Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia
وفاق المدارس العربیہ | |
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| Motto | رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic) |
|---|---|
| Type | Islamic seminaries Board Of Islamic School |
| Established | 19 October 1959 |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam Hanafi Deobandi |
| President | Abdur Razzaq Iskander |
| Location | , , |
| Website | Official Website |
Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu: وفاق المدارس العربیہ), its board was founded in 1959.It is the largest federation of Islamic Seminaries around the Pakistan. More than 10,000 Seminaries and 23,000 Madaris across the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deoband School of thought. Abdur Razzaq Iskander is the president and Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is general sectary of the federation. The head office of Wafaq ul Madaris is situated in Multan.[1]
Functions
The functions of Wifaq ul Madaris Al Arabic Pakistan are the registration of seminaries, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.[2]
Presidents
- Shamsul Haq Afghani (19 October 1959 - 12 January 1963)
- Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (12 January 1963 - 22 October 1970) - founder of Khayr al-Madaris Multan.[3]
- Sayyed Yousuf Banuri (30 May 1973 - 17 October 1977) - founder of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
- Mufti Mahmud (15 May 1978 - 14 October 1980)
- Muhammad Idrees Meerthi (30 November 1980 - 1988)
- Maulana Saleemullah Khan (8 June 1989 - 15 January 2017)
- Abdur Razzaq Iskander (5 October 2017 - present) - Chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.
See also
References
- ^ "Govt claims accord on seminaries' regulation". Dawn. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Official Website, 23 October 2007
- ^ Fakhar Bilal. "From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951" (PDF). Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. 55 (1 (January-June 2018)). Research Society of Pakistan. Retrieved 8 May 2020.