Chiragh Ali

Moulví Cherágh Ali (1844–1895) (also spelled Chirágh) was an Indian Muslim scholar of the late 19th century. Quotes [Infidels were] deprived of their rights of freedom without being possessed by anybody. From this, South Asian scholars deduced that jihad was irrelevant when seizing infidels, who were ‘deprived of their rights of freedom without being possessed by anybody’. Ali, Cheragh [Chiragh] (1883) The proposed political, legal and social reforms in the Ottoman empire and other Mohammadan states, Bombay: Education Society’s Press. quoted in — William Gervase Clarence-Smith; W. G. Clarence-Smith (2006). Islam and the Abolition of Slavery. Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-19-522151-0. External links Category:1844 births Category:1895 deaths Category:Muslims from India