A. 1895
B. 1896
C. 1897
D. 1898
Syed Jamal-u-din Afghani died in 1897. Afghani is considered to be the founding father and originator of Islamic Modernism. He was one of the first important leaders to try to reinterpret traditional Islamic ideas so as to meet the agonizing problems brought by the increasing incursions by the West into the Middle East.