Tariq Jamil
{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher (born 1953)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|10|01|df=y}}According to his personal website, he was born 1 October 1953, though an article in the Daily Jang says 1 January 1953.
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| birth_place = Mian Channu, Punjab, Pakistan
| religion = Islam
| denomination = Sunni
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| alma_mater = Madrassah Arabiyyah, Raiwind, Lahore
| occupation = Islamic scholar
| movement = Deobandi
| awards = Pride of Performance
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Tariq Jamil (Punjabi, {{langx|ur|{{nq|طارق جمیل}}|Ṭāriq Jamīl}}; {{IPA|pa|t̪aːɾɪk d͡ʒəmil}}; born 1 October 1953) is a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and member of the Tablighi Jama'at.
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-48332315|title=بڑے ہو کر کیا بنو گے، مولانا طارق جمیل|trans-title=Q: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up, A: Maulana Tariq Jamil|first=Muhammad|last=Hanif|date=20 May 2019|website=BBC Urdu|language=ur}}
- {{cite book |editor1-first=Ulrike |editor1-last=Freitag |title=Translocality: The Study of Globalising Processes from a Southern Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6_VjCY7rSMC&pg=PA326 |access-date=30 October 2014 |year=2009 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004181168 |page=326}}
- {{cite web | last=Ahmed | first=Ashfaq | title=COVID-19: Famous Pakistani cleric Maulana Tariq Jamil's apology to media set the internet on fire | website=Pakistan – Gulf News | date=27 April 2020 | url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/covid-19-famous-pakistani-cleric-maulana-tariq-jamils-apology-to-media-set-internet-on-fire-1.71194278 | access-date=26 August 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/maulana-tariq-jameel/|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel |website=The Muslim 500|date=27 May 2018 |access-date=3 April 2019}} The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Tariq Jamil has been named in The 500 Most Influential Muslims year since 2012. In the 2024 edition of the publication, he was ranked 34th most influential Muslim alive and topped YouGov polls in 2018 and 2020 for Pakistan’s most admired man.{{Cite journal |last=Timol |first=Riyaz |date=January 2023 |title=Religious Authority, Popular Preaching and the Dialectic of Structure-Agency in an Islamic Revivalist Movement: The Case of Maulana Tariq Jamil and the Tablighi Jama'at |journal=Religions |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=60 |doi=10.3390/rel14010060 |doi-access=free |issn=2077-1444}}
Early life and education
Tariq Jamil was born on 1 October 1953 in Mian Channu, PunjabAccording to his personal website, he was born 1 October 1953, though an article in the Daily Jang says 1 January 1953.
{{citation |url=https://tariqjamilofficial.com/about-molana-tariq-jamil/ |title=Maulana Tariq Jamil, Tariq Jamil Profile |date=17 February 2014 |work=Tariq Jamil Official |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716175913/https://tariqjamilofficial.com/about-molana-tariq-jamil/ |url-status=dead }}
{{Cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/11818|title=مولانا طارق جمیل اور عامر خان۔۔۔دورِ نو|trans-title=Maulana Tariq Jamil and Aamir Khan...New era|first=Ali Moeen|last=Nawazish|author-link=Ali Moeen Nawazish|date=28 November 2013|website=Daily Jang|language=ur-PK|access-date=30 July 2020}} and belongs to a well-off Punjabi Rajput family of large landholders descending from Prithviraj Chauhan, a 12th-century ruler.{{Cite web |last=Zaigham |first=Khan |date=20 June 2021 |title=A MAULANA FOR OUR TIMES |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1630280 |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=Dawn News |quote=Belonging to a well-off upper-caste landholding family of South Punjab, he traces his ancestry to the 12th century near-mythical ruler of Ajmer, Prithviraj Chauhan, who was defeated by Sultan Mohammad Ghauri.}} His family ruled Tulamba, a town close to Mian Channu, during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century, who also distributed the lands around Tulamba.{{Cite web|url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/219991|title=مولانا طارق جمیل پر غصہ کیوں؟|first=Mazhar|last=Barlas|date=28 April 2020|website=Geo Tv|language=ur-PK}} His younger brother Dr. Muhammad Tahir Kamal Sahu is a well-known cardiologist, working at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore.{{Cite web |date=2 January 2019 |title=Maulana Tariq Jameel stable after undergoing angioplasty |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/413566-maulana-tariq-jameel-stable-after-undergoing-angioplasty |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=The News International |quote=Eminent cardiologist Prof Dr Shehryar A Sheikh and Dr Tahir Kamal, who happens to be Maulana’s younger brother [...]}}
Jamil completed his primary education at Central Model School, Lahore. He is an alumnus of Government College University, Lahore, and received his Islamic education from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind, where he studied the Qur’an, hadiths, Sufism, logic and Islamic jurisprudence.
Jamil enrolled in King Edward Medical College after finishing a pre-medical education from Government College Lahore, but he left the college without completing his MBBS when he decided to pursue religious education.{{Cite web|url=http://daanish.pk/29589|title=اسلام کا بے لوث داعی: مولانا طارق جمیل|trans-title=Taintless preacher of Islam: Maulana Tariq Jameel|first=Imtiaz|last=Abdul Qadir|location=Srinagar|date=2 November 2018|website=Daanish|language=ur-IN}}{{Cite web|url=https://urdu.arynews.tv/maualana-tariq-jamil-suffered-heart-attack/|title=معروف مبلغ مولانا طارق جمیل کو دل کی تکلیف، اسپتال منتقل|trans-title=Well known preacher Maulana Tariq Jamil Shifted to Hospital Due to Cardiac Arrest|date=1 January 2019|website=ARY News|language=ur}}
Career
File:Tariq jamil at RIS Canada.jpeg conference in Toronto,Canada]]
Jamil has delivered religious sermons internationally and comes from a school of thought called Deoband.{{cite book |editor1-first=Dietrich |editor1-last= Reetz |title=Islam in Europa: Religiöses Leben heute |language=de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuX_fdK5XYcC&pg=PA49 |access-date=30 October 2014 |year=2010 |publisher= Waxmann Verlag |isbn= 9783830973812 |page=49}} He supports ethnic and sectarian harmony.{{cite news |title=Tablighi cleric's political meetings raise eyebrows |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/236730/tablighi-clerics-political-meetings-raise-eyebrows/ |access-date=31 October 2014|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=22 August 2011}}{{cite news |title=Religious harmony: Dousing the flames of sectarianism |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/561499/religious-harmony-dousing-the-flames-of-sectarianism/|access-date=31 October 2014|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=11 June 2013}}
Jamil's sermons focus on "self-purification, avoidance of violence, observance of Allah's orders and pursuing the way of Prophet Muhammad".
Jamil has been named as one as of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan every year since 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2020/08/maulana-tariq-jameel-named-among-the-most-influential-muslims-in-muslim-500/|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel named among the most 'influential Muslims'|date=23 August 2020}}{{cite news | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2057186/pm-imran-maulana-tariq-jamil-malala-among-worlds-influential-muslims|title=PM Imran, Maulana Tariq Jamil, Malala among world's most influential Muslims|newspaper=The Express Tribune|location=Pakistan|first=Fatima|last=Rehman|date=15 September 2019|accessdate=6 July 2021}}
Views on COVID
In April 2020, he blamed God's wrath at dishonesty in society and the immodesty of women for the outbreak and spread of COVID-19.{{cite news|date=25 April 2020|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel tenders apology over 'slip of tongue'|language=en|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1552038/maulana-tariq-jameel-tenders-apology-over-slip-of-tongue|access-date=25 April 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Notion that women, universities are to blame for the spread of COVID-19 'simply absurd': Mazari|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/284778-mazari-bashes-religious-leader-who-blamed-women-universities-for-coronavirus|access-date=26 April 2020|website=Geo Tv|language=en-US}} Besides praying for the welfare of the country and an end to vice, he said: "when a Muslim's daughter practices immodesty and the youth(boys) indulges in immorality, then Allah’s torment is unto such a nation."{{cite news|date=25 April 2020|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel's comments on women create controversy|language=en|work=Dailytimes.com|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/601968/maulana-tariq-jameels-comments-on-women-create-controversy|access-date=25 April 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Maulana Tariq Jamil concludes Ehsaas Telethon with a Dua|url=https://www.samaa.tv/video/2020/04/maulana-tariq-jamil-concludes-ehsaas-telethon-with-a-dua/|access-date=26 April 2020|website=Samaa TV|date=23 April 2020 |language=en-US}}
Human rights proponents and other members of Pakistani society condemned the remarks.{{cite news|date=26 April 2020|title=Tariq Jamil's remarks spark outrage|language=en|work=Dawn|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1185140/tariq-jamils-remarks-spark-outrage|access-date=26 April 2020}} Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari responded by saying "misogynistic' and 'ignorant' comments blaming women and youth for the ongoing coronavirus crisis were 'absolutely unacceptable".{{cite news|date=24 April 2020|title=Shireen Mazari takes veiled dig at Maulana Tariq Jameel for 'misogynist', ignorant remarks|language=en|work=The News|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/649234-shireen-mazari-takes-veiled-dig-at-maulana-tariq-jameel-for-misogynist-ignorant-remarks|access-date=26 April 2020}}
Revenue
Jamil launched his flagship clothing brand named MTJ Brand.{{Cite web|date=24 August 2021|title=MTJ - Maulana Tariq Jameel » Hard Hour|url=https://www.hardhour.com/mtj/|access-date=5 October 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel opens his first clothing brand store|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/826733-maulana-tariq-jameel-opens-his-first-clothing-brand-store|access-date=1 May 2021|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}} It was launched in March 2021. Its headquarters are located in Karachi.{{Cite web|last=Haq|first=Irfan Ul|date=26 April 2021|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel launches flagship store in Karachi|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1187090|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Images|language=en}} It is claimed the revenue from the business is used to fund his madressahs, and build schools and hospitals in the country.{{Cite web|date=5 April 2021|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel's Clothing Brand Launched at an Impressive Event|url=https://propakistani.pk/lens/maulana-tariq-jameels-clothing-brand-launched-at-an-impressive-event/|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Lens|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=4 April 2021|title=Maulana Tariq Jameel launches clothing brand|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/343287-maulana-tariq-jameel-launches-his-clothing-brand|access-date=1 May 2021|website=Geo.tv|language=en}} Jamil also launched the Maulana Tariq Jamil Foundation, which is a non-profit organization in Tulamba, Khanewal. It is a project that gathers funds for social work, health, and education to serve the people of Pakistan.{{Cite web|title=Education|url=https://www.mtjfoundation.org/education.html|access-date=4 May 2021|website=www.mtjfoundation.org|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417002340/https://www.mtjfoundation.org/education.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=21 May 2021 |title=Maulana Tariq Jameel starts ambulance service |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/351187-maulana-tariq-jameel-started-ambulance-service |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=Geo.tv |language=en}}File:Logo of MTJ Foundation.png
Awards
Bibliography
- {{Cite book|last=Jamil|first=Tariq|title=مجموعہ بیاناتِ جمیل|year=2014|isbn=978-9691199361|language=Urdu|trans-title=Majmua Bayanat-e-Jameel}}
- {{Cite book|last=Jamil|first=Tariq|title=ہمارے مسائل کا حل|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2014|isbn=978-9697378951|language=Urdu|trans-title=Hamare Masail Ka Hal|author-mask=5}}
- {{Cite book|last=Jamil|first=Tariq|title=گلدستۂ اہل بیت|publisher=Pakistan Daily|year=2018|language=Urdu|trans-title=Guldasta-e-Ahle Bayt|author-mask=5}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/01-Dec-2018/888948|title=مولانا طارق جمیل اور گلدستہ اہلِ بیت (سلام اللہ رضوانہ علیہم)|trans-title=Maulana Tariq Jameel and Guldasta-e-Ahle Bayt (peace be upon them)|date=1 December 2018|website=Daily Pakistan}}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|JB_x4fEM-kA|An Interview with BBC}}
- {{official website|https://www.tariqjamilofficial.com/ }}
- [https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/1/60 Religious Authority, Popular Preaching and the Dialectic of Structure-Agency in an Islamic Revivalist Movement: The Case of Maulana Tariq Jamil and the Tablighi Jama’at]
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