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Abdalqadir as-Sufi

1930 - 2021

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Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Stewart Dallas; 1930 Ayr – 1 August 2021 Cape Town) was a Scottish Muslim leader and author. He was Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism and political theory. Born in Scotland, he was a playwright and actor before he converted to Islam in 1967 with the Imam of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdalqadir as-Sufi is the 536th most popular social activist (down from 526th in 2019), the 4,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,963rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abdalqadir as-Sufi ranks 536 out of 840. Before him are Tatyana Baramzina, Shivakumara Swami, Nadia Murad, Abraham Flexner, Ted Grant, and Ivan Betskoy. After him are Mykola Rudenko, Agnès Callamard, Aminatou Haidar, Dorothea Dix, Prudencia Ayala, and Muthulakshmi Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Abdalqadir as-Sufi ranks 461. Before him are Adolf Born, Célestin Oliver, Carmelo Cedrún, Renato Ruggiero, David Piper, and Monique Mercure. After him are Prawitz Öberg, Günter Lamprecht, Richard Bonynge, Catherine Hardy Lavender, Nevin Çokay, and Duvall Hecht. Among people deceased in 2021, Abdalqadir as-Sufi ranks 466. Before him are Mona Malm, Donald Arnold, Gavin MacLeod, Isaak Khalatnikov, Gimax, and Peter Lorimer. After him are Olha Ilkiv, Sergei Solovyov, Alfonso Sastre, Aleksandr Privalov, Abubakar Shekau, and Yury Sharov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Abdalqadir as-Sufi ranks 4,215 out of 8,785. Before him are Aubrey de Grey (1963), Kris Marshall (1973), Nathaniel Clyne (1991), Michael Hordern (1911), Thomas Thomson (1817), and Jake Weber (1963). After him are Saffron Burrows (1972), Sandy Denny (1947), Michael Hurst (1957), Elizabeth Spriggs (1929), Queenie Newall (1854), and Roland Orzabal (1961).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Abdalqadir as-Sufi ranks 34. Before him are Mirabehn (1892), Hereward the Wake (1035), Donald Watson (1910), Mary Toft (1703), Jack Sheppard (1702), and Annie Kenney (1879). After him are Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Grey Owl (1888), Octavia Hill (1838), and James Larkin (1876).

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