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|name = Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi<br />
|religion = Islam<br />
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Deoband]], India<br />
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|relatives = [[Usmani family of Deoband]] (maternal)<br />
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| years_active = 2010–present<br />
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'''Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi''' (born 1982) is a [[Chicago]] based Indian Muslim scholar, author and a YouTuber. He is an activist of minority rights and a public speaker. He is a [[mufti]] and teaches Islamic sciences at the Mahd Taleemul Islām in Chicago. He is the founder of Darul Uloom Online and the author of books including ''Historical Study on Islamic Renewal'' and ''Islam and Globalization''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi was born in 1982 in [[Deoband]], India.<ref name="baseerat">{{cite news |author1=Rashid Amin |title=ڈاکٹر مفتی یاسر ندیم الواجدی پر ایک طائرانہ نظر |trans-title= A view through Mufti Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi's life and works|url=https://www.baseeratonline.com/148296 |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Baseerat Online |date=2 June 2021 |language=ur}}</ref>His grandfather Wajid Hussain Deobandi was a [[hadith]] professor at the [[Jamia Islamia Talimuddin]].<ref name="baseerat"/> Nadeem is maternally related to the [[Usmani family of Deoband]]. His maternal grandfather had established Mahd Taleemul Islām, the first [[madrasa]] in [[Chicago]].<ref name="abdur">{{cite news |author1=Abdur-Rahmān Siddiqi |title=ڈاکٹر مفتی یاسر ندیم الواجدی اور سرجیکل اسٹرائک |trans-title=Dr. Mufti Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi and Surgical Strike|url=https://urduleaks.com/mutafariq-dr-mufti-yasir-nadeem-al-wajidi-and-surgical-strike-109189/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Urdu Leaks |date=3 June 2021 |language=ur}}</ref><br />
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Nadeem memorized the ''[[Quran]]'' with his parents and entered the [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] for further education.<ref name="baseerat"/> He graduated in 2001 and then specialized in [[Arabic literature]] and [[Islamic jurisprudence]].<ref name="akram">{{cite web |author1=Akram Nadwi |author1-link=Mohammad Akram Nadwi |title=Hajj Journey (16) |url=https://islamsyria.com/site/show_articles/11632 |website=islamsyria.com |access-date=4 June 2021 |language=ar |date=20 August 2018}}</ref> His teachers include [[Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri]].<ref name="abdur"/> In 2004, Nadeem moved to the [[United States of America]] and earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in Arabic literature from the [[American Open University]].<ref name="urdu">{{cite news |title=With His Challenge Being Rejected Mufti Wajidi Takes on Tarek Fatah on Twitter |author=M Ghazali Khan |url=https://www.urdumediamonitor.com/2017/02/16/challenge-rejected-mufti-wajidi-takes-tarek-fatah-twitter/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Urdu Media Monitor |date=16 February 2017}}</ref> He did his [[Doctor of philosophy|doctoral]] studies in [[hadith]] at the [[International Islamic University Malaysia]] in 2012 under the supervision of Abul Lais Khairabadi.<ref name="akram"/><ref name="abdur"/><br />
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Nadeem began teaching at the Mahd Taleemul Islām in 2004 and established Darul Uloom Online in 2009. Darul Uloom Online is thought to be first initiative towards the teaching of [[dars-e-nizami]] curriculum online.<ref name="baseerat"/> He is the deputy chairman of ''Islamic Literature Review'', an international journal on Islamic revival.<ref name="baseerat"/>In February 2017, Nadeem challenged the [[Pakistani-Canadian]] author [[Tarek Fateh]], who hosts ''[[Fatah Ka Fatwa]]'', that, "If Fateh really liked to debate Islam then he should debate with Nadeem anywhere in the world, owing to conditions including the presence of independent judges and at a public place not in a TV studio."<ref name="urdu"/> Nadeem had also expressed that, "questions and allegations will be of Fateh whilst the responses would be of Nadeem."<ref name="urdu"/> Fateh, however did not accept Nadeem's offer of an academic debate.<ref name="urdu"/> Following the inception of Fateh's ''[[Fatah Ka Fatwa]]'', Nadeem started ''Surgical Strike'', a [[talk show]] to counter allegations made against Islam.<ref name="aasim">{{cite book |author1=Ubaid Iqbal Aasim |title=Deoband Tārīkh-o-Tehzeeb ke ā'īne maiN |date=2019 |publisher=Kutub Khana Naimia |location=[[Deoband]] |pages=157, 165–166 |language=ur}}</ref> The talk show released 72 episodes including the major ones with [[Arif Mohammad Khan]], [[Mahmood Madani]], [[Orya Maqbool Jan]], [[Ram Puniyani]] and [[Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)|Ravi Shankar]], and discontinued after two successful years.<ref name="abdur"/><br />
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In May 2017, Nadeem said about Muslim girls who elope with Hindu boys and leave Islam, that, "No one is responsible for such cases of apostasies more than the religious scholars who establish institutions for those who come to them to learn Islam but they ignore rest of the 97% young boys and girls who do not go to any [[madrasa|madrasas]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=The "Reverse Love Jihad" Alarms Muslim Intellectuals |url=https://clarionindia.net/the-reverse-love-jihad-alarms-muslim-intellectuals/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Clarion India |date=7 May 2017}}</ref> In January 2019, Nadeem hit a controversy saying that the ''[[Jana Gana Mana]]'' had no concepts of [[polytheism]] associated, as is generally believed by many Muslims. He expressed that [[Rabindranath Tagore]] had written the poem in the praise of God.<ref name="millat">{{cite news |author1=Aziz Ahmad |title=یاسر ندیم الواجدی صاحب کا مضمون مفروضات پر مبنی |trans-title=Yasir Nadeem Al-Wajidi's article is based on assumptions|url=https://urdu.millattimes.com/story/15974 |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Millat Times |date=20 August 2017}}</ref> He said that if Tagore was a polytheist, it was understandable that the poem is influenced by polytheism, but there is no such proof which brands Tagore as a polytheist.<ref name="waraq">{{cite news |title="بھارت بھاگیہ ودھاتا” جو لوگ ترانہ ہندی کو ابھی بھی شرکیہ سمجھتے ہیں.. |trans-title="Bharat Bhagya Vidhata", those who still think Indian national anthem is polytheistic|url=https://waraquetaza.com/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C%DB%81-%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%AC%D9%88-%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81-%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=Waraquetaza |date=27 January 2019}}</ref> He cited [[John B. Watson]] stating that Tagore's religion was God and love with the nature.<ref name="waraq"/> In March 2021, Nadeem denounced presence of casteism in Islam and said that it is a social evil.<ref>{{cite news |author1=M Ghazali Khan |title=Casteism Among Indian Muslims |url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/6-issues/33829-casteism-among-indian-muslims/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |work=The Milli Gazette |date=17 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Nadeem compiled ''Qāmus al-Asri'', a trilingual dictionary which contains seventy-five thousand words of [[Arabic language|Arabic]], English and [[Urdu language]].<ref name="baseerat"/> His other works include:<br />
* ''Islam and Globalization''<br />
* ''Tajdīd-i dīn: sharī'at aur tārīk̲h̲ kī raushnī men̲'' (Historical study on Islamic renewal)<br />
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