Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
{{short description|Islamic seminary in Pakistan}}
{{distinguish|Jamia Binoria}}
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|name = Jamia ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia
|native_name = {{lang|ur|{{nq|جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ }}}}
{{lang|ur|{{nq|بنوری ٹاؤن، کراچی}}}}
{{transl|ar|ISO|Jame'at Ul-uloom ul Islamia, Banori town, Karachi}}
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|caption = Binori Town Mosque, Karachi, Pakistan
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|established = 1954 (1374 Hijri)
|founder = Muhammad Yousuf Banuri
|type = Islamic University
Madrasa
|religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam
(Hanafi school, Deobandi sect)
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|chancellor = Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri
|vice_chancellor = Ahmad Yousuf Banuri
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|city = Karachi
|country = Pakistan
|address = Banuri Town
|campus = Urban
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|website = {{url|https://www.banuri.edu.pk}}
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Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|جامعہ علومِ اسلامیہ}}}}, Jāmiā Ulūm-i Islāmīyā / {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|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}}, 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.
Controversies
=Assassinations of preachers=
On 2 November 1997, two scholars at Jamiat-ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia, Habibullah Mukhtar (Rector) and Abdus Sami, were martyred when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van.{{Cite news |url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/31-May-2004/mufti-shamzai-a-profile |title=Mufti Shamzai - a profile |date=31 May 2004|access-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024041340/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/31-May-2004/mufti-shamzai-a-profile |archive-date=2014-10-24 |url-status=dead|newspaper=Daily Times (newspaper)}}{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?204923 |title=Lessons In Jehad |access-date=31 March 2021|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135614/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?204923 |archive-date=24 September 2015|date=9 February 2011|author=Azhar Abbas|journal=Outlook (India Magazine)}} Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000. Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, the then head of the madrassa, was martyred on 30 May 2004 when armed men ambushed his vehicle in front of the Binori Mosque.{{Cite news|url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/10-Oct-2010/karachi-s-sectarian-war-may-escalate |title=Karachi's sectarian war may escalate |access-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024041419/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/10-Oct-2010/karachi-s-sectarian-war-may-escalate |archive-date=2014-10-24 |url-status=dead|author=Ali K. Chishti|newspaper=Daily Times (newspaper)|date=10 October 2010}} On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/397173/mufti-jameel-associate-shot-dead|title=Mufti Jameel, associate shot dead|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=10 October 2004|access-date=31 March 2021}} 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.
Notable alumni
- Mahmudul Hasan
- Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, first imam of Lal Masjid and founder of Jamia Faridia
- Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM){{cite journal| title = Maulana Masood Azhar| journal = Kashmir Herald| volume = 1| issue = 8| publisher = kashmiri-pandit.org| date = January 2002| url = http://kashmirherald.com/profiles/masoodazhar.html| access-date = 2014-09-18}}
- Asim Umar, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS){{cite news|title = Al Qaeda's shadowy new 'emir' in South Asia handed tough job |url =https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/09/us-southasia-alqaeda-insight-idUSKBN0H42DN20140909|work= Reuters|date = 10 September 2014 |access-date = 18 September 2014}}
- Qari Saifullah Akhtar, was an alleged member of Al-Qaeda founder & leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI){{cite news|title = The Growth of the Deobandi Jihad in Afghanistan|url =http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35911&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=39e7a26547#.VBpgguk9Jy0|work= Jamestown Foundation|date = 14 January 2010 |access-date = 18 September 2014}}
- Azam Tariq, leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP){{cite news|title = In Death, as in Life|url = http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2003/10/in-death-as-in-life/|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140918045535/http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2003/10/in-death-as-in-life/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 September 2014|work = Newsline|date = 15 October 2003|access-date = 18 September 2014}}
- Fazlur Rehman Khalil, leader of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM){{cite web |url=http://www.cf2r.org/fr/foreign-analyzes/a-profile-of-harkat-ul-jihad-islami-huji-movement-of-islamic-holy-warriors.php |title=A Profile of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI), Movement of Islamic Holy Warriors |publisher=CF2R |date=2014-04-01 |access-date=2014-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616190453/http://www.cf2r.org/fr/foreign-analyzes/a-profile-of-harkat-ul-jihad-islami-huji-movement-of-islamic-holy-warriors.php |archive-date=2017-06-16 |url-status=dead }}
- Aurangzaib Farooqi, leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ).{{cite news |date=April 19, 2013 |title=Testing the waters: First-timers ASWJ confident of victory |newspaper=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/537870/testing-the-waters-first-timers-aswj-confident-of-victory/ |access-date=15 October 2020}}
- Abdul Aziz Ghazi, leader of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and Chancellor of Jamia Faridia{{cite news|title = The Religious Godfather of the Punjabi Taliban: Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi|url = http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/MLM_-_Volume_I__Issue_5.pdf|work = Jamestown Foundation|date = 27 May 2010|access-date = 18 September 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223503/http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/MLM_-_Volume_I__Issue_5.pdf|archive-date = 3 March 2016|url-status = dead}}
- Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of Jundallah{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/858256/rigi-s-arrest-a-godsend-for-pakistan|title=Rigi's arrest a godsend for Pakistan|publisher=Dawn|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100919100726/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/12-rigis-arrest-a-godsend-for-pakistan-420--bi-01|archive-date=19 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
- Mullah Omar, founding leader of the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan), did not study there, but was granted an honorary degree{{cite book |last1=Gunaratna |first1=Rohan |last2=Iqbal |first2=Khuram |title=Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QD9qPQznBXYC&pg=PA41 |date=2012 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-78023-009-2 |page=41}}
- 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.
- Anwar Badakhshani, Afghan born Pakistani scholar, writer, educator and Sheikh Al-Hadith at Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.banuri.edu.pk Official website]
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{{Colleges and universities in Karachi}}
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Category:Islamic universities and colleges in Pakistan
Category:Universities and colleges in Karachi