Stepping off the busy London street and through the welcoming threshold of the UK’s oldest Islamic bookshop, and immediately I can breathe. The hurry and hustle of life, of the city, slip off as easily as my coat when I enter the hushed, comforting atmosphere of this literary sanctuary. For the past forty years, Ta-Ha […]
Muhammad ‘Ata’ur-Rahim
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Muhammad ‘Ata’ ur-Rahim, born in Hyderabad, India, relocated to Pakistan after the Partition in 1947. He held degrees from Aligarh Muslim University and pursued further education in Edinburgh and London. A respected scholar in Archaeology, Art, and Religion, he served as a Colonel during World War II. Later, he became the Principal of Urdu College in Karachi. He authored many works on comparative religion. He passed away in 1978.
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