]
"Because we follow the same process as any case of arbitration, our decisions are binding in English law. Unless our decisions are unreasonable, they are recognised by theHigh Court."
Siddiqi was also involved in a debate inLondon in February 2008 entitledKINGDOM OF GOD: the Archbishop, the Sharia and the Law of the Land in response to a speech byArchbishopRowan Williams, in which Siddiqi defended and advocated the use of Islamic Family Law in the UK and showed hope that in the future a more educated and spiritual Muslim community in Britain would be able to live under all aspects ofShariaLaw.[9]
Siddiqi launched the Muslim Arbitration TribunalArchived 12 September 2015 at theWayback Machine to deal with the issue of forced marriages within the Muslim community.[10]
Siddiqi delivered a lecture within the walls ofTemple Church entitled "Family Law, Minorities and legal Pluralism: Should English Law give more Recognition to Islamic Law?" in November 2008 which sparked media controversy over its endorsement ofpolygamy.[11]
