Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh

Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh

Type	Islamic university
Established	1950 (1370 Hijri)[1]
Chancellor	Advisory Council
Vice-Chancellor	Mufti Fazlul Hoque Amini[2]
Academic staff	75
Students	2000 (total)[3]
Location	Lalbagh,[4] Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban
Website	jamialalbagh.org/

Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh is an institution for higher Islamic studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[5] It has seven education sections from kindergarten to post-graduate levels.

History

This institute was founded by a group of Islamic scholars led by Allama Shaykh Jofar Ahmad Usmani, Shaykh Mozahide Azam Shamsul Haq Faridpuri,^[6] Shaykah Grand Mufti Din Muhammad Khan and Maulana Muhammadullah Hafezzi Huzur. They planned for the establishment of this Jamiah around the historic mosque named Lalbagh Shahi Masjid in Shawwal 1370 H (1950 CE). Shaykh Muhammadullah Hafezzi Huzur was the first person who started the class of memorizing the Quran (Hifzul Quran) amid a lot of difficulties and problems. However, due to the effort of those personalities, the Jamiah now has become well known at home and abroad. Jamiah Lalbagh looks after around 70 madrasahs of this area so that they can improve their curricular activities.^[7]

Divisions

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Associated Organizations
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Tablighi Jamaat

The Jamiah has these education sections:

• Kindergarten Section: Here the students are taught basic knowledge of languages along with elementary Islamic knowledge.
• Hifzul-Qur'an (Memorization of the Qur'an): Students are taught how to memorize the Qur'an with Tajweed (pronunciation).
• Primary Section: This course is four years long.
• Secondary Section: This course is two years long.
• Higher Secondary Section: This is a two-year course.
• Graduate Section: The graduation course is two years long.
• Post Graduate Section: Two-year Fiqh course under the Department of Islamic Jurisprudence, two-year Hadith course under the Department of Hadith, two-year Tafsir course under of Department of Quranic Research, two-year Adab (Arabic language) course under the Department of Language.

The Jamiah also teaches the students arithmetic, geography, Urdu, and Persian besides Ilm-e-Wahi. Furthermore, the madrasah has the Section of Scientific Research, Section of Printing and Publishing, and Section of the Library.

Library and publications

• The University Library has a large stock of the valuable books of Islamic history, Islamic Philosophy, text books of different levels, Journals, Magazines etc. in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali and English languages. The approximate number of books in this library is about 22,000.
• Fatwa-E-Jamia: The Madrasah has responsibilities for issues of society. It gives accurate advice and legal opinions for those issues the aggregate of which are published as a book called Fatwa-e-Jamiah.
• The Jamiah publishes monthly wallpapers on Arabic and national language.

Extracurricular activities

The Jamiah organizes weekly debates on different languages, symposia on Islamic activities on contemporary topics, internal competitions during study periods and a big contest at the end of each academic year, translation of Islamic thoughts and literary articles and computer training.

Facilities

All the students are residents of the madrasah. The Jamiah gives free education to all students. It also lends them textbooks. Those students who attain an excellent result in the examination are rewarded. Moreover, the Jamiah provides 1,500 orphans and poor and distressed students with food and accommodation.

See also

• Qawmi
• Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah
• Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya
• Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri
• Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam

External links

• Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka

References

Coordinates: 23°43′04″N 90°23′23″E / 23.7177°N 90.3896°E / 23.7177; 90.3896