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
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 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 Sheikh ul Hind Maulana Mehmood Hasan, Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madani, Maulana Ahmed Saeed Dehlvi, Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi, Maulana Ahmad Ali Lahori, Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhatta, Maulana Syed Gul Badsha, Maulana Hifzur Rehman Seoharvi and Maulana Abdul Bari Firangi Mehli.^[1] Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind strongly 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.

This organization has been described as conservative as it opposes birth control and sterilization.^[4]

References

↑ "Why did the Pak Maulana visit Deoband?". Rediff India Abroad. July 18, 2003. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
↑ Islam in Modern History. By Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Pg 285.
↑ Jamiat fatwa against terrorism. The Hindu. Retrieved on July 4, 2008.
↑ Najar, Nida (19 June 2013). "On Assam’s River Islands, Family Planning Clashes Against Religious Tradition". New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

5: http://archive.org/stream/akhandhindustan035259mbp#page/n89/mode/2up/search/naeem

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