411. Syed Asif Ibrahim

Chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB)

S.A. Ibrahim, an Indian Police Service officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who has direct experience of anti-terror operations, was Monday appointed director of the Intelligence Bureau, becoming the first Muslim to hold the sensitive post.

59-year-old Ibrahim, a 1977 batch IPS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, will take over as officer on special duty on December one, a procedure for smooth transition of power from the incumbent Director to the new one, official sources said.

The name of Ibrahim was cleared by the ACC and a formal order is expected to be out in a day or two, the sources said. He will be taking over from Nehchal Sandhu who retires on December 31.

Ibrahim will have a fixed tenure of two years beginning January one, 2013.

Ibrahim, who is at present in Special Director in the organisation after his return from London where he served as Minister (Coordination), has been with the IB for nearly three decades and served the organisation in various capacities handling operations, Kashmir, Naxal, security and cyber security.

He was also Private Secretary to Madhavrao Scindia and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.
Ibrahim is the first Muslim who has risen to the top most post of the prestigious organisation since Independence.

Source : NDTV

410. Dr. Obaidullah Fahad

• Dr. Fahd holds a Ph.D. in ‘Concept of Shura in Islamic State and its Contemporary Interpretations’

• He is a senior faculty member in Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

• He is a gold medalist in M.A

• Dr. Fahd has got a 14 years of teaching and research experience with the Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim     University  (A.M.U.)  and a 4 years  of  experience of I.O.S.N., Delhi

• The author of more than two dozen book in Urdu and English languages. His books include: Principles of Diplomacy in Islam,    Islamic Revivalism: An Approach Study and Islamic Polity and Orientalists.

Source : peacetvurdu.org

409. Dr. Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. 1966.  Aligarh Muslim University, India.  (Thesis Title:  A Critical Examination of the Recent Theories of Profit)
• M.A. (Economics). 1960.   Aligarh Muslim University, India.
• Shariah Studies at Rampur and Saraimer (Azamgarh), India 1950-54

ACADEMIC HONORS:

• Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Business Administration, 2010
• Awarded King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, 1982.
• Shah Waliullah Award for 2001, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, May 2003
• American Finance House Award, 1993
• Award for Life-long Contributions to Islamic Insurance and Banking, Takaful  Forum, New York, 2000
• Topped the list of successful candidates, at the B.A. and M.A. exams at A.M.U., Aligarh (1958 and 1960)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

• Distinguished University Professor at the International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August-September 2006
• Consultant to a private firm, American Islamic Finance, based in Los Angeles, June 2004 to December 2005
• Visiting Scholar, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 2002 - April 2003
• Fellow, Center for Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Fall 2001.
• Professor of Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  1978 - 2000.
• Professor of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, India. 1977 - 1983.
• Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, India.  1975 - 1976.
• Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. 1961 - 1974.

Note:   Taught courses on Price Theory, Distribution Theory, Money and Banking, Public Finance,
Development Economics, History of Economic Thought, Mathematical Economics, Statistical Inference, etc.  

SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS:

Supervised several Ph.D. dissertations at Aligarh University, Ummul Qura University, (Makkah),
Imam Saud University, (Riyadh) and Sokoto University,  (Nigeria).
For a selective list, see Appendix D.  

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY POSITIONS:

• President, International Association for Islamic Economics - 2001-2003.
• Member, Board of Trusties, AAOIFI (Accounting and Auditing Organization for
  Islamic Financial Institutions, Bahrain) 1999 - 2001.
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic
  Economics, Jeddah. 1983 - 2000.
• Member International Board, Review of Islamic Economics, International
  Association of Islamic Economics, Leicester, U.K. 1991 -
• Member, Advisory Board, Islamic Economic Studies, Islamic Research and Training
  Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah.
• Member, Editorial Board, IQTISAD Journal of Islamic Economics, Yogyakarta,  Indonesia, 1999 -  .
• Member, Advisory Editorial Board, The American Journal of Islamic Social
  Sciences, AMSS & IIIT, U.S.A. 1985 - 1999.
• Member, Advisory Board of the Journal, Humonomics, Toronto, Canada.  1985 -
• Member, Advisory Board, MASS, Journal of Islamic Sciences, Aligarh, India.  1985 - 1997.
• Editor, Islamic Thought, Aligarh. 1954 - 1959.
• Acted as referee to several scholarly Journals including the Economic Journal (U.K.)
• Participated in drawing up syllabuses for Economics / Islamic economics at  Aligarh Muslim University, King Abdulaziz University, International Islamic University, (Islamabad), International Islamic University, (Kuala Lumpur),  Sokoto University, (Nigeria), Imam Saud University, (Riyadh) and Ummul Qura University,  (Makkah).

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• Member Academic Committee, Centre for Research in Islamic Economics,
  King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah. 1980 - 2000.
• Member Academic Council, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1977-78.
• Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University,   Aligarh. 1977-78.
• Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University,  Aligarh. 1977-78.
• Warden, Aftab Hostel, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 1961-63.

BOOKS AUTHORED:

16 books in English, 13 in Urdu, 7 in Arabic and several in Indonesian, Malaysian, Turkish, Persian and Hindi,
translated from the original English work. See Appendix A and B for details.

PAPERS AUTHORED:

A list of 64 papers published in academic journals and compilations is given in Appendix C. Some of these papers are available on the author's website.

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS:

Attended a large number of events to present a paper, give a keynote address, chair a session, and comment on a paper or as a member of the organizing committee. Some of these were held in the countries named below, in alphabetical order:

Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.S.A.  

Source : siddiqi.com

408. Prof. Faizan Mustafa

Founder Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Orissa.

Prof. (Dr) Faizan Mustafa is the Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He was the founder Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Orissa. He has also served as Dean, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University and Registrar of AMU. He is the founder Director of KIIT Law School. He is the Advisor to National Law School & Judicial Academy, Assam. He is known for his institution building abilities and democratic leadership. He is also visiting faculty to several reputed institutions in India and abroad. He has visited and lectured in several countries of the world. He has earlier served in U.A.E. and Africa.

Prof. Mustafa is a gold medalist in LL.M. from Aligarh Muslim University. He completed his Ph.D. in Copyright Law. He also has a diploma in International and Comparative Human Rights from International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. 

He was also consulted in the drafting of Erritrion Constitution and Asian Human Rights Charter of Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong. As a keen researcher and avid academician, Dr. Mustafa has authored several books and has about hundred national and International papers to his credit. Supreme Court of India has also quoted his article in its decision on right to die. He has worked in unexplored areas like Copyright Law, HIV Law, Art.356, Strict Liability Law, Freedom of Information Law, Religious Conversion Laws etc. He has written in new areas such as HIV Law, Freedom of Information Law, Right to Die, Mandatory Death Sentence etc. much before the Indian Parliament legislated on these issues or Indian Judiciary delivered landmark decisions on these subjects.  He regularly writes for the National Dailies. He was the member of several search committees for the appointment of Vice-Chancellors of National Law Universities. He is also member of Governing Bodies, Academic Councils and Executive Councils of various leading universities of India. He was also Member of several UGC Committees.

Source : nalsar.ac.in

407. Prof. Tahir Mahmood

Formerly :
Dean, Delhi University Faculty of Law
Chairman, National Minorities Commission
& Member, Law Commission of India. 

Dr. Tahir Mahmood, Member, Law Commission of India, is a renowned jurist specializing in Islamic Law, Hindu Law, Religion and Law and Law Relating to Minorities. He has been Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Member, National Human Rights Commission and Jurist-Member, Ranganath Misra Commission. Dr. Mahmood is well known in India and abroad for his expertise in religion and the law, human rights and civil liberties, especially the law relating to the educational rights of Minorities. He is a globally noted authority on Islamic Law, Legal Systems of the Arab World and Hindu Law, subjects on which he has written and edited more than two dozen books and 500 research papers.

His academic work, which focuses on his progressive interpretation of these laws, is widely acclaimed and has been cited by the Supreme Court of India and many State High Courts in more than 20 judgments besides being prescribed by many Indian and foreign Universities for higher legal studies.

He has inaugurated, attended and presided over many international conferences and seminars all over the world and has delivered numerous lectures at internationally renowned Universities including the Universities of Harvard, Cambridge, London, Iowa and many others.

As an expert on family laws, he has advised the International Commission of Jurists and many foreign governments. He is associated in different capacities with a number of notable Indian and foreign academic, legal and human rights organizations, prominent amongst them being the International Society on Family Law, Paris, the Vienna Christian-Islamic Round Table, the International Consortium of Religion and Law Studies, Milan, the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, Jeddah and the Committee for Drafting the Model Constitution for Islamic Countries, Kuala Lumpur. He is also the academic founder of many law schools in India including the Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of which he is the Honorary Chairman.

Professor Mahmood speaks Urdu, Hindi and English and has a fair knowledge of Arabic and Persian and is a strict vegetarian.



TAHIR MAHMOOD'S BOOKS
A. BOOKS Note :-- Books no. 4, 6, 7, 8 & 11 have been cited by Supreme Court & various High Courts in 17 different judgments
(a) Books authored
1. Changing Law of the Hindu Society (1968) 2. Family Law Reform in the Muslim World (1972) – [Malayalam translation 1982] 3. An Indian Civil Code and Islamic Law (1976) 4. Muslim Personal Law : Role of State in the Subcontinent (1977) – [2nd ed 1983] * 5. Family Planning : Muslim Viewpoint (1977) – reprinted 1981 6. Civil Marriage Law of India : Perspectives and Prospects (1978) * 7. The Muslim Law of India (1980) – [3rd edition 2002]* 8. Studies in Hindu Law (1981) – 3 volumes; [reprinted 1998]* 9. Personal Laws in Crisis – Endowment Lectures, Bombay University (1986) 10. Statutes of Personal Law in Islamic Countries : Texts & Analysis (1987) – [2nd edition 1995] 11. Statute Law relating to Muslims in India : Islamic & Constitutional Perspectives (1995)* 12. Uniform Civil Code : Fictions and Facts (1995) – [Malayalam translation 1999] 13. From the Heart : Select Speeches on Religion, Law and Literature (1998) 14. Minorities Commission : Minor Role in Major Affairs (2005) 15. Amid Gods and Lords : My Life with Votaries of Religion and Law (2005) 16. Laws of India on Religion and Religious Affairs (2008) (b) Anthologies [books edited] 17. Islamic Law in Modern India (1972) 18. Family Law and Social Change (1975) 19. Minorities and State at the Indian Law (1991) 20. Pressing Issues Facing the Nation (1992) 21. Human Rights in Islamic Law (1993) 22. Criminal Law in Islam and the Muslim World (1996) 23. Islamic Law in Indian Courts Since Independence: Fifty Years of Judicial Interpretation (1997) 24. Politics of Minority Educational Institutions : Law & Reality in Subcontinent (2007) 25. Vienna Interfaith Dialogue Yearbooks (2004–2007) – four volumes (i) Reading Signs of Time (iii) Intolerance and Violence (ii) Poverty and Injustice (iv) Education and Equality



(c) Muslim Law Classics Revised & Updated
26. Syed Ameer Ali’s two-volume book on Muslim Law (1985) 27. Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee’s casebook on Muslim Law (2005) 28. Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee’s textbook on Muslim Law (2008) 29. DF Mulla’s book on Principles of Muslim Law (in progress)
(d) Original Books in Urdu
30. Muslim Personal Law ke Tahaffuz ka Mas’ala (1972) 31. Hayat-e-Mahmood : Sawaneh-o-Nazariyat (1986) 32. Dil ki Hekayetein: Intikhab-e-Afkar (1998) 33. Jur’at-e-Rindana: Nazariyat-o-Shakhsiyat (2001) 34. Taza Hain Merey Waredat : Majmu’ah-e-Maqalat (2005) 35. Qissa-e-Dard Sunatey Hain : Afkar-o-Sawaneh (2009) (e) Books translated 36. Compendium of Islamic Laws – English translation of Muslim Law Board’s Urdu book (2001) 37. Muslim Qanoon ke Usool – Urdu translation of DF Mulla’s English book on Muslim law (2001) 38. Basic Reader of the Holy Qur'an – translation of late SM Hasan’s Urdu book on tajwid (2002) 39. Isharat-e-Waqt ka Shu’oor (Vienna Dialogue Yearbook) – translated from English to Urdu (2004) 40. Adam Rawadari aur Tashaddud (Vienna Dialogue Yearbook) – translated from English (2006)
(f) Journals (Founder-Editor)



1. Islamic and Comparative Law Quarterly – 44 issues (1981—1996) 2. Religion and Law Review – 12 issues (1992—1999) 3. Minorities India Quarterly – 12 issues (1996—1999) 4. Amity Law Watch – 12 issues (2003–2009).

 Hon'ble Member of the Law Commission of India, Professor Dr. Tahir Mahmood has earlier served as Dean of the Delhi University Law Faculty, Chairman of the National Minorities Commission and Expert-Member of the Ranganath Misra Special Commission on Minorities. The illustrious Professor has authored a large number of books in several languages, many of which have been cited with appreciation in the judgments of the Supreme Court of India and of various High Courts. Well known at home and abroad and associated in an advisory capacity with several foreign institutions, the highly reputed academic specializes in the laws on religion, human rights, minorities and family relations.

Source : Wikipedia, iclars.org

406. Sayeed Ullah Nongrum

Sayeed Ullah Nongrum is a well-known Muslim personality of Shillong. He started his career as a time scale clerk of Telecommunications Department in 1967 and rose to the post of Public Relations Officer from which he voluntarily retired in 1992. Born on 25 November 1945, he took his early education in Shillong and passed matriculation in 1960 from Islamia High School, Shillong, and did his graduation in 1964 and MA in Urdu in 1969 from the University of Guwahati, Assam. He is Meghalaya’s first and only Khasi Muslim to do the postgraduation in Urdu language.

Mr Nongrum has been in the limelight for his selfless social work. He has continuously been elected as the General Secretary of Shillong Muslim Union since 1982. He was Secretary of the Managing Committee of prestigious Islamia High School (1920) of Shillong from 1983-1985 and also the seniormost member of the Meghalaya Board of Wakf (1988). Currently, besides being the elected Secretary of the Meghalaya Wakf Board, he is the President of Shillong Muslim Panchayat (1942)., founder Vice President of Governing Body of Unishyrpi College (1994), Laban, Shillong, and founder President of Qazi & Jaman College, Bhaitbari (1990) and Jinjiram College (2000), Rajabala in West Garo Hills district.

Sayeed Ullah Nongrum contested and won 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election from Rajabala constituency as an independent candidate, but was defeated in 1998 election by a margin of 29 votes. At present he is the Chairman of the Meghalaya Industrial Development Corporation and the Meghalaya Land Revenue Review Committee and Co-ordinator of the Assam-Meghalaya Boundary Settlement Committee.

He is a linguist and fluently speaks in Urdu, Persian, Tamil, Nepali, Bengali, Hindi and Assamese, besides English and Khasi languages. He is married to Fatima Beum Dkhar (formerly Florabell Dkhar). The couple has four children: two sons and two daughters. 

India will have its first glass mosque - in the country's northeast.

Madina Masjid, an imposing and resplendent structure of glass dome and glass minarets, will formally open doors to devotees  in Meghalaya's capital.

"It is an architectural marvel," Congress legislator Sayeedullah Nongrum, who helped in the mosque's construction

Source : milligazette.com

405. Sara Abubakar

Born in a Malayalam-speaking family from Kasaragod and as daughter of advocate P Ahamed and Zainabi (both deceased), she married M Abubakar - now deceased - who years later retired from the department of public works of Karnataka as assistant executive engineer. In spite of her Malayalam background, for her to have achieved so much in Kannada, speaks highly of her creativity, skill and commitment.

Speaking to our correspondent in Mangalore, Sara said that when she began writing, she was not even aware of the existence of Sahitya Parishat and institution of awards.

While expressing happiness over being chosen for the awards, she made it clear that she had not written with an intention of winning awards. She had the contentment that with her writing skills she could bring out through some of her novels the turmoil and tribulations undergone by the poor women of her community.

In one of her works, she has re-created the hardships undergone by her late husband during his service in the public works department. He had been transferred to the canals division in distant Raichur a short while before his retirement.

Her nine novels are Chandragiri Teeradalli, Sahana, Kadana Virama, SuLiyalli Sikkavaru, TaLa oDeda doNiyali, Pravaha-suLi, Panjara and ILijaru. She has also authored five collections of short stories and translated six major works from Malayalam into Kannada. The translations include the narration of the excesses during the Emergency (1977-79) and also a narrative of R B Sreekumar IPC, retired DGP of Gujarat on the pogrom that took place there.

The novel Chandragiri Teeradalli has been translated into Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, English and Hindi and has been widely acclaimed. It has been prescribed as a textbook in Bangalore, Mangalore, Kuvempu and Karnataka Women's universities. Her short story 'Niyama NiyamagaLa Madhye' has been included in the pre-univeristy second year textbook.

Since 1994, she has been publishing her works under the home banner of Chandragiri Prakashana. (The river Payaswini from Karnataka flows into Kerala after many tributaries join it, taking the name of Chandragiri. This river plays an important role in her works.)

The awards and honours in her kitty include Karnataka Sahitya Academy award of honour, Karnataka Rajyotsava award, Sahitya Bhushana award from Murugharajendra Math of Chitradurga, Saroja Devi Shri Harsha award, Daana Chintamani Attimabbe award from the government of Karnataka, Babasaheb Ambedkar award from Gorur foundation, Alvas Nudisiri award, Sandesha literary award, Nadoja title from Kannada university of Hampi, best story award for the Tamil movie 'Jameela' based on her novel Chadragiri Teeradalli, honorary Doctorate from Mangalore university, honorary Doctorate from Karnataka Women's university and many others.

She has served in various organizations and bodies like Karnataka Sahitya Academy, Doordarshan preview committee, regional advisory committee of Kendra Sahitay Akademi and many others. In 2005, she presided over the Mangalore taluk Sahitya Sammelana.

Source : mangalorean.com