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{{QualityScore|Lead= | {{QualityScore|Lead=3|Structure=3|Content=3|Language=4|References=3}}{{Infobox Person|name=Rashad Khalifa (رشاد خليفة)|image=RashadK2.jpg|birth_date=November 19, 1935|birth_place=Egypt|death_date=January 31, 1990 (aged 54)|death_place=Tucson, Arizona, U.S.|death_cause=Assassinated by former student|occupation=Biochemist, numerologist|notable_works=''Miracle of the Quran: Significance of the Mysterious Alphabets'',<br>''The Computer Speaks: God's Message to the World'',<br>''Visual Presentation of the Miracle''}} | ||
'''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an|Quran]] is replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by his former student Glen Cusford Francis (a.k.a. Benjamin Philips), a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990. | '''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an|Quran]] is replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by his former student Glen Cusford Francis (a.k.a. Benjamin Philips), a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990. | ||
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On January 31, 1990, Rashad Khalifa was found dead, having been stabbed multiple times, inside the mosque he founded in Tucson Arizona. Initially, a man by the name of James Williams was convicted for conspiracy in the killing of Khalifa. Williams was an alleged member of the terrorist Jamaat ul-Furqa organization. Williams, however, disappeared on the day of his sentencing in 1994, only to be apprehended in 2000 and sentenced, this time, to 69 years in prison. | On January 31, 1990, Rashad Khalifa was found dead, having been stabbed multiple times, inside the mosque he founded in Tucson Arizona. Initially, a man by the name of James Williams was convicted for conspiracy in the killing of Khalifa. Williams was an alleged member of the terrorist Jamaat ul-Furqa organization. Williams, however, disappeared on the day of his sentencing in 1994, only to be apprehended in 2000 and sentenced, this time, to 69 years in prison. | ||
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