Jamia Naeemia Lahore

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Founders and Central figures

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Peer Jamaat Ali Shah Hamid Raza Khan Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Shah Turab ul Haq

History/Movement

All India Sunni Conference Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Shaheed Ganj Mosque Movement against Shuddhi Shah Bano Movement

Notable Scholars

Past Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi Shah Ahmad Noorani Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi Arshadul Qaudri Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim Nurul Islam Farooqi Present Ashraf Asif Jalali Qamaruzzaman Azmi Ameen Mian Qaudri Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri Muhammad Arshad Misbahi Hamid Saeed Kazmi Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi Mukarram Ahmad Muhammad Saeed Noori Akhtar Raza Khan

Institutions

India Jamiatur Raza Bareilly Manzar-e-Islam Bareilly Al Jamiatul Ashrafia Azamgarh Al-Jame-atul-Islamia Mau Jamia-tul-Madina Global Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya Kerala Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad, Pakistan Jamia Naeemia Lahore Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad, 'United Kingdom Jamia Al-Karam Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

Literature and Notable Works

Kanzul Iman, Fatawa-e-Razvia Bahar-e-Shariat, Husamul Haramain Manaqib-al-Jaleela

Organizations

World Islamic Mission Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Sunni Tehreek Sunni Ittehad Council Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Tanzeem ul Madaris Raza Academy Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat

Jamia Naeemia Lahore is an Islamic University in Lahore associated with the Sunni Barelvi movement.^[1] It was founded by Mufti Muhammad Husain Naeemi, father of Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi. It serves as largest Sunni institution for the Barelvi movement in Pakistan.^[2]

The word "Naeemi" and "Naeemia" is taken from name of Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi, who was a close fellow and pupil of Ahmed Raza Khan. Dr.Raghib Hussain Naeemi is the present principal of the institution.^[3]

Movement against terrorism

In May 2009, a declaration was made by the principal of this institute, Mufti Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, that, "The military must eliminate the Taliban once and for all otherwise they will capture the entire country which would be a big catastrophe."^[4] In May 2009, he also took part in a conference of Islamic scholars convened by the government which criticised suicide attacks and the be-heading of innocent Muslims as un-Islamic.^[5] He advocated equal access to education for women and the use of computers in schools, ideas in contrast with Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islam.^[6]

Terrorist attack

This Institute was highlighted on the global media when it was targeted by a suicide bombing in which its principal, Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, was killed. According to New York Times the attack was in retaliation of a Fatwa(verdict) issued by the University against the Taliban. ^[7]

References

1. http://www.peacebuilding.no/var/ezflow_site/storage/original/application/d6f77e0632a20fcf1ae1ad65041acdc7.pdf
2. (PDF) http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/IslamPolitics-Chapter_5_Rahman.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/03/21/city/lahore/jamia-naeemias-58-years-to-be-celebrated/
4. Anti-Taliban cleric killed in Pakistan blast, Canwest News Service, 2009-06-12
5. Bomb kills senior Pakistan cleric, BBC, 2009-06-12
6. Suicide bombers strike Pakistan mosque, seminary, Associated Press, 2009-06-12
7. Moderate Cleric Killed in Pakistan, The New York Times, 2009-06-12

External links

• In pictures: Pakistan blasts kill cleric, BBC, 2009-06-12
• Map of Jamia Naeemia Mosque, Garhi Shahu (Lahore) on Wikimapia