Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind

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      Jamiat-Ulema-I-Hind
      Formation 1919
      Legal status Religious organization
      Purpose/focus Initially to carry on non-violent freedom struggle, currently development of Indian Muslim community
      Headquarters 1, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi
      Region served India
      President Maulana Usman Mansoorpuri
      Website http://jamiatulama.org
      Remarks A split was affected within the Jamiat in April 2008

      Deobandi Movement
      Jameah Darul Uloom Deoband.jpg
      Key figures

      Qasim Nanotvi · Rashid Gangohi
      Husain Madani · Mehmud Hasan
      Shabbir Usmani · Ashraf Ali Thanwi
      Anwar Kashmiri · Ilyas Kandhlawi
      Ubaidullah Sindhi · Taqi Usmani
      Notable Institutions

      Darul Uloom Deoband, India
      Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur, India
      Hathazari Madrassah, Bangladesh
      Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, India
      Darul Uloom Karachi, Pakistan
      Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Pakistan
      Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan, Iran
      Darul Uloom London, England
      Darul Uloom New York, United States
      Darul Uloom Canada, Canada
      Madrasah In'aamiyyah, South Africa
      Darul Uloom Zakariyya, South Africa
      Movements

      Tablighi Jamaat
      Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
      Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
      Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat
      Sipah-e-Sahaba
      Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
      Taliban

      Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind or (Urdu: جمعیت علمائے ہند‎, Hindi: जमीयत उलेमा-ए-हिन्द, translation: Organization of Indian Scholars) is one of the leading Islamic organizations in India. It was founded in 1919 by Abdul Mohasim Sajjad, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ahmed Saeed Dehlvi, and Abdul Bari Firangi Mehli.[1] Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind opposed the creation of a separate Muslim state of Pakistan.

      The Jamiat has an organizational network which is spread all over India. They also have an Urdu daily Al-Jamiyat. The Jamiat has propounded a theological basis for its nationalistic philosophy. Their thesis is that Muslims and non-Muslims have entered upon a mutual contract in India since independence, to establish a secular state. The Constitution of India represents this contract. This is known in Urdu as a mu'ahadah. Accordingly as the Muslim community's elected representatives supported and swore allegiance to this mu'ahadah so it is the duty of Indian Muslims is to keep loyalty to the Constitution. This mu'ahadah is similar to a previous similar contract signed between the Muslims and the Jews in Medina.[2][3]

      Currently the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind is split into two factions. In 2008 the interim President Maulana Arshad Madani took steps to constitute a new executive council to replace the old one. This triggered a reaction following which a faction led by Maulana Mahmood Madani, prominent in the old council, removed Maulana Arshad Madani as interim President by initiating a no-confidence motion against him. Maulana Arshad Madani's group claims that the no-confidence motion is itself null and void, as the executive council in question had already been dissolved and a new council constituted, while the other group claims that the constitution of the new council was without legal basis. Both sides claim that the sequence of events was such that favours their cause.

      References

      1. ^ "Why did the Pak Maulana visit Deoband?". Rediff India Abroad. July 18, 2003. Retrieved May 19, 2012. 
      2. ^ Islam in Modern History. By Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Pg 285.
      3. ^ Jamiat fatwa against terrorism. The Hindu. Retrieved on July 4, 2008.
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