Jamia Farooqia is an Islamic seminary in

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, having two branches, one located in the

Shah Faisal Colony Shah Faisal Colony ( ur, ), founded as Drigh Colony (Drigh Village Refugee Colony) is a residential and commercial area in Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. History It is founded in 1952. It is located in Shah Faisal town of Korangi dist ...

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, and the other in Hub Chowki. Established in 1967 by Saleemullah Khan, an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, the seminary has over 2300 students.

History

Jamia Farooqia was established in 1967 by Saleemullah Khan. The seminary has two branches, one located in the

, and the other in Hub Chowki. The seminary was headed by Saleemullah Khan until his death on 15 January 2017. He was succeeded by his son

Muhammad Adil Khan Muḥammad Adil Khan (or Adil Khān; 195710 October 2020) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the rector of Jamia Farooqia. He was seen as an influential scholar in Pakistan. Khan was an alumnus of the Jamia Farooqia and the Uni ...

Nizamuddin Shamzai Nizamuddin Shamzai (12 July 1952 – 30 May 2004) was a pro-Taliban Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar and the senior professor of hadith at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He was considered "one of the most important Deobandi figures in Pakistan" ...

who taught in the seminary for twenty years, was assassinated on 30 May 2004.

Magazine

''Al-Farooq'' is a monthly magazine published by the Jamia in four languages Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi and English.

Alumni

Alumni include: *

Qari Hussain Qari Hussain Ahmad Mehsud (Pashto/Urdu: قارى حسین احمد) (6 December 1988 – 7 October 2010) was a top lieutenant in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the organizer of the group's suicide bombing squads. He was a cousin of Hak ...

References

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