Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ، بنوری تاون، کراتشی Jame'at Ul-uloom ul Islamia, Banori town, Karachi | |
Type | Islamic University |
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Established | 1954 (1374 Hijri) |
Founder | Muhammad Yousuf Banuri |
Affiliation | Darul Uloom Deoband |
Chancellor | Abdur Razzaq Iskander |
Vice-Chancellor | Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri |
Students | 12,000 (Total)[1] |
Address | Banuri Town, Karachi 5, Pakistan , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | Wifaq ul Madaris |
Website | www.banuri.edu.pk |
Jamia Uloom-e-Islamia (Urdu: جامعہ علوم اسلامیہ, Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah / جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ, Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah) is an Islamic School situated in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The school 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.[2]
It is a "fountainhead of Deobandi militancy" which has established and sustained several jihadi organisations, such as Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP).[3]
Controversies
Jihad Movement
It has been described by the International Crisis Group as the "fountainhead of Deobandi militancy" in Pakistan, due to the madrasa playing a major role in helping establish and sustain a number of jihadi organisations, including Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP).[3]
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.[4][5] Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000.[4] 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.[4][6] On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles.[7] 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. [8]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Number of Students". Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Pakistan: Karachi's Madrasas and Violent Extremism" (PDF). International Crisis Group. 29 March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2014.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mufti Jameel, associate shot dead". Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "'Sectarian' target killings? : Deobandi leader gunned down in busy street". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 31 July 2015.