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Al-Islah
Islah or Al-Islah is an Arabic word usually translated as "reform", in the sense of "to improve, to better, to correct something and removing vice or to put something into a better position." Islah may also refer to: People *Islah Jad (born 1951), Palestinian professor and academician in Birzeit University * Islah Abdur Rahman (born 1991), English film director and actor Places *Islah, Qalqilya, village in the Palestinian West Bank *Al-Islah Mosque, Muslim mosque in Michigan *Madrasatul Islah, an Islamic institution of learning in India *Masjid Al Islah, Singapore, a mosque Politics *Al-Islah (Yemen), or the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, a political party in Yemen *Al Islah (United Arab Emirates), Islamist group based in the United Arab Emirates that is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood * Islah Party, or Hizb Al-Islah, also known as Egyptian Reform Party, a Salafi political party in Egypt *El-Islah, also known as Movement for National Reform, moderate Islamist political par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Islah (Yemen)
The Yemeni Congregation for Reform, frequently called al-Islah (; ar, التجمع اليمني للإصلاح, at-Tajammu’u al-Yamanī lil-Iṣlāḥ), is a Yemeni Islamist party founded in 1990 by Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, with Ali Saleh's blessing. The first article of Islah basic law defines it as "a popular political organization that seeks reform of all aspects of life on the basis of Islamic principles and teachings". Islah is more of a loose coalition of tribal and religious elements than a political party. Its origins are in the Islamic Front, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliated militia funded by Saudi Arabia to combat the Marxist National Democratic Front. The Islamic Front regrouped after the unification of Yemen in 1990 under the banner of the Islah Party with considerable financial backing from Saudi Arabia. Islah has long been identified as a client of Saudi Arabia. In its official website, Islah summarizes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaksar Movement
The Khaksar movement ( ur, ) was a social movement based in Lahore, Punjab, British India, established by Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi in 1931, with the aim of freeing India from the rule of the British Empire. The Khaksars opposed the partition of India and favoured a united country. The membership of the Khaksar movement was open to everyone and had no membership fee regardless of the person's religion, race and caste or social status. The emphasis was on the brotherhood of mankind and being inclusive for all people. History Around 1930, Allama Mashriqi, a charismatic Muslim intellectual whom some considered to be of anarchist persuasion, revisited the principles for self-reform and self-conduct that he had laid out in his 1924 treatise, entitled ''Tazkira''. He incorporated them into a second treatise, ''Isharat'', and this served as the foundation for the Khaksar movement, which Roy Jackson has described as being "... essentially to free India from colonial rule and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Islah Mosque
Al-Islah Mosque ( bn, আল-ইসলাহ জামে মসজিদ), also known as the Al-Islah Islamic Center or the Al-Islah Jame Masjid, is a mosque following the Sunni tradition in Hamtramck, Michigan. It was founded in 2000 by immigrants from Bangladesh, of which a large community exists in Hamtramck. Al-Islah Mosque is currently expanding to a bigger building next door. History The founders of the mosque, Bangladeshi Americans, were followers of Allama Abdul Latif Chowdhury. It first opened in a storefront on Joseph Campau in 2000 and moved into a former medical clinic in 2001. In 2004 the mosque purchased an adjacent building so it could establish a madrassa (Islamic school). The mosque attracted national attention in 2004, when it requested permission to broadcast its call to prayer. This upset many of the non-Muslim residents of the area, which has a large and long established Polish Catholic population. Proponents pointed out that the city was already subject to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Islah (newspaper)
''Al-Islah'' ( ur, الاصلاح) was an Urdu language official weekly newspaper of the Khaksar movement. It was started in 1934 by the founder of the movement, Allama Mashriqi and continued until it was banned 1947. It was printed and distributed from Lahore, India, and contained Mashriqi's speeches as well as articles that reflected the philosophy and ideology of the Khaksar movement. On 22 February 1940, the Punjab police raided the printing press of the newspaper and seized the copies of the publications. It was later banned by the government. It primarily used to publish news of the Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ... following the independence uprisings besides writing political ideology of the movement. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islah
Islah or Al-Islah (الإصلاح ,إصلاح, ') is an Arabic word, usually translated as "reform", in the sense of "to improve, to better, to put something into a better position, fundamentalism, correction, correcting something and removing vice, reworking, emendation, reparation, restoration, rectitude, probility, reconciliation." It is an important term in Islam. The Islamic concept of "Islah" advocates for moral advancement through a reformation based on the rudimental standards of the ''Qur'an'', ''Sunnah'' and is characterised by an attitude of bypassing classical legal works in preference of the literature from the early Muslim generations ('' Salaf al-Salih''). Islahi ''ulema'' opposes ''Taqlid,'' strongly argue for the necessity of ''Ijtihad'' and are often referred to as "Salafis". The word is opposite to the word '' Ifsad'', another important Islamic term meaning "corruption". It is also used in politics (including as a name for political parties), and is also used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masjid Al Islah, Singapore
Al-Islah Mosque ( ms, Masjid Al Islah) is a mosque built in 2015 at Punggol, Singapore. The mosque features modern Islamic architecture. Masjid Al Islah is located within the densely populated Punggol New Town at 30 Punggol Field, Singapore 828812, at the junction of Punggol Place. The mosque serves the Muslim community in Punggol. On peak periods such as the Friday prayer and Ramadan night prayers, the mosques serves 4,500 worshippers on the 4 levels of the mosque. Before Masjid Al Islah was built in 2015, the last mosque in Punggol was the Wak Sumang Mosque which was located near Punggol Point. Unique Features Being the 69th mosque built in Singapore, Masjid Al Islah has improved facilities than other mosques in Singapore. Some parts of Masjid Al Islah is opened 24 hours and it does not have any fence unlike other older mosques. It encourages the Muslim community to do night prayers at Masjid Al Islah therefore there are washing facilities available throughout the day. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Islah (United Arab Emirates)
Al Islah was an Islamist group based in the United Arab Emirates that was highly affiliated and considered part of the Muslim Brotherhood. The political group was banned and was designated as a terrorist group after attempting to form a military wing for a coup d'état against the government. History Al Islah has origins in the UAE dating back to the 1960s when Egyptian Brotherhood members fleeing Gamal Abdul Nasser’s regime traveled to the Persian Gulf region. It was officially formed in 1974 when with the approval of Dubai ruler, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al-Maktoum, Egyptian teachers who were members of the Muslim Brotherhood came to work in the UAE and began to recruit young Emiratis. Ali Salem Humaid, chairman of Dubai based think-tank, the Al Mezmaah Centre for Studies and Research, has stated that the recruited young students, "operated secretly through front organizations like mafia-style gangs, money-laundering and espionage rings." The group continued to build influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El-Islah
The Movement for National Reform (; french: Mouvement pour la réforme nationale) is a moderate Islamist political party in Algeria. It received 9.5% of the vote in the 2002 elections and received 43 members of parliament. The party was created as a breakout faction from the Ennahda movement, after that party opted for cooperation with Algeria's government. Party leader Abdallah Djaballah then left to found and lead the more radically oppositional el-Islah. At the 2007 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2007. * Electoral calendar 2007 * Elections in 2007 * 2007 United Nations Security Council election Africa * 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress * 2007 Algerian legislative el ..., the party was badly defeated. It received only 2.53% of the vote and 3 seats. References 1999 establishments in Algeria Islamic political parties in Algeria Islamism in Algeria Political parties established in 1999 Political parties in Algeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform And Development Misruna Party
The Reform and Development Party ( ar, حزب الأصلاح و التنمية ''Hizb Al-Islah wa Al-Tanmiyah'') is a liberal political party in Egypt. History and profile The Reform and Development Party was founded in 2009. The founders of the party are Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat, the ex-president Anwar Sadat's nephew, and the Egyptian billionaire Raymond Lakah. The initial license application of the party was rejected in July 2010. It was legalized in May 2011, just after the Egypt's 25 January Revolution in 2011. The party participated in the 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election and won 9 seats in the lower house. The party merged with the Misruna party (Our Egypt party) in June 2011; the party name changed slightly. Although the Reform and Development Party participated in the 2015 parliamentary elections, Sadat criticized the election process, which was delayed for 7 months, as well as the Supreme Constitutional Court being allowed to rule on complaints against electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasatul Islah
Madrasatul Islah is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at Sarai Mir in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with participation of prominent scholars and religious seminaries of the area. The madrassa was established with a different syllabus and ideology than that of Darul Uloom Deoband and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. Shibli Nomani and Hamiduddin Farahi are regarded as chief architects of this madrasa. Inception The foundation stone of the madrassa was laid by Asghar Hussain Deobandi in 1908.Hamiduddin Farahi was its first chief administrator.Amin Ahsan Islahi remained teaching in the madrassa until 1943. Style The Madrasa adopted a teaching style of reading the Qur'an text directly with less reliance on commentaries. A newspaper article in 2009 indicated the madrasa has, in common with many others, introduced "modern, progressive syllabi". Notable alumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islah, Qalqilya
Azzun (also spelled Azzoun) (, from the root word عز ''′izz'' which means honor or esteem) is a Palestinian town in Qalqilya Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 9 kilometers east of Qalqilya and 24 kilometers south of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Azzun, together with the adjacent villages of Islah and Izbat al-Tabib, had a population of over 8,900 in 2007. The vast majority of the inhabitants are Muslim, with a very small Christian minority. Location ‘Azzun is located 7-9 km west of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Kafr Laqif and Wadi Qana to the east, Kafr Thulth to the south, An Nabi Elyas to the west, and Jayyus and Khirbet Sir to the north. History Ottoman era Just north of the village six -seven dry stone towers were examined in 1873. The best-preserved had six courses standing, and part of the roof. The locals stated that they were ancient vineyard towers. Azzun was a site of battle - part of Napoleon Bonapar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islah Jad
Islah Jad (born 1951) is a tenured Assistant Professor of Gender and Development at Birzeit University. She is also the co-founder and current Director of the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit and a Core Group Member of the Arab Families Working Group. A prominent figure in the Palestinian women’s movement, Jad also helped to establish the Women’s Affair Centre in Gaza and Nablus, Les Amies du Francis, the Child Corner project in el-Bireh, and the WATC (Women’s Affairs Technical Committee). Jad carried out Gender Consultancy for the United Nations Development Programme and was a co-author of the United Nation’s Arab Human Development Report of 2005. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University, a master's degree in political theory from the University of Nantes, and a Ph.D. in gender and development studies from the University of London. In July, 2009 Jad received AMIDEAST’s Teaching Excellence Award. WATC was established in 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
