Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an

Islamic University The term "Islamic university" ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية, ''Jami'ah Islamiyah''), sometimes called madrasah jāmiʿah ( ar, مدرسة جامعة), can be used to describe secular educational institutions that were founded by people ...

in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the

Darul Uloom Darul uloom (), also spelled ''dar-ul-ulum'', is an Arabic term that literally means "house of knowledge". The term generally means an Islamic seminary or educational institution – similar to or often the same as a madrassa or Islamic school � ...

system initiated by

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. , there are about twelve thousand students in different departments of the

Jamiah Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

and its branches, including a number of foreign students from over sixty countries.

Controversies

Assassinations of preachers

On 2 November 1997, two scholars at Jamiat-ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia,

Habibullah Mukhtar Maulana Habibullah Mukhtar (born; 28 April 1944 – 2 November 1997) ( Urdu: مولانا ڈاکٹر محمد حبیب اللہ مختار) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer who served as chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia and Genera ...

(

Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

) and Abdus Sami, were burnt to death when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van. Another Rector,

Yousuf Ludhianvi Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, author, ''muhaddith'', Ahrari leader, and Vice President of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. He was born in Esapur, Ludhiana, Eastern Punjab, India. He was ...

, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000. 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. On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles. 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.

Notable alumni

* Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, first imam of

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and founder of

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, leader of

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(JeM) *

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, leader of

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(AQIS) *

Qari Saifullah Akhtar Qari Saifullah Akhtar ( ur, قاری سیف اللہ اختر; died 9 January 2017) was an alleged member of Al-Qaeda who was in Pakistani custody a few times prior to his death. Akhtar, a graduate of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Karachi, had been the ...

, was an alleged member of

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founder & leader of

Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي, ''Ḥarkat al-Jihād al-Islāmiyah'', meaning "Islamic Jihad Movement", HuJI) is a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda and Talib ...

(HuJI) * Azam Tariq, leader of

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(SSP) *

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, leader of

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, leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ). *

Abdul Aziz Ghazi Abdul Aziz ( ur, ) is a Pakistani cleric and sermon preacher at Lal Masjid, Islamabad, which was the site of a siege in 2007 with the Pakistani army. He is also the current Chancellor of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Faridia, Aziz was released from c ...

, leader of

(Red Mosque) and Chancellor of

Abdolmalek Rigi Abdolmalek Rigi ( ; also spelt ''Abdul-Malek Rigi'' or ''Abdulmalik Rigi'') ( bal, عبدالمالک ریگی) ( – 20 June 2010) was the leader of Jundallah, a terrorist group based in the Sistan and Balochistan Province of southeast Iran. ...

, leader of Jundallah *

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, founding leader of the

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(Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan), did not study there, but was granted an honorary degree *

Abdus Salam Chatgami Abdus Salam Chatgami ( bn, আব্দুস সালাম চাটগামী, ur, ; 1943 – 8 September 2021) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator, writer and researcher. He was considered one of the prominent Islamic scholars o ...

, was a

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Islamic scholar, educator, writer and researcher. For his research work, he was considered one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamia Uloom-Ul-Islamia Islamic universities and colleges in Pakistan Deobandi Islamic universities and colleges Universities and colleges in Karachi 1954 establishments in Pakistan Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia

Controversies

Assassinations of preachers

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links