Type | Darul uloom |
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Established | 16 October 1979 |
Founder | Hadhrat Maulana Yusuf Motala & Shaykh Hashim Patel |
Religious affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Principal | Mutiullah Khan and Ahmed Hans |
Academic staff | 61 (Total) |
Students | 373 |
Location |
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiyya, better known as Darul Uloom Bury, [1] was established in 1979 and is the oldest Islamic seminary in the United Kingdom. Located in Holcombe, Bury, it is based on the Dars-e-Nizami syllabus found throughout the world. It was founded by the late Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala. [2]
It accepts students from the age of 11 to 23, providing a secondary school education for younger students as well as Islamic education to an advanced level. [3]