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Syed Ahmed Bukhari — the 13th Imam in the line of descent — is the son of Syed Abdullah Bukhari, the 12th Shahi Imam, who died aged 87 in...
Ahmed Bukhari
13th Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
Ahmed Bukhari is the 13th Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi.[1]
Ancestry and appointment
Ahmed Bukhari succeeded his father, Abdullah Bukhari, on 14 October 2000 as Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid in Delhi.[2] On 22 November 2014, his son, Shaban Bukhari, was formally designated to be the next Shahi Imam.[3]
Controversy
In 2014, in an interview with The Times of India, on being asked on his decision of inviting Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ignoring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the anointment ceremony of the naib imam or the imam's deputy, Ahmed Bukhari defended his position saying, "Modi claims to be the Prime Minister of 125 crore Indians but conveniently and deliberately avoids addressing Muslims.
Jama Masjid New Shahi Imam: से अधिक सालों से मुगल काल से चली आ रही परंपरा के मुताबिक, जामा मस्जिद के शाही इमाम अहमद बुखारी ने अपने सबसे छोटे बेटे को शाही इमाम घोषित किया.
He has shown he doesn't like us. He is the one who has been maintaining distance from the community. So, I too chose to maintain my distance."[1]
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