# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asghar-ali-engineer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:01:14.042Z

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name: "Asghar Ali Engineer"
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description: "Asghar Ali Engineer was an academic, Indian reformist writer and social activist.\nInternationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work was on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South Asia. He was a votary of peace and non-violence and lectured all over world on communal harmony."
tagline: "Indian activist"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-03-10"
deathDate: "2013-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump