Ghulam Rasool Noori

Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Noori (Persian: شیخ غلام رسول نوری, romanized: Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Noori) born 19 March 1954 in Gangoo Pulwama Kashmir is a well known Shia Muslim scholar, reformer, preacher and cleric from Kashmir.

[1] Noori is a stout supporter of the Islamic Revolution that was brought about by Imam Khomeini in Iran, he by his speeches conveyed it to the other parts of the world especially Kashmir.

[4][5] Noori is founder and the patron of Idara Nashri Uloom Ahlulbait Kashmir[6] and was ex-vice principal of Jamia Elmia Imam Reza Srinagar.

[2] [7] With his captivating speeches across various locations in the Kashmir valley, Noori swiftly gained widespread fame.

Through these enlightening sessions, he passionately preached about the profound significance of the Battle of Karbala and earnestly emphasized the responsibilities of the younger generation.

Additionally, he selflessly collaborated with other Islamic organizations to further advance their shared goals in this noble endeavor.

Noori is ex-vice principal of Jamia Elmia Imam Reza Srinagar where he used to teach Kalam as well and more than half of the kashmiri seminary scholars are his students.

[citation needed] He presided the release function of book The Creation No Evolution authored by Dr. Rouf Hussain Beig held at College of Education, Srinagar on 20 August 2006.

[2]He stresses that the leaders of each sub community within the Islamic ummah should play the pivotal role in order to promote this value.

For example, when there was a popular tendency within the Kashmiri themselves to interpret the death sentence upon Saddam Hussein to be motivated by sectarianism, he made a remark that the judgment should be viewed from the human rights and judiciary's perspective instead of the previous one, thus redirecting them towards the real issue and at the same time leaving no space for sectarian interpretation.

[15] Following the ban in 1989 Shia leadership and community continued to agitate peacefully and annually offered mass arrests during period of Muharram.

Noori has for all time opposed the ban on moharram processions in Kashmir which he has described as infringement of right to freedom of religion.

Noori in an interview given to The Citizen he said that "It is extremely sad that when whole world promotes freedom of religion, our state Government bans the important religious procession, it is just a political game and nothing else"[16] Noori has accused the state government of "divide and rule politics" over moharram processions[16] in July 2019 a Model Nikahnama was released by Ehsaas, a group working on empowerment of women, aimed at including broader details that would empower, strengthen or define the position of women and elaborate on their rights.

It is responsibility of ulema to spread the awareness," [17] Noori congratulated the Ehsaas group on framing the Model Nikahnama.

Maulana Noori while delivering a lecture in College of Education Srinagar
Maulana Noori while delivering lecture on Quranic exegesis at Iqbal Khomeini Hall Srinagar
Maulana Noori addressing a Majlis in Bangalore in Muharram of 2013