Scholars and observers who do not believe that Islam is a political ideology include Fred Halliday, John Esposito and Muslim intellectuals like Javed Ahmad Ghamidi.

* Mizan – a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

* Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, exegete, and educator.

* Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

Rehman, Ayesha Siddiqa, Humair Ishtiaq, Anwar Syed, Cyril Almeida, Kamran Shafi, Huma Yusuf, Kunwar Idris, Kuldip Nayar, Mahir Ali, Dr Tariq Rahman, Amb Tariq Fatemi, Shahid Javed Burki, Dr Riffat Hassan, Zubeida Mustafa, A. G. Noorani, Ahmad Faruqui, Zafar Masud, Asghar Ali Engineer, Rafia Zakaria and Shada Islam.

Pakistani philosophers include: Allama Muhammad Iqbal, M M Sharif, Khalifa Abdul Hakeem, C A Qadir, Kazi A Kadir, Ather Rasheed, Absar Ahmad, Intasar ul Haq, Waheed Ali Farooqi, B H Sidiquei, Sajid Ali, Abdul Khaliq, Naeem Ahmed, Abdul Hafeez, Muhammad Maroof, Mirza Ather Beig, Shahid Hossain, Fazlur Rehman, Shehzad Qaiser, Manzoor Ahmed, Ghazala Irfan, Javed Bhuto, Syed Zafarul Hasan and Robina Lodhi.

These include, Ahmad Shafaat, Jamal Badawi, Yusuf Estes, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, and Maliki jurist Abu al-Walid al-Baji.

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a self-proclaimed Pakistani Islamic scholar and a proponent of Islamic law in Pakistan, has postulated that the Quran does not support Rajm for adultery-his views are based on a close reading of the Quranic text.

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi believes that after Muhammad and his companions, there is no concept in Islam obliging Muslims to wage war for propagation or implementation of Islam.

* Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, Mizan ( 2001 ).

* Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, exegete, and educator.

* Mizan — a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi

* Mizan ( Scale or Balance in English ), a treatise on Islam by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi

According to Pakistani religious scholar, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, nothing in Islam supports blasphemy law.

However, scholars like Javed Ghamidi and Amin Ahsan Islahi state that not every individual who met or had accidentally seen Muhammad can be considered as a Companion.

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi writes in Mizan that there are certain directives of the Qur ’ an pertaining to war which were specific only to Muhammad against Divinely specified peoples of his times ( the polytheists and the Israelites and Nazarites of Arabia and some other Jews, Christians, et al.

Naseeb. com also has an E-Zine called Vibes www. naseebvibes. com which has featured articles by over 500 interviews including those of Islamic scholars like Imam Faisal Rauf ( aka Feisal Abdul Rauf ), Dr. M. Nejatullah Siddiqi, Dr. Javed Ghamidi and Omid Safi, to renowned figures in the Muslim world like Amina Wadud, Dr. Louay M. Safi ( Executive Director at ISNA ), Raza Kazim ( philosopher, musician, historian ) and Dr. Asma Barlas ( author " Believing Women " in Islam ).

Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan ( Urdu: ) ( born 12 June 1957 ), popularly known as Javed Miandad ( Urdu: ), is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996.

Javed Miandad was born on 12 June 1957 in Karachi.

Mohammad Javed Omar Belim ( born November 25, 1976 ) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played Tests and ODI cricket since 1995.

* Javed Ahmadi ( born 1992 ), Afghan cricketer

* Javed Akhtar ( born 1945 ), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India

* Javed Akhtar ( cricketer ) ( born 1940 ), former Pakistani cricketer

* Musa Javed Chohan ( born 1948 ), the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada

* Muhammad Javed Ikhlas ( born 1955 ), Pakistani politician

* Javed Jaffrey ( born 1963 ), Indian actor, dancer, comedian, impressionist

* Javed Kurd ( born 1967 ), Pakistani-Norwegian music producer

* Javed Miandad ( born 1957 ), former Pakistani cricketer

* Javed Mohammed ( born 1989 ), Trinidadian footballer

* Javed Omar ( born 1976 ), Bangladeshi cricketer

* Javed Qadeer ( born 1976 ), former Pakistani cricketer

* Javed Ashraf Qazi, HI ( M ), SBt, ( born 1941 ), Pakistani general, politician, Senator in the Parliament of Pakistan

* Javed Qureshi ( born 1960 ), former Pakistani cricketer and the first captain of the Pakistan U19 cricket team

* Javed Sheikh ( born 1954 ), Pakistani actor, director and producer

* Javed Ahmed Sofi ( born 1991 ), Indian cricketer

* Aaqib Javed ( born 1972 ), Pakistani cricketer and coach

* Amjad Javed ( born 1980 ), cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates

* Mohammad Javed ( born 1969 ), Pakistani cricketer

* Nasir Javed ( born 1966 ), Pakistani born American cricketer

Tune and lyrics of a very popular Hindi song ' Rang Barse Bhige Chunar wali, rang barse '( movie: Silsila ( film ), Music: Shiv-Hari, Lyrics: Javed Akhtar ) which is generally played on Holi in urban areas of northern India, are taken from a folk bhajan.

The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri ( b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. April 5, 1994 in Karachi ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri ( b. October 12, 1945 in Kalyana – d. September 21, 2011 in South Africa ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Kamal Sabri ( d. 2001 ; vocals, swarmandal ), Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri ( b. 1949 in Karachi ; vocals, bongo drums, tambourine ), Fazal Islam ( chorus ), Azmat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Sarwat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Javed Kamal Sabri ( chorus ), Umer Daraz ( chorus ), Abdul Aziz ( chorus ), Masihuddin ( chorus, tanpura ), Abdul Karim ( dholak ), and Mohammed Anwar ( nal, tabla ).

The organising team includes Abdullah Saqib ( President ), Smeeha Razvi ( Executive Vice President ), Adnan Kiani ( Finance Secretary ) Saad Ali ( General Secretary ), Amna Moeen ( Vice President Business School ), Abdul Haseeb ( Vice President CS ), Atif Javed ( Vice President, EE ), Ozair Butt ( Director Operations ), Rehana Khalid ( Invitations ), Mahrukh Shireen ( IT head ), Sulaiman Ashraf ( Registrations ), Hira Zainab ( Marketing ), Fatima Imdad ( Photography ), Sameed Ahmed ( Social Media ), Zohaib Siddique ( Lodging ), Khawaja Ali Arshad ( Food ), Aoun Mohammad-Wakas Raja ( Creative ), Awais Ashraf ( Decor ), Shza ' a Ehsan and Marvi Soomro ( Publications )