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[[File:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din.jpg|thumb|Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din]]
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'''Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din''' (1870 – December 28, 1932) was a prominent figure of the early [[Ahmadiyya]] movement<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief History of the Woking Muslim Mission |url=http://wokingmuslim.org/history/woking.htm |website=Woking Muslim Mission, England, 1913–1968 |publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (U.K.) |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref> and the author of numerous works on about [[Islam]].<ref>Nathalie Clayer, Eric Germain Islam in Inter-War Europe -2008 Page 90</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Complete List of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din Sahib's Books |url=https://aaiil.org/text/books/kk/fulllistkhwajakamaldinbooks.shtml |website=The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam |publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at-e-Islam Lahore |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>

== Life ==
Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din was born in Punjab, India in 1870. His grandfather, Abdur Rashid, a poet, was at one time chief [[Qadi|Muslim Judge]] of Lahore during the Sikh period. Kamal-ud-Din was educated at the [[Forman Christian College]], Lahore where he was drawn to Christianity, but he was later exposed to the writings of [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], the founder of the [[Ahmadiyya]] movement, and experienced a renewed devotion to Islam.<ref name="ou">{{cite web |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/khwaja-kamaluddin |title=Khwaja Kamaluddin |publisher=The Open University |accessdate=2019-06-29}}</ref> In 1893, he joined the movement and became a close disciple of Ghulam Ahmad,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wokingmuslim.org/hmga.htm |title=How Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad inspired the Woking Muslim Mission |publisher=Woking Muslim Mission |accessdate=2019-06-29}}</ref>
[[File:Lord Headley with Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din.jpg|right|thumb|Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din with [[Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley|Lord Headley]]]]

Kamal-ud-Din worked as a lecturer and then as principal of [[Islamia College (Lahore)|Islamia College]], Lahore.<ref name="ou"/> After graduating in law in 1898, he started a legal practice in [[Peshawar]]. In 1912 he travelled to [[England]] on behalf of a client and was instructed by [[Hakeem Noor-ud-Din]], the first [[Ahmadiyya Caliphate | caliph]] (successor) to Ghulam Ahmad, to try to get the disused [[Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking | Shah Jahan Mosque]] re-opened. In London, Kamal-ud-Din met with other Muslims and worked to repair and re-open the mosque. Here he founded the [[Woking Muslim Mission|Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust]] and a journal, ''[[The Islamic Review]]''.

Kamal-ud-Din ended his legal career in 1912, and devoted his life to the propagation of non-denominational Islam in Britain.<ref name="le">{{cite book|last=Gilham|first=Jamie|title=Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950|year=2014|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |isbn=978-1-84904-275-8|page=128–29}}</ref> He made several long visits to England and toured other countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia, including his home country of India, delivering lectures on Islam. In 1923, he performed his second [[Hajj]] in the company of close friend [[Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley|Lord Headley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Headley (1855–1935) |url=http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/headley/ |website=Woking Muslim Mission, England, 1913–1968 |publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (U.K.) |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref> a British convert. The same year, he was also elected member of the [[League of Nations Union]].<ref name="ou"/> Following the split in the Ahmadiyya movement in 1914, Kamal-ud-Din aligned himself with the [[Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement]]{{r|le|p=139}} under [[Muhammad Ali (writer)|Muhammad Ali]]. In 1920, Kamal-ud-Din toured [[Southeast Asia]] where, through public discourses, won the confidence of some Indonesian Muslims. He delivered a number of speeches in [[Surabaya]] and [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] which attracted headlines in several leading newspapers.<ref name="Burhani660">{{cite journal | journal=Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia | title=Conversion to Ahmadiyya in Indonesia: Winning Hearts through Ethical and Spiritual Appeals | date=2014 | volume=29 | issue=3 | author=Ahmad Najib Burhani | publisher=Sojourn | pages=660–663}}</ref>

== Literary work ==
Below is a partial list of English books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, which can be read online:<ref>[http://aaiil.org/text/books/bookmain.shtml#kk Books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din online]</ref>
(Urdu books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din are also accessible online.<ref>[http://aaiil.org/urdu/books/mainbook.shtml#kk Urdu books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din]</ref>)

* ''Al-Islam''
* ''Ethics of War''
* ''The Existence of God''
* ''Five Pillars of Islam''
*'' God and His Attributes''
* ''The Great Revolution''
* ''The Holy Quran and the Bible''
*'' Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran''
* ''Islam and Christianity''
* ''Islam and Civilisation''
* ''Islam & Other Religions''
* ''Islam to East and West''
* ''Jesus — An Ideal of Godhead and Humanity''
* ''Muhammad the Most Successful Prophet''
* ''Mysticism in Islam''
* ''The Problem of Human Evolution''
* ''The Quran a Miracle''
* ''A Running Commentary on the Holy Quran''
* ''The Sources of Christianity''
* ''The Status of Women in World Religions and Civilisations''
* ''The Strength of Islam''
* ''Study for an Atheist''
* ''Study of Islam''
* ''Sufeism in Islam''
* ''Unity of the Human Race''
* ''The Vicegerent of God on Earth''
*'' Woman from Judaism to Islam''
* ''Worship and Sacrificialism''

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{wikisource|Author:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din|Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din}}
* [http://www.aaiil.org/text/biog/auto/kkintrvw.shtml An Interview with Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din Sahib - His Missionary Work in England], Special to the "Rangoon Mail", Islamic Review, October, 1920 (Vol. 8, No. 10) pp. 362–366

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