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Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam
File:Main building of Jamiah.jpg
TypeIslamic school
Established1901
ChancellorMajlis-e-Shura
Vice-ChancellorAllama Shah Ahmad Shafi
Undergraduates4,600 (2010)
Postgraduates1,900 (2010)
Location
Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh
CampusUrban (4.24 Acres)
Websitehttp://darululum-hathazari.com/

Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam (Bengali: আল্‌-জামিয়াতুল আহ্‌লিয়া দারুল উলূম মুঈনুল ইসলাম (হাটহাজারী মাদ্রাসা)) is an educational institution in South-Eastern Bangladesh. It is the largest and oldest Deobandi madrassah in Bangladesh.[1] Popularly known as the Hathazari Madrassah or the "Boro" (big) Madrassah, it was established in 1909.[1] It follows the Darul Ulum system introduced by Darul Ulum Deoband, an Islamic School propagating Sunni Islam in Indian Subcontinent.

By the order of Ashraf Ali Thanwi, his disciple and student Habibullah founded the Jamiah together with by Abdul Wahed, Sufi Azizur Rahman and Abdul Hamid. Every year the Jamiah produces hundreds of "Ulema".[citation needed]

Education System

The Darul Ulum has divided its education system into six major levels: In primary level, Urdu; Farsi; Arabic; Nahu-Sarf; Siraat-un-Nabi; Fiqh etc are taught along with the Mathematics; History; Bangla; English and Geography. In secondary level, Higher Arabic Grammar; Arabic Literature; Fiqh; Logics. In higher secondary level, higher Fiqh and Usul-e-Fiqh; higher Logic; higher Arabic Literature; higher Economics; higher Philosophy; higher Islam History. In graduate level, Hadith; Tafsir; Arabic and Farsi poetry; Solar Science. In post graduate level, six major Hadith Books: Bukhari Sharif, Muslim Sharif, Abu Dawd Sharif, Tirmidi Sharif, Nasaee Sharif and Ibn Majah are mainly taught.[citation needed]

There are also many other facilities for the students who have passed post graduate level, for further study in the field of Islamic Law; Arabic Language and Literature; Higher Hadith Study, Bengali Literature and Islamic Studies.

Militancy

There are allegations that the Madrassah is a training ground for Islamic extremists. A militant group named "Hifazat-e-Islam" is allegedly led by Maulana Ahmed, the director of the Madrassah.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Kabir, Humayun 'Replicating the Deobandi model of Islamic schooling: the case of a Quomi madrasa in a district town of Bangladesh', Contemporary South Asia, 17:4, 415 - 428. .
  2. ^ সক্রিয় হিযবুত তাহ্রীর এবং উগ্র ইসলামী সংগঠনগুলো (Hizbut Tahrir and other Islamic extremists are becoming active), Al-Mamun Khan, The Weekly Saptahik, August 5, 2010.