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{{Short description|Indian student activist and journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri
| office = Co-founder of [[DFRAC|Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center]]
| term_start = 2021
| term_end =
| office1 = Chairman of The Muslim Students' Organization of India
| term_start1 = 2021
| parents = Haji Shabbir Ali Quadri (father) <br> Shabana (mother)
| spouse = Shireen
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1 September 1989}}
| birth_place = [[Bahraich]], Uttar Pradesh
| birth_name = Shujaat Ali Quadri
| office2 = Spokesperson of [[All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/sufi-sunni-clerics-to-meet-in-delhi-discuss-ways-to-stop-terrorism/articleshow/68118292.cms | title=Sufi Sunni clerics to meet in Delhi, discuss ways to stop terrorism | newspaper=The Times of India | date=23 February 2019 }}</ref>
| term_start2 = 2016
| image = File:Shujaat Ali Quadri speaking in International Palestine Conference at Kennedy Auditorium AMU Aligarh.jpg
| term_end2 =
| office3 = National President of the Muslim Students' Organization of India
| term_start3 = 2017
| occupation = * [[Student activism]]
* Journalist
| predecessor3 = Syed Muhammad Quadri
| succeeded3 = Muhammad Mudassir Ashrafi
| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| term_end3 = 2021
}}
'''Shujaat Ali Quadri''' (born 1 September 1989) is an Indian [[Student activism|student activist]] and journalist. Qadri is serving as Chairman of Muslim Students' Organization of India since 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri present Incharge/Chairman and Former National President – MUSLIM STUDENTS'ORGANIZATION OF INDIA |url=https://www.msoofindia.net/incharge-chairman/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> earlier he had served as National President of Muslim Students' Organization of India from 2017 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prophet's Ummah envisions a plural society |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/opinion-news/prophet-s-ummah-envisions-a-plural-society-15346.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.awazthevoice.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Priyangi Agarwal|date=6 May 2016 |title=Muslim students, Sufi clerics to reach out to Kashmiri youths against extremism {{!}} Lucknow News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/muslim-students-sufi-clerics-to-reach-out-to-kashmiri-youths-against-extremism/articleshow/52155779.cms |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He is co-founder of [[DFRAC|Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://dfrac.org/hi/our-team/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=DFRAC_ORG |language=hi-IN}}</ref> He is a Deputy Director of Indo Islamic Heritage Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Codingest |title=Shujaat Ali Quadri – Usanas Foundation – Decode Diagnose Demystify |url=http://usanasfoundation.com/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Usanas Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Team {{!}} IndoIslamic |url=https://indoislamic.org/team/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Shujaat Ali Quadri was born on 1 September 1989 to Haji Shabbir Ali Quadri and Shabana in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Quadri is married to Shireen.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

== Career ==
Shujaat Ali Quadri is regular columnist in'' [[ThePrint|The Print]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=24 October 2022 |title=Delhi: Nizamuddin Dargah, a place of religious confluence, lights up for Diwali |url=https://theprint.in/india/delhi-nizamuddin-dargah-a-place-of-religious-confluence-lights-up-for-diwali/1181287/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2 October 2022 |title=Delhi: Writers, scholars honoured with 'Tahzeeb-e-Urdu' award for service to language |url=https://theprint.in/india/delhi-writers-scholars-honoured-with-tahzeeb-e-urdu-award-for-service-to-language/1151560/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Siasat Daily]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=International |first=Asian News |date=25 October 2022 |title=Delhi: Nizamuddin Dargah lights up for Diwali |url=https://www.siasat.com/delhi-nizamuddin-dargah-lights-up-for-diwali-2441505/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Asian News International]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delhi: Nizamuddin Dargah, a place of religious confluence, lights up for Diwali |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/delhi-nizamuddin-dargah-a-place-of-religious-confluence-lights-up-for-diwali20221025041433/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024230012/https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/delhi-nizamuddin-dargah-a-place-of-religious-confluence-lights-up-for-diwali20221025041433/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ANI News |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delhi: Writers, scholars honoured with 'Tahzeeb-e-Urdu' award for service to language |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/delhi-writers-scholars-honoured-with-tahzeeb-e-urdu-award-for-service-to-language20221002093718/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Deccan Herald]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=Trans World |date=19 December 2021 |title=Aligarh's Areeba shoots to fame |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-melange/aligarh-s-areeba-shoots-to-fame-1061364.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> and Latestly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 October 2022 |title=Diwali 2022: Nizamuddin Dargah, a Place of Religious Confluence in Delhi, Lights Up for Deepavali |url=https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-delhi-nizamuddin-dargah-a-place-of-religious-confluence-lights-up-for-diwali-4373724.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref>

He is an author on ''[[ThePrint|The Print]]'', ''[[Greater Kashmir]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=PFI: An organisation that did more damage than good to Muslims |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/editorial-page/pfi-an-organisation-that-did-more-damage-than-good-to-muslims |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Greater Kashmir |date=28 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Rashtriya Sahara,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disadvantages of Religious Bigotry: Quotations and Diagnosis |url=http://m.saharasamay.com/nation-news/676641875/disadvantages-of-religious-bigotry-quotations-and-diagnosis.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=SaharaSamay |language=hi}}</ref> [[Asian News International]] and on Thereports.in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri, Author at TheReports |url=https://thereports.in/author/shujaat/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=TheReports |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Govt's welfare schemes changed lives of minorities for better |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-govts-welfare-schemes-changed-lives-of-minorities-for-better20220609221339/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref>

==Opinion and activism==
Dr. Quadri is active in national and international issues. he has organized anti terror conferences in India to de-radicalize youths.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/seminar-to-discuss-role-of-muslim-youths-in-nation-building-combatting-terrorism-tomorrow-118081100656_1.html | title=Seminar to discuss role of Muslim youths in nation building, combatting terrorism tomorrow | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=11 August 2018 | agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref>

As an activist, he is also associated with Palestine solidarity Forum and has organised several peace marches and conference to discuss the rights of Palestinians.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://twocircles.net/2012nov24/march_palestine_jaipur.html | title=March for Palestine in Jaipur | date=24 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://countercurrents.org/2021/05/india-palestine-solidarity-forum-condemn-the-israeli-apartheid-regime/ | title=India Palestine Solidarity Forum Condemn the Israeli Apartheid Regime| Countercurrents | date=13 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.palinfo.com/news/2022/4/30/Al-Aqsa-Fortress-of-Faith-and-Emblem-of-Palestinian-Resistance | title=Al-Aqsa: Fortress of Faith and Emblem of Palestinian Resistance | date=30 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ihrc.org.uk/letter-to-yahya-cholil-staquf-regarding-meeting-with-netanyahu/ | title=Letter to Yahya Cholil Staquf regarding meeting with Netanyahu - IHRC | date=29 August 2018 }}</ref>
Recently banned, [[Popular Front of India]], According to Qadri, has done more damages than good to Indian Muslims.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/editorial-page/pfi-an-organisation-that-did-more-damage-than-good-to-muslims | title=PFI: An organisation that did more damage than good to Muslims | date=28 September 2022 }}</ref>

Talking to [[Times of India]] in 2016, he explained his plan to organize Sufi Conference which will educate Kashmiri youths about real Islam, Sufism.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/festivalbharat/videos/352494310620820/ |title=23 reactions {{!}} "Aurangzeb, who killed Sikh gurus & Hindus en masse - was a Sufi." {{!}} Aurangzeb, perpetrator of one of the largest genocides in history, & who killed Sikh gurus & Hindus en masse, was a Sufi: Sanjay Dixit lucidly dismantles... {{!}} By The Festival of Bharat {{!}} Facebook |language=en |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/muslim-students-sufi-clerics-to-reach-out-to-kashmiri-youths-against-extremism/articleshow/52155779.cms | title=Muslim students, Sufi clerics to reach out to Kashmiri youths against extremism | newspaper=The Times of India | date=6 May 2016 }}</ref>

He has praised Government of India in its efforts to reach out Minorities. According to him, ''several welfare schemes run by the Minority Affairs Ministry have changed the lives of minorities in the country for the better.''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/india/indian-govts-welfare-schemes-changed-lives-of-minorities-for-better/990657/ | title=Indian Govt's welfare schemes changed lives of minorities for better | website=[[ThePrint]] | date=9 June 2022 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Bahraich district]]
[[Category:Indian activists]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Barelvis]]

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