Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi SI
Ghamidi at Georgetown University, USA, 27 May 2015.
Founder and Patron Al-Mawrid (A Foundation for Islamic Research and Education) (Principal Research Fellow of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning)
Personal
Born	(1952-04-18) 18 April 1952 (age 72) Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Pakistani
Era	Islamic modern era
Main interest(s)	Islamic law Quran Exegesis Islamic philosophy Islamic history Modern philosophy
Notable idea(s)	Separation of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Sharia (Divine law) Clear delineation of rules governing the primary sources of religion Complete framework for study of Islam, Counter Discourse to mystical interpretation of Islam: Sufism[1] Re-interpretation of Hadees under the framework of Quran.[2]
Notable work(s)	Mizan Counter Narrative Reconstruction of Islamic Philosophy Al Bayan (Quran exegesis)
Alma mater	Government College (MA in Philosophy, BA Hons in English Literature & Philosophy)
Occupation	Islamic scholar Philosopher Theologian Historian Linguistic Political Theorist Poet
Muslim leader
Influenced by Shibli Nomani Hamiduddin Farahi Amin Ahsan Islahi Sulaiman Nadvi Allama Iqbal Abul Kalam Azad Abul Ala Maududi Wahiduddin Khan Aristotle Plato Friedrich Nietzsche Immanuel Kant René Descartes
Influenced Ammar Khan Nasir Abu Yahya Shehzad Saleem Khalid Zaheer Asif Iftikhar Sajid Hameed Muhammad Amir Gazdar Moiz Amjad Adnan Zulfiqar Muhammad Hassan Ilyas Hamza Ali Abbasi Nahiem Ajmal Muhammad Ali Mirza
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Website	javedahmadghamidi.com//

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (Urdu: جاوید احمد غامدی, romanized: Jāvēd Aḥmad Ghāmidī; April 7, 1952)^[3] is a Pakistani philosopher, poet, educationist, and a scholar of Islam. He is also the founding President of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisation Danish Sara.^[4]

He became a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology (responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the Pakistani Government and the country's Parliament) on 28 January 2006, where he remained for a couple of years.^[5] He also taught Islamic studies at the Civil Services Academy for more than a decade from 1979 to 1991.^[6] He was also a student of Islamic scholar and exegete, Amin Ahsan Islahi. He is running an intellectual movement similar to Wasatiyyah, on the popular electronic media of Pakistan.^[7] Currently he is Principal Research Fellow and Chief Patron of Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning in United States. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi was named in The Muslim 500 (The World's Most Influential Muslims) in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions.