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He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism [14] [18] as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British. [9] [19] He has been described as having been less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure.
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Muslim politician, political agitator, and journalist whose belief in the potency of a revived Islamic civilization in the face of European domination significantly influenced the development of Muslim thought in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
May 25, 2011 · Also known as Asadabadi because of his now-proven birth and early childhood in Asadabad in northwest Iran, Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (b. 1838/9–d. 1897) was a pioneering figure in promoting political activism to counter British encroachments in the Muslim world and in advocating Muslim unity against Western conquest.
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī , (born 1838, Asadābād, Persia—died March 9, 1897, Istanbul), Muslim politician and journalist. He is thought to have adopted the name Afghānī to conceal the fact that he was of Persian Shīʿite origin.
Jun 12, 2005 · Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was born in Asadabad, Iran, in 1838; he died in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 9, 1897. A philosopher and politician, he promoted the concept of unity of all Muslims against British rule in particular and against global western interests in general.
Jul 22, 2011 · AFḠĀNĪ, JAMĀL-AL-DĪN (1254-1314/1838 or 39-97; Figure 1 ), an outstanding ideologist and political activist of the late 19th century Muslim world, whose influence has continued strong in many Muslim countries.
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was born in 1838 about 180 miles from Kabul, of a distinguished family. He received a thorough training in a variety of languages of Islamic countries and the religious sciences. When he was eighteen years old he began the constant travels which were to mark his life.
