Shakir Ali Noorie (also written as Muhammad Shākīr ´Alī Nūrī)[1] is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and current President of Sunni Dawate Islami, a non-political, religious organisation in Mumbai, India.
[7] Noorie has been ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre since 2013, with the omission of 2018.
[8][9] Sunni Dawate Islami (SDI) is a non-political and religious organisation in Mumbai [Bombay], India.
[2] It holds an annual conference [Ijtema] in Mumbai, which is said to be attended by between 150,000[3] and 300,000 people;[2] the first day (Friday) is reserved for women.
[1] In 2008, SDI had a European headquarters at Noor Hall in Preston, England, and centres in some other English towns, including: Blackburn, Bolton, Leicester and Manchester.