Draft:Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali

Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali
Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali is also chairman of the think-tank MUSLIM Institute, and chairman of advisory board of MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES Journal. He is chief editor of monthly magazine Mirrat-ul-Arifeen International and secretary general of spiritual movement Islahee Jamaat & Aalmi Tanzeem ul Arifeen. He is descendent of the 17th century Sufi of the sub-Continent Sultan-ul-Arifeen Sultan Bahu. The international think-tank Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD) has ranked him in the list of Top Ten Most Influential Muslims of the year 2020.

Research and Academic Work
Being chairman of MUSLIM Institute, Ali has organized a number of roundtables, conferences, and seminars on different social, cultural, and strategic issues.

In April 2019, under Sultan Ahmed Ali’s chairmanship, MUSLIM Institute organized a solidarity event in Jhang, Pakistan to make a human image of New Zealand‘s Al Noor mosque in Christchurch city to show solidarity with Christchurch terrorist attack victims. He also organized an event in April 2022 to pay tribute to United Nations’ efforts for curbing Islamophobia. Sultan Ahmed Ali’s projects also include an online debate forum called The Muslim Debate which organises debates on the contemporary issues such as  multiculturalism, freedom of expression , and refugees crisis. Sultan Ahmed Ali has authored number of books and booklets and edited some volumes, some of which include:


 * Mavlana Jalal ud Din Rumi & Sultan ul Arifeen Sultan Bahoo, Collection of selected essays, ISBN: 978-969-7629-04-6 (Ed. Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali)
 * Intellectual Dimensions of Hadrat Sultan Bahoo, ISBN: 978-969-7629-03-9 (Ed. Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali)

He also authored articles that are published by different journals, periodicals, and academic publications:


 * “Mosaic tiles in shrine architecture in the north-western subcontinent” In Islamic Heritage Architecture IV, Ed. by S. Hernandez
 * Ali, S. A. (2019). Sufi Literature as an Effective Tool for Harmonization in the World: A Case Study of Sultan-ul-Arifeen Sultan Bahoo
 * Ali, S. A. (2019). The Philosophy of the Saints: Meditational Impact of Sufi Folklore on Human Beings
 * Ali, S. A. (2019). Teachings of the Sufi Mystics; Poetry as a Source. MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES, IV(2).

Ali has participated in various conferences and symposiums in United States of America [1], Turkey, United Kingdom , Azerbaijan  , Kazakhstan. He has also delivered number of lectures in many academic institutions  as well as bar councils and associations.

Other Associations
Ali is also the Vice President of Milli Yakjehti Council in Pakistan. Ali was also a participant in the meeting of National Rahmatul-lil-Alameen Authority chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.