Abdul Rashid Sheikh Dawoodi is a Sunni Muslim scholar,[1] preacher[2][3][4] and reformer from Jammu and Kashmir,[5][6] who founded the Islamic organisation Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya.

[10][5] After Qazi Nisar passed away in 2005, he established an Islamic institute called Tehreek-e-Soutul Awliya,[11][12][5]which promotes the teachings of the 19th-century Indian scholar Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi of the Hanafi tradition.

[17][18][19][20] He believes that Islam is a religion of peace[21] and advocates for Ulemas to issue fatwas (edicts) in accordance with the Quran and Sharia, than to please anyone.

[22] This statement was especially aimed at senior Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh who, back in 2012, called for the banning and demolition of the churches in Kuwait.

[22] In September 2022, he was arrested by the central government, without the police citing any details that led them to invoke the Public Safety Act against him.