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Rashad Khalifa ((アラビア語:رشاد خليفة); November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International. He was assassinated on January 31, 1990. ==Life== Khalifa was born in Egypt on November 19, 1935. His father was a Sufi who is reported to have led a group with thousands of followers.〔http://www.submission.org/khalifa.html〕 Khalifa obtained an honors degree from Ain Shams University, Egypt, before he emigrated to the United States in 1959, later earning a Master's Degree in biochemistry from Arizona State University and a PhD. from University of California.〔 He became a naturalized U.S. citizen and lived in Tucson, Arizona. 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, then became a senior chemist in Arizona's State Office of Chemistry in 1980. Khalifa's son, Sam Khalifa, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was the first major league player of Egyptian descent.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sam_Khalifa〕 He was central to the founding of the United Submitters International, (USI), an offshoot Islamic group that usually prefers not to use the terms "Muslim" or "Islam," instead using the English equivalents "Submitter" and "Submission." He coined the phrase "Final Testament" in reference to the Quran.〔Quaranic Sciences - Page 277, Abbas Jaffer - 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rashad Khalifa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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