I FOUND MY CALLING UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MAULANA - Mr. Haroon Shaikh, Mumbai

International to spread his message of peace and tolerance. He has left a rich legacy, not in the form of fat bank balances but of scholarship. He was happy I heeded the piece of advice he gave me that Friday afternoon decades ago. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/beyond-theburqa/the-non-conformist-maulana/ “A TRIBUTE TO MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN” Raamish Siddiqui, Dubai O n the night of April 21, 2021, the world not only lost an eminent thinker, scholar and a guide but one of the most ardent advocate of peace. Padma Vibhushan Maulana Wahiduddin Khan was an intellectual giant and an erudite scholar who devoted his life to pursuance of principles of peace. It has been an overwhelming experience to be in the middle of such an outpouring of love and respect and as a family we are deeply grateful. His lifelong and unswerving commitment to peace was based on his underlying belief that “peace cannot be sacrificed for anything whilst everything can be sacrificed for peace.” His quest for peace which started from a small village called Badhariya (near Azamgarh) and took him around the globe. Wherever he went, he highlighted how “Peace is the