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Rashad Khalifa was born on 19 November, 1935 in Egypt, is an Egyptian-American Quranist (1935–1990). Discover Rashad Khalifa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Occupation Biochemist
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 19 November 1935
Birthday 19 November
Birthplace Egypt
Date of death 1990
Died Place Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality Egypt

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1935

Rashad Khalifa (رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935 – January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International (USI), an organization which promotes the practice and study of Quran-only Islam.

Khalifa was born in Egypt on November 19, 1935.

1959

He obtained an honors degree from Ain Shams University, Egypt, before he immigrated to the United States in 1959.

He later earned a Master's Degree in biochemistry from University of Arizona and a Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside.

He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and lived in Tucson, Arizona.

He was married to an American woman and they had a son and a daughter together.

Khalifa worked as a science adviser for the Libyan government for about one year, after which he worked as a chemist for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

1968

Starting in 1968, Khalifa used computers to analyze the frequency of letters and words in the Quran.

1973

He published his findings in 1973 in the book Miracle of the Quran: Significance of the Mysterious Alphabets, in 1981 in the book The Computer Speaks: God's Message to the World, and in 1982 in the book Quran: Visual Presentation of the Miracle.

Khalifa claimed that the Quran, unlike the Hadith, was incorruptible because it contained a mathematical structure based on the number 19, namely the Quran code or known as Code 19.

For example, he claimed that this mathematical structure rejected the Quranic verses 9:128-129.

Some Muslims objected to this interpretation.

However, Khalifa believed this mathematical structure prevented the Quran from being adulterated and that it was proof of its divine authorship.

Khalifa's research did not receive much attention in the West.

1980

He next worked as a senior chemist in Arizona's State Office of Chemistry in 1980.

He founded the United Submitters International (USI), an organization that promulgated his beliefs.

He saw his role as purging the accretions that found their way into Islam via hadith and sunnah, which he claimed were corrupted.

Instead, he believed that the beliefs and practices of Islam should be based on the Quran alone.

In 1980, Martin Gardner mentioned it in Scientific American.

Gardner later wrote a more extensive and critical review of Khalifa and his work.

1990

His teachings were opposed by Traditionalist Muslims and he was assassinated on January 31, 1990.

He is also known for his claims regarding the existence of a Quran code, also known as The Number 19.

On January 31, 1990, Khalifa was found stabbed to death inside the mosque of Tucson, Arizona, which he founded.

He was stabbed multiple times.

Investigators in Tucson learned that Francis, who was going by the name Benjamin Phillips, had begun his studies under Khalifa in January 1990.

Phillips disappeared shortly after the slaying, and was said to have left the country.

An investigation revealed Phillips and Francis were the same man when the police analyzed fingerprints found in Phillips' apartment.

1994

Williams disappeared in 1994 on the day of his sentencing.

2000

In 2000, Williams was apprehended attempting to re-enter the United States and was sentenced to serve 69 years in prison.

2003

In 2003, his convictions were upheld on appeal by the Colorado Court of Appeals, except for one count of forgery.

2006

A specialty unit of the Tucson Police Department progressed in its investigation in 2006 and in December 2008, and was able to use DNA testing on forensic evidence from the crime scene to tie Francis to the assassination.

2009

Nineteen years after the murder, on April 28, 2009, the Calgary Police Service arrested Glen Cusford Francis, a 52-year-old citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, on suspicion of having killed Rashad Khalifa.

In October 2009, a Canadian judge ordered Francis's extradition to the United States to face trial.

2012

The trial for the murder began on December 11, 2012.

On December 19, the jury, after a three-hour deliberation, found Glen Francis guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison.

Prior to the Francis trial, James Williams, an alleged member of the Jamaat ul-Fuqra organization, was convicted of conspiracy in the slaying.