Abul Qasim Nomani (

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Sunni Muslim scholar and the current Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband. He is ranked among

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Biography

Abul Qasim Nomani was born in

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(Banaras) UP on 14 January 1947. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1967. He became a member of

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(Governing Body) of Darul Uloom in 1992. Nomani was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband on 24 July 2011 after

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. On 14 October 2020, Nomani was appointed as the Hadīth professor in Deoband seminary.

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Times of India
*http://www.islah-ul-muslimeen.com/index.php Deobandi 1947 births Living people Indian Sufis Chishti Order People from Varanasi Darul Uloom Deoband alumni {{Islam-bio-stub Vice-Chancellors of Darul Uloom Deoband