Abdul Rashid Dawoodi

Abdul Rashid Sheikh Dawoodi is a Sunni Muslim scholar and preacher, preacher and reformer from Jammu and Kashmir, who founded the Islamic organisation Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya.

Biography Abdul Rashid Sheikh was born at Yaripora, Kulgam district.

In November 2006, he was wounded in a grenade attack while entering a mosque in Tahab area of Pulwama. Police alleged that the attack was instigated by the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

He believes that Islam is a religion of peace and advocates for Ulemas to issue fatwas (edicts) in accordance with the Quran and Sharia, than to please anyone. This statement was especially aimed at senior Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh who, back in 2012, called for the banning and demolition of the churches in Kuwait. Dawoodi said that "there is no scope for violence in Islam". He was released after a year as the court quashed the detection order.