Rashad Khalifa

Dr. Rashad Khalifa
Personal life
Born	(1935-11-19)19 November 1935 Kingdom of Egypt
Died	31 January 1990(1990-01-31) (aged 54) Tucson, Arizona, United States
Cause of death	Assassination[1]
Nationality	Egyptian American
Children	Sam Khalifa and Beth Bujarski
Notable work(s)	Quran - the Final Testament
Alma mater	Ain Shams University University of Arizona University of California, Riverside
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Quranism

Rashad Khalifa (Arabic: رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935 – January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International (USI), an organization that promotes the practice and study of Quranism.^[2] Khalifa saw his role as purging the accretions that found their way into Islam via hadith and sunnah, which he claimed were corrupted. Similarly, he believed that previous revelations of God, such as the Bible, contained contradictions due to human interference^[3] (a concept known as tahrif). Instead, he believed that the beliefs and practices of Islam should be based on the Quran alone. He is also known for his claims regarding the existence of a Quran code, also known as The Number 19.

His changing views regarding the essence of faith, recorded in his two renditions of the Quran, and declaring himself as a divine messenger who communicated with Gabriel, drew opposition from other Muslims.^[4] On January 31, 1990, Khalifa was found stabbed to death inside the Mosque of Tucson, in Arizona, which he founded.^[5][6]