A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád': Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and: that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not: Allowed in The Koran - 1885

Moulví Cherágh Ali (1844-1895) (also spelled Chirágh) was an Indian Muslim scholar of the late 19th century. As a colleague of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan he made a contribution to the school of Muslim Modernists and presented reformative thinking about the Qu’ran. He contributed numerous works to the school of Muslim Modernists such as A Critical Exposition of the Popular Jihad and Proposed Political, Legal and Social Reforms Under Moslem Rule. His interactions with Christians in British India also marked him as an Muslim apologist with a particular focus on the wars of Muhammad. His goal in the criticism of the Qur’an as well as the shariah is to justify contemporary Western ideals through the Qur’an.