Srinagar, July 12 -- In the intellectual topography of Kashmir, few names re-echo with lucidity and sound knowledge of Professor Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi. A scholar of uncustomary calibre, he has long stood as a torchbearer of Islamic thought, commixing the traditional Wahy (revelation)-based epistemology with a toilsome academic edifice. He wrote more than 30 important books on Islam and culture and also hundreds of research articles. He introduced Imam Ghazali's approach and the critical analysis of Allama Ibn Taimiyah among his students as a serious research methodology in the domain of Islamic Studies. However his contribution is not merely confined to classroom or academic journals - it reflects a living engagement with the spiritual a...