Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia

Islamic seminary in Pakistan

Jamia ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia
جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ بنوری تاون، کراتشی Jame'at Ul-uloom ul Islamia, Banori town, Karachi
Type	Islamic University Madrasa
Established	1954 (1374 Hijri)
Founder	Muhammad Yousuf Banuri
Affiliation	Wifaq ul Madaris Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Haqqania
Religious affiliation	Sunni Islam (Hanafi school, Deobandi sect)
Chancellor	Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri
Vice-Chancellor	Ahmad Yousuf Banuri
Students	12,000 (Total)^[1]
Address	Banuri Town , Karachi , Pakistan
Campus	Urban
Website	www.banuri.edu.pk

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia (Urdu: جامعہ علومِ اسلامیہ, Jāmiā Ulūm-i Islāmīyā / جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ, Jāmi‘at-ul-‘Ulūm-ul-Islāmīyah) is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband. As of 2007^[update], there are about twelve thousand students in different departments of the Jamiah and its branches, including a number of foreign students from over sixty countries.^[1]

Controversies

Assassinations of preachers

On 2 November 1997, two scholars at Jamiat-ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia, Habibullah Mukhtar (Rector) and Abdus Sami, were burnt to death when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van.^[2]^[3] Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000.^[2] Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, the then head of the madrassa, was killed on 30 May 2004 when armed men ambushed his vehicle in front of the Binori Mosque.^[2]^[4] On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles.^[5] On 13 May 2012, Aslam Sheikhupuri was killed when gunmen on two motorcycles shot at his car. He had been associated with the school for 25 years. ^[6]

Notable alumni

Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, first imam of Lal Masjid and founder of Jamia Faridia
Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)^[7]
Asim Umar, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS)^[8]
Qari Saifullah Akhtar, was an alleged member of Al-Qaeda founder & leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI)^[9]
Azam Tariq, leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)^[10]
Fazlur Rehman Khalil, leader of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM)^[11]
Aurangzaib Farooqi, leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ).^[12]
Abdul Aziz Ghazi, leader of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and Chancellor of Jamia Faridia^[13]
Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of Jundallah^[14]
Mullah Omar, founding leader of the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan), did not study there, but was granted an honorary degree^[15]
Abdus Salam Chatgami, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator, writer and researcher. For his research work, he was considered one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Indian subcontinent.

References

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^ "The Growth of the Deobandi Jihad in Afghanistan". Jamestown Foundation. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "In Death, as in Life". Newsline. 15 October 2003. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "A Profile of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI), Movement of Islamic Holy Warriors". CF2R. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
^ "Testing the waters: First-timers ASWJ confident of victory". The Express Tribune. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "The Religious Godfather of the Punjabi Taliban: Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi" (PDF). Jamestown Foundation. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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