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Allama Mashriqi and the Khilafat...

By Nasim Yousaf For centuries, the institution of...

Allama Mashriqi and the Khilafat Movement

By Nasim Yousaf For centuries, the institution of the Khalifa (Caliph), the temporal Head of Muslims around the world, was seen as an important symbol of Islamic unity. However, after the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Allied powers in the First World War, Muslims worried that the office of the Khalifa would be dismantled. To prevent this from occurring, the Muslims of India launched the Khilafat Movement, which ran from approximately 1919-1924. For Allama Mashriqi, who would go on to become one of South Asia’s most prominent freedom fighters,...

Allama Mashriqi and...

By Nasim Yousaf For centuries, the institution of the Khalifa (Caliph), the temporal Head of Muslims around the world, was seen as an important symbol...
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