Sadik Bal-Yeniden
Sadik Bal-Yeniden (born 1541) is a Florinthian Akhadic scholar.
He is the founder of the Mayada School, the first Akhadic college established in Florinthus, and he is the co-founder and president of the Center of Akhadic Studies. He has also served as advisor of the Aricca-based Forum for Akhadic Dialogue, as well advising several Brigidnan governments on religious issues.
He is considered both the most influencial Brigidnan Akhadic scholar and the most well-known Akhadic scholar in Western Brigidna.
Early life and education
Bal-Yeniden was born as Thomas Bruce Dunbar in Lordsport, Florinthus. He grew up a practicing Sentric Christian and attended Messanic schools. In 1563, at age 23, he converted to Akhadism. Bal-Yeniden has Florinthian, Vienlander and Ostland ancestry.
In 1567, he lived in several Near East countries for a few months, visiting Aricca, Khanid, A'Sir and Zargistan. In 1569, he went to Selnas, where he studied for six years under the guidance of Grand Kuzhe Enes Yilmaz.
Bal-Yeniden became fluent in Askhed, Kyrzbek, and A'Sirian languages, and studied Akhadic theology and religious law. He came back to Florinthus in 1575, where he completed his studies of theology in Denil.
In 1574, Bal-Yeniden was granted the honorific title of çamarat, warded to one how has memorized the entire Setgvek. In 1594, he was also granted the title of Tetkem (the lowest rank for Akhadic scholars) during a stay in Selnas under the guidance of Grand Kuzhe Meli Ertegün, for his knowledge of Zokuk or Akhadic religious law.
Mayada School
Bal-Yeniden became a close associate of Saaed Mahmoudi, an Akhadic scholar established in Florinthus. Bal-Yeniden also worked as editor for the Journal of Akhadic Studies, from 1575 to 1582.
In 1586, he and other collegues founded the Mayada School in Lordsport, Florinthus, dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Akhadism. The Mayada School became the first Akhadic liberal arts college in Florinthus. It incorporated Bal-Yenedi's vision of combining the classical liberal arts with rigorous training in traditional Akhadic disciplines.
In the spring of 1591, Bal-Yeniden helped to establish the Center of Akhadic Studies, based in Denil. The Center of Akhadic Studies is an academic center aimed to "educate and prepare morally commited scholars and spiritual leaders", according to a manifesto that Bal-Yeniden co-wrote.
Teachings
Sadik Bal-Yeniden is considered a non-denominational Akhadic believer, as he was studied and worked alongside both Bu'kha and Zokukyar Akhadic scholars and literature. In 1580, he wrote a biography on Bal-Jawadi, which was the first biography of the prominent Akhadic scholar published in Florinthian language.
Bal-Yeniden advocates adherence to the original legal schools of Akhadism, as he considers this the primal formulation of Akhadic society and a necessity for the strengthenment of Akhadism in the current age.
Bal-Yeniden has also taken a stance against religious justifications for terrorist attacks. Following Grand Kuzhe Ahmet Ozbekhan, he has declared that suicide terrorism is forbidden under Akhadic religious law, and was born in a "materialist interpretation of religion".
He has declared that West Brigidna is on "the edge of terminal moral decline" and that Florinthian Akhadic population can "can revitalise this Brigidnan region". During the 1580s, he wrote several books about the importance of monarchy and personal rule in historical Akhadic thought.
Criticism
His conservative outlook has gained Bal-Yeniden criticism from Florinthian politicians and media but also by Akhadist authors. In 1576, he stated in an article written for the Journal of Akhadic Studies, regarding the 1576 terror attack, that "Akhadism was another innocent victim in the Florinthian Swan".
