Thanks for all those examples.
BTW where did you pull those percentages from? I am thinking of just one place.
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" History of the Muslims of Bengal" written by Dr Mohar Ali published in 1985 from Mecca. He was branded as a collobrator by the Awami Leaque Govt.
Mohar Ali was born in 1932 in
Khulna in Bengal. Studying at
Dhaka University, he obtained a degree in History in 1952 and Masters in 1953. In 1963 he obtained a PhD from
SOAS, University of London, and in 1964 studied law at
Lincolns Inn, London. Between 1954 and 1976 he worked as a university lecturer in Bengal, becoming a professor, and moved in 1976 to Saudi Arabia to teach Islamic history at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh for 12 years, followed by 7 years of teaching at the
Islamic University of Madinah. He worked then as a researcher at
King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an in years 1415-16 AH. He also worked at Dhaka University in 1965-69, at the official Historical Document Centre in 1966-71, and the chief editor for the Historical Society magazine. His university tehing career lasted for more than 40 years. Mohar Ali died in London on April 11, 2007.
Professor Ali was a specialist in Islamic history – in particular the history of Bengal. His book,
History of the Muslims of Bengal, is considered an important reference in the history of the propagation of Islam in the region and its cultural and political effects. It also deals with the struggle of
Bengali Muslims against the British colonial rule, and the Islamic influence on Bengali architecture and literature.
His other books deal with the Islamic rule in India in the 19th century, Islam and the Modern world, the history of the Indian subcontinent, the Bengali reaction to Christian missionaries, in addition to articles in specialist magazines and conference participation in Bangladesh, Pakistan, the UK and the US.
Professor Ali won the
King Faisal International Prize For Islamic Studies in 2000.
[1]
While most of his books and essays are in English, he has translated
Jawhart al-Bukhari from Arabic into Bengali and published a word for word English translation of the Qur'an
[2] in addition to Arabic essays such as
Orientalists' Claims concerning the Glorious Qur'an.
[3]
He has also written books in response to the Orientalists' approach to the
biography of Muhammad[
citation needed] and their theories about the Qur'an:
Sirat Al-Nabi and the Orientalists[4] (1997) and
The Qur'an and the Orientalists (2004).
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