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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin (born 1978) is a teacher of the Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari and Abdul-Qadir Gilani Sufi schools, trained and authorized as a Murshid by the world's foremost leading Grand Master Sufi Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi; the second most influential Muslim in the world according to a 2009 Reuters online poll of over 1.8 million voters, and Sayed Ahmad al-Jilani, Custodian of the Mosque and Tomb of Abdul-Qadir Gilani in Baghdad, Iraq. In line with Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi, Amiruddin advocates monarchism. He is the Founder of ASFC Spiritual Wellness Centre. and Qedar.org He pioneered a unique method of psycho-spiritual rehabilitation therapy based on the Sufi approach, and applied his methodology to create a twelve-step radicalization prevention program in response to the 2006 Toronto terrorism case.Wilfred Laurier University's \"The Laurier M.A. Journal of Religion and Culture\" writes, “…the establishment of Amiruddin’s Al Sunnah Foundation and the twelve-step program…can be seen as inspiring and reinforcing the flurry of activism that has continued to emerge from within the community since mid-2009...This growing anti-jihadist activism includes Canadian-based sheikh Tahir ul-Qadri independently issuing a 600-page document in London in March 2010, thoroughly refuting any potential theological justifications for Islamic extremism and going so far as to state that terrorists and suicide bombers are destined for damnation\".Amiruddin's counter-radicalization program focuses primarily on psycho-spiritual development, rehabilitation and personal development, and was specifically tailored to undermine the ideological underpinnings of extremist ideology.Amiruddin first presented his 12-step radicalization prevention program before Canadian politicians at Canada 2020 with Al Gore in June 2006 in Mont Tremblanc, and follow up meetings specifically regarding the program and its goals were held with community leaders. In December 2008, Amiruddin presented it before the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and community leaders.Following Amiruddin's 2008 presentation to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in 2009, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police published a report on \"Terrorism and Language\" stating:\"...many contemporary terrorist movements-including Afghanistan’s Taliban and al-Qai’da - have theological roots in Wahhabism, a sect that forms the “state orthodoxy” of contemporary Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism is a particularly strict interpretation of Islam that adheres to the Salafist notion that “pure” Islam must be rooted in the teachings of the “early fathers”...“Wahhabist” and “Salafist” have been used extensively to define particular types of terrorism...elements of Wahabbism could give rise to a mindset that includes extremist action - as 9/11 itself demonstrates...\".Amiruddin was interviewed by Fox News about the program in Feb of 2009, and in June 2009, the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, published a story about Amiruddin's program and the effect it has had on the lives of 'would be radicals', stating, 'Islamic ‘detox’ saved student from terror cell'."@en }

• Sayyid_Ahmed_Amiruddin abstract "Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin (born 1978) is a teacher of the Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari and Abdul-Qadir Gilani Sufi schools, trained and authorized as a Murshid by the world's foremost leading Grand Master Sufi Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi; the second most influential Muslim in the world according to a 2009 Reuters online poll of over 1.8 million voters, and Sayed Ahmad al-Jilani, Custodian of the Mosque and Tomb of Abdul-Qadir Gilani in Baghdad, Iraq. In line with Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi, Amiruddin advocates monarchism. He is the Founder of ASFC Spiritual Wellness Centre. and Qedar.org He pioneered a unique method of psycho-spiritual rehabilitation therapy based on the Sufi approach, and applied his methodology to create a twelve-step radicalization prevention program in response to the 2006 Toronto terrorism case.Wilfred Laurier University's \"The Laurier M.A. Journal of Religion and Culture\" writes, “…the establishment of Amiruddin’s Al Sunnah Foundation and the twelve-step program…can be seen as inspiring and reinforcing the flurry of activism that has continued to emerge from within the community since mid-2009...This growing anti-jihadist activism includes Canadian-based sheikh Tahir ul-Qadri independently issuing a 600-page document in London in March 2010, thoroughly refuting any potential theological justifications for Islamic extremism and going so far as to state that terrorists and suicide bombers are destined for damnation\".Amiruddin's counter-radicalization program focuses primarily on psycho-spiritual development, rehabilitation and personal development, and was specifically tailored to undermine the ideological underpinnings of extremist ideology.Amiruddin first presented his 12-step radicalization prevention program before Canadian politicians at Canada 2020 with Al Gore in June 2006 in Mont Tremblanc, and follow up meetings specifically regarding the program and its goals were held with community leaders. In December 2008, Amiruddin presented it before the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and community leaders.Following Amiruddin's 2008 presentation to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in 2009, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police published a report on \"Terrorism and Language\" stating:\"...many contemporary terrorist movements-including Afghanistan’s Taliban and al-Qai’da - have theological roots in Wahhabism, a sect that forms the “state orthodoxy” of contemporary Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism is a particularly strict interpretation of Islam that adheres to the Salafist notion that “pure” Islam must be rooted in the teachings of the “early fathers”...“Wahhabist” and “Salafist” have been used extensively to define particular types of terrorism...elements of Wahabbism could give rise to a mindset that includes extremist action - as 9/11 itself demonstrates...\".Amiruddin was interviewed by Fox News about the program in Feb of 2009, and in June 2009, the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, published a story about Amiruddin's program and the effect it has had on the lives of 'would be radicals', stating, 'Islamic ‘detox’ saved student from terror cell'.".