Abdalqadir as-Sufi

Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas; 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Scottish Islamic scholar and writer. He was the leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa and founder of the Murabitun World Movement. He wrote many books on Islam, Sufism and political theory. 
As-Sufi was born in Ayr, Scotland. He converted to Islam in 1967 with the imam of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, Morocco. As-Sufi died on 1 August, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.