Muhammad Ali Mirza, commonly known as Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza (Urdu: انجینئر محمد علی مرزا; born 04 October 1977) is a Pakistani Islamic commentator, preacher, and YouTuber .[2][3][4]<br /><br /><br />Mirza was born in 1977 in Jhelum, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. He is a 19th grade mechanical engineer in a government department.[5][3][6]<br /><br />Mirza gives online lectures where he talks about different religious and social issues and runs a research academy where he imparts religious education.[7][5][8] He has been criticized for a number of his speeches which have been deemed as derogatory towards Sahabah, Auliya and traditional scholars by his critics.[5][9]<br /><br />Mirza was arrested on 4 May 2020 in suspicion of spreading hate speech towards religious scholars.[10][7] Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and anchor Shafaat Ali posted on social media condemning his arrest.[7] He was later released on 6 May 2020.[11][12][13] According to Mirza, one of his lecture was presented out of context. He later cited several books as well as the Qur'an in support of his opinion.<br /><br /><br /><br />On 14 March 2021, Mirza survived a second assassination attempt, first in 2017. The attacker visited his Quran academy in Jhelum, Pakistan at weekly meeting and attempted to kill him with a knife while taking a picture with him. Mirza escaped with minor injuries. Police arrested two suspects and registered an FIR against them. The attacker traveled from Lahore to Jhelum to kill Mirza.