Tariq Jamil ( ur, , Ṭāriq Jamīl; born 1 October 1953), is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer,

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, and a member of the

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. The recipient of the

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award, Jamil has been named twice in ''

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''.

Early life and education

Tariq Jamil was born on 1 October 1953 in

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, Pakistan.According to his personal website, he was born 1 October 1953, though an article in the Daily Jang says 1 January 1953.

Jamil belongs to the

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subtribe of Chauhan

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s. His family ruled

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during the reign of

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, who also distributed the lands around

. Jamil completed his primary education at

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. He is an alumnus of Government College University, Lahore, and received his Islamic education from Jamia Arabia,

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, where he studied the Qur’an,

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, Sufism,

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, and ''

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''. Jamil enrolled in

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after finishing a pre-medical education from

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, but he left the college without completing his MBBS when he decided to pursue religious education.

Career

Jamil has delivered religious sermons internationally and comes from a school of thought called Deobandi. He supports ethnic and sectarian harmony. Jamil's sermons focus on "self-purification, avoidance of violence, observance of Allah’s orders and pursuing the way of Prophet

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". Jamil was consistently named as one as of

in the world by the

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in Jordan from 2013 to 2019.

Controversies

In April 2020, he blamed God's wrath at dishonesty in society and the immodesty of women for the outbreak and spread of

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. Besides praying for the welfare of the country and an end to vice, he said "when a Muslim’s daughter practices immodesty and the youth(boys) indulges in immorality, then Allah’s torment is unto such a nation."

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proponents and other members of Pakistani society condemned the remarks. Human Rights Minister

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responded by saying "misogynistic' and 'ignorant' comments blaming women and youth for the ongoing coronavirus crisis were 'absolutely unacceptable".

Revenue

Jamil launched his flagship clothing brand named MTJ Brand. It was launched in March 2021. Its headquarters are located in

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. It is claimed the revenue from the business is used to fund his madressahs, and build schools and hospitals in the country. Jamil also launched the Maulana Tariq Jamil Foundation, which is a non-profit organization in Tulamba, Khanewal. It is a project that gathers funds for social work, health, and education to serve the people of

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Awards

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* * 1953 births Living people Central Model School, Lahore alumni Government College University, Lahore alumni Islamic television preachers Muslim missionaries Pakistani Islamic religious leaders Pakistani media personalities Pakistani religious writers Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Pakistani Sunni Muslims Pakistani YouTubers People from Khanewal District Punjabi people Recipients of the Pride of Performance Tablighi Jamaat people {{Commons category, Tariq Jamil 20th-century Muslims 21st-century Muslims Pakistani Muslims