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'''Shaykh Asrar Rashid''' (Arabic: أسرار رشيد) is a British-[[Pakistan]]i Sunni [[Muslim]] scholar, preacher, and author associated with the Sufi tradition. He resides in Sparkbrook, [[Birmingham, England]], and is known for his lectures, books, and online presence. While he presents himself as a defender of Islamic orthodoxy, Rashid has faced widespread condemnation (including from Jewish organizations, human rights groups, and counter-extremism experts) for his repeated [[antisemitic]] rhetoric, [[Holocaust]] minimization - [[Hitler]] apologia, praise for terrorist violence against Israeli civilians, and calls for violence that endanger [[Jewish]] communities in the [[UK]] and beyond.<ref name="MEMRI2022">{{cite web |title=U.K. Islamic Scholar Asrar Rashid: Hitler Did the Jews a Favor – They Capitalized on Europe’s Sympathy to Come to Palestine |url=https://x.com/MEMRIReports/status/1603348522866159616 |website=X |publisher=Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Gomes2025">{{cite web |last=Gomes |first=Jules |title=Radical British Cleric Calls for ‘Preemptive’ Jihad Against the ‘White Man’ |url=https://www.meforum.org/fwi/fwi-news/radical-british-cleric-calls-for-preemptive-jihad-against-the-white-man |website=Middle East Forum |date=October 16, 2025 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="DailyMail2025">{{cite web |last1=Duell |first1=Mark |last2=Lisbona |first2=Natalie |last3=Wilcock |first3=David |last4=Robinson |first4=Martin |last5=Wolfisz |first5=Francine |title=The Birmingham preacher who urged 'no mercy' for Israeli fans amid fury at city's ban for Villa game |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15201283/Muslim-preacher-Bimingham-mercy-Maccabi-Tel-Aviv-Aston-Villa.html |website=Daily Mail |date=October 17, 2025 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="JPost2021">{{cite web |title=British Jews fear antisemitism has risen after Gaza protests |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/british-jews-fear-antisemitism-has-risen-after-gaza-protests-669056 |website=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="StandWithUs2025">[https://www.facebook.com/StandWithUs/videos/1414023079819800/ ‘Scholar’ Asrar Rashid is seen praising Hamas' brutal violence against Israeli civilians?]. StandWithUs. (July 16, 2025)</ref>

'''Shaykh Asrar Rashid''' (Arabic: أسرار رشيد) is a British-[[Pakistan]]i Sunni Islamofascist [[Islam]] scholar, preacher, and author associated with the Sufi tradition. He resides in Sparkbrook, [[Birmingham, England]], and is known for his lectures, books, and online presence. While he presents himself as a defender of Islamic orthodoxy, Rashid has faced widespread condemnation (including from Jewish organizations, human rights groups, and counter-extremism experts) for his repeated [[antisemitic]] rhetoric, [[Holocaust]] minimization - [[Hitler]] apologia, praise for terrorist violence against Israeli civilians, and calls for violence that endanger [[Jewish]] communities in the [[UK]] and beyond.<ref name="MEMRI2022">{{cite web |title=U.K. Islamic Scholar Asrar Rashid: Hitler Did the Jews a Favor – They Capitalized on Europe’s Sympathy to Come to Palestine |url=https://x.com/MEMRIReports/status/1603348522866159616 |website=X |publisher=Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Gomes2025">{{cite web |last=Gomes |first=Jules |title=Radical British Cleric Calls for ‘Preemptive’ Jihad Against the ‘White Man’ |url=https://www.meforum.org/fwi/fwi-news/radical-british-cleric-calls-for-preemptive-jihad-against-the-white-man |website=Middle East Forum |date=October 16, 2025 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="DailyMail2025">{{cite web |last1=Duell |first1=Mark |last2=Lisbona |first2=Natalie |last3=Wilcock |first3=David |last4=Robinson |first4=Martin |last5=Wolfisz |first5=Francine |title=The Birmingham preacher who urged 'no mercy' for Israeli fans amid fury at city's ban for Villa game |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15201283/Muslim-preacher-Bimingham-mercy-Maccabi-Tel-Aviv-Aston-Villa.html |website=Daily Mail |date=October 17, 2025 |access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="JPost2021">{{cite web |title=British Jews fear antisemitism has risen after Gaza protests |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/british-jews-fear-antisemitism-has-risen-after-gaza-protests-669056 |website=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="StandWithUs2025">[https://www.facebook.com/StandWithUs/videos/1414023079819800/ ‘Scholar’ Asrar Rashid is seen praising Hamas' brutal violence against Israeli civilians?]. StandWithUs. (July 16, 2025)</ref>

== Early life and education ==

== Early life and education ==