Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband. , there are about twelve thousand students in different departments of the Jamiah 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 (

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) and Abdus Sami, were burnt to death when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van. Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, 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 Lal Masjid and founder of Jamia Faridia * Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) * Asim Umar, leader of

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(AQIS) * Qari Saifullah Akhtar, was an alleged member of

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founder & leader of

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(HuJI) * Azam Tariq, leader of

Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, , Guardians of the Prophet's Companions), renamed to Millat-e-Islamia, is a Islamist organisation in Pakistan, which also functioned as a political party. It broke away from the main Deobandi Sunni organisation Ja ...

(SSP) * Fazlur Rehman Khalil, leader of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) * Aurangzaib Farooqi, leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ). * Abdul Aziz Ghazi, leader of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and Chancellor of Jamia Faridia *

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, leader of Jundallah *

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

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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

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