Early Life
Khan was born in Azamgarh, India, in 1948. He is the son of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a venerable Indian Muslim philosopher, who runs the Al Risala/Islamic Center in New Delhi. His primary education was at Madrasa-tul-Islah, a madrasah in Azamgarh, and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow. Later he studied at Al-Azhar and Cairo University during 1966-73. He obtained his PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Manchester in 1986.
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