Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi

Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi is a famous and controversial Sharifistani philosopher and public intellectual who is known for his advocacy of natural law theory, his "shadow" theory of the relationship between religious beliefs and God and his controversial remarks about gender relations.

Sipahi Suleiman Ahmed Muhammad Khalid Effendi PHD (Doctorate of Philosophy), Nişan De Onur
Born	1980 Madinat Al-Islam, Sharifistan
Nationality	Sharifistani
Other names	Professor Suleiman
Education	Doctorate of Philosophy (PHD)
Alma mater	Oxford University
Notable work	Natural Law: How Morality Can Be Objective, Does God exist? (and who is this God person anyway?)
Awards	Nişan De Onur
Era	contemporary philosopher
Region	Middle-East
School	Natural law theory, Islamic philosophy
Institutions	Madinat Al-Islam University (Professor)
Thesis	Natural Law,Divine Command Theory and the Is-Ought Problem. (2003)
Doctoral advisor	Mehmet Ali Pasha
Other academic advisors	Mehmet Ali Pasha, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khan
Notable students	Emir Suleiman Khan
Main interests	Ethics and philosophy of religion
Notable ideas	The shadow theory (any human description of God is an impression or "shadow" of the truth rather than the truth itself as God is incomprehensible)
Influences Thomas Aquinas, Averroes, Aristotle, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, Muhammad, Plato.
Influenced most Sharifistani philosophers.