جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ بنوری تاون، کراتشی Jame'at Ul-uloom ul Islamia, Banori town, Karachi | |
Type |
Islamic University Madrasa |
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Established | 1954 (1374 Hijri) |
Founder | Muhammad Yousuf Banuri |
Affiliation | |
Religious affiliation |
Sunni Islam ( Hanafi school, Deobandi sect) |
Chancellor | Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri |
Vice-Chancellor | Ahmad Yousuf Banuri |
Students | 12,000 (Total) [1] |
Address | , , Pakistan |
Campus | Urban |
Website |
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Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( Urdu: جامعہ علومِ اسلامیہ, Jāmiā Ulūm-i Islāmīyā / جامعۃ العلوم الاسلامیہ, Jāmi‘at-ul-‘Ulūm-ul-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. As of 2007 [update], 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. [1]
On 2 November 1997, two scholars at Jamiat-ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia, Habibullah Mukhtar ( Rector) and Abdus Sami, were burnt to death when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van. [2] [3] Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000. [2] 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. [2] [4] On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles. [5] 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. [6]