Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.. A Indian Muslim..well i was reading something about early Islam in Indian subcontinent and that article gives me a link
http://www.alrisala.org/Al_Risala_Urdu_Monthly/Yr1990/Yr1990.html and that turned out be a link to a famous Indian Muslim.. I haven't read much about them.. let me put him over here and read/write something on what he says ..
(Clicky for piccy!)Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is a noted Islamic scholar. He has received, among others, the Demiurgus Peace International Award, under the patronage of the former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev;
the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour; and the National Citizen’s Award, presented by Mother Teresa. He has translated the Quran in simple and contemporary English | and currently give lectures on ETV Urdu, Bridges TV, ITV, ARY Digital, QTV, Aaj TV, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/results?hl=en&q=Maulana%20Wahiduddin%20Khan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=w1lots of tubes on him..
Khan was born in Uttar Pradesh in the town of Azamgarh in 1925.[5] He graduated from a seminary of traditional Islamic learning and the went on to contribute to articles and journals before opening an Islamic Centre in Delhi in 1970. The al-Risala Urdu magazine was started in 1976 consisting of almost entirely his articles and writing. An English edition of the magazine was started in February 1984 and a Hindi version in December 1990. Some of his notable articles include 'Hijacking - A Crime'[6], 'Rights of Women in Islam'[7], 'The Concept of Charity in Islam'[8] and 'The Concept of Jihad'.[9]
that bit is from wiki and you can read more at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Wahiduddin_Khan. he clearly he is a famous Muslim guy from India as Govt of India also also honours him...