Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Late 19th-century activist who crisscrossed the Muslim world pushing Islamic Modernism and Pan-Islamic unity against British colonial rule. Al-Afghani's intellectual restlessness made him a polarizing figure in reform debates across India and beyond.
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Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī and commonly known as Al-Afghani, was a political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during the late 19th century. He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British.
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