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| Type | Islamic university |
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| Established | 1964 CE |
| Rector | Qamaruzzaman Azmi |
| Location | , , |
Al-Jame-atul Islamia is an Islamic seminary of Sunni-Barelvi Muslims in India. [1] [2] It is located in Raunahi, Ayodhya District, near Lucknow, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India. [2]
Al-Jame-atul-Islamia was founded in 1964 by Qamaruzzaman Azmi. [3] Azmi was supported by a core team of key people such as Dr Syed Mahfoozur Rahman, Dr Syed Habibur Rahman, Syed Mohammed IlyasH, Alhaaj Shamiuallah Khan, Haji Sagir Ahmed Khan( Kolkata), Akhlaque Khana (Delhi), Mustaque Ahmad, Munne Khan, Itlafat Ahamd Khan, Mohammed Riyaz Khan and Waseem Ahmad and in 1974, Jalaluddin Quadri was appointed as Manager. [4] The degrees of Al-Jame-atul-Islamia [5] are recognized by universities of India and abroad like:
Al-Jame-atul-Islamia is affiliated to Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt and some of the student graduates at Al-Azhar University include:
The Jamia has following departments. [6]
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In 2011 Al-Jamiatul Islamia witnessed four hundred Ulemas graduate [7] at the hands of its founder Muffakir-e-Islam Qamaruzzaman Azmi at the annual graduation ceremony. Many students of this institution are now working in different parts of the world in South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, Holland, Mauritius and the Middle East. Some of the famous students include the Mufti-e-Azam of America, Allama Mufti Qamar-ul-Hassan, the Chief Imam of Scotland's Khizra Mosque Allama Faroghul Quadri, Mufti Shamshul Huda in Dewsbury, UK, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, UK Government's former Chief Diversity Adviser, Allama Abdul Mannan Jama'ee, Holland, Allama Khalid Razvi, Leicester, UK and Sayyad Moinuddin Ashraf (Moin Miya'n) Sajjada Nasheen, Kicchocha Sharif.
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