Al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Yūnusiyyah ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية اليونسية), also known as ''Jamia Islamia Yunusia'' ( bn, জামেয়া ইসলামিয়া ইউনুছিয়া), is one of the

Qawmi Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

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 '' ...

s of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

located in the neighbourhood of Paikpara in

Brahmanbaria Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, Brāhmaṇabāṛiẏā) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla ...

. As of 1998, it controlled most of the other madrasahs in Brahmanbaria.

History

It was established by Abu Taher Muhammad Yunus, after whom the

Madrasah 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 '' ...

is named, in 1914 and teacher was Motiur Rahman. Then it was headed by another

Deobandi Deobandi is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, R ...

scholar Fakhr-e-Bangal Allamah Tajul Islam and later

Shamsul Haque Faridpuri Shams al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Chirāgh ʿAlī al-Farīdfūrī ( ar, شمس الحق بن محمد عبد الله بن تشراغ علي الفريدفوري), or simply known as Shamsul Haque Faridpuri ( bn, শামসু� ...

from 1928 to 1935. Five students were killed during the 2001 Fatwa Movement. The current Muhtamim is Mufti Mubarakullah and teacher is Shamsul Haq Saraili.

Alumni

* Azizul Haque, former teacher and student *

Fazlul Haque Amini Faḍl al-Ḥaqq ibn Wājid ad-Dīn al-Amīnī ( ar, فضل الحق بن واجد الدين الأميني; 194512 December 2012), or simply Fazlul Hoque Amini ( bn, ফজলুল হক আমিনী) was an Islamic scholar and politician ...

, former student *

, former principal *

Sajidur Rahman Sajidur Rahman (born 30 December 1964) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator. He is the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Co-chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, the highest authority of Qawmi Mad ...

, current Shaikul Hadith

References

External links

Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board
{{Madrasas in Bangladesh Qawmi madrasas of Bangladesh Deobandi Islamic universities and colleges Islamic universities and colleges 1914 establishments in India