Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMufti Muhammad Sadiq
Indian Muslim missionary
Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1872
Place of Birth: Bhera, Punjab, Pakistan
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1957
Profession: missionary
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Mufti Muhammad Sadiq
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- Mufti Muhammad Sadiq was a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the first Muslim Missionary in America, converted over seven hundred Americans to Islam directly and over thousand indirectly.
- His purpose, as a representative of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, was to convert Americans to Islam and clear general misconceptions about it.
- Something that separated Mutfi Muhammad Sadiq from his contemporaries was the belief in Racial integration between all racial and ethnic groups not just African Americans.
- A large number of Islamic oriented organizations that sprang up among African Americans in the 1920s and 30's such as the Nation of Islam were influenced by Mufti Muhammad Sadiq's teachings and turned toward his understanding of Islamic concepts.
- He was also important in trying to unite a hodgepodge of Muslim immigrants from Arabs to Bosnians to build mosques and have congregational prayer especially in Detroit and Chicago.Mufti Muhammad Sadiq entered the US without any financial resources, and embarked upon spreading the message of Islam in an area that was completely alien to his native culture.
- Consequently, he faced many difficulties, trials, and tribulations due to his skin color and religion.
- Mufti Muhammad Sadiq also managed to establish the Moslem Sunrise the longest running Muslim publication in America as well as writing many articles on Islam in various American periodicals and newspapers
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