Raza Academy is a Sunni Muslim fundamentalist Islamist group based in Maharashtra, India. It was formed in 1978 by Alhaj Mohammed Saeed Noori as a small publishing house, and later became known for protests for the rights of Muslims. The group publishes books of Ahle Sunnah scholars in various languages, the Kanzul Iman translation of the Quran, and Fatawa-e-Razvia. The group also conducts charity and advocacy work for the Muslim community.
Sachin Khedekar is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include Kaksparsh, Astitva and Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero in which he portrayed Subhas Chandra Bose. Notable TV series include SailaabImtihaan and Samvidhaan in which he played B. R. Ambedkar.
Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari, also known as Tajush Shari'ah or Azhari Miya, was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was the great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and was the founder of the Barelvi movement. He was recognised by Barelvi Muslims as the Grand Mufti of India. He was ranked 22nd on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. He had tens of millions of followers in India.
Hasnain Baqai, also known as Shah Saheb, is an Islamic scholar. He is the patron and parts of various social, academic and other developmental activities of Sufi Sunni Muslims in India.
Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi was an Indian Islamic scholar, author and peace activist. He founded Athar Blood Bank in 2012 at Solapur.
Nida Khan is an Indian women's rights activist who experienced the Instant triple talaq. A fatwa was issued by Khurshid Alam Razvi, a Mufti calling for social boycott of Nida for speaking out against practices of Triple Talaq. She is the founder of Ala Hazrat Helping Society, a Non-governmental organization.
Shakir Ali Noorie is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and current President of Sunni Dawate Islami, a non-political, religious organisation in Mumbai, India. He has been ranked among the top 500 Muslims in The 500 Most Influential Muslims published by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.
All India Muslim Jamaat is an Indian Non-governmental religious organization belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. It was established on 17 September 2022 at the residence of Mannan Raza Khan, brother of Akhtar Raza Khan on the occasion of 104th Urs-e-Razvi of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. Shahabuddin Razvi is the President of this organization.
The list of Fatwas issued by the Ulemas of Ahl Us Sunnah Wal Jamaah.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadeed) (abbreviated as AIMPLB(J)) is a Non-governmental organisation in India which represents the interests of Barelvi Sunni Muslims of India in the Muslim personal law called Shariah. It split from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and was founded as a separate organisation in December 2004.
The Markazi Darul Ifta was founded by Tajush Shariah Akhtar Raza Khan Qadri during his life in 1990. After the formation of Jamiatur Raza, the Darul Ifta came under the Educational institution and became its indifferent part. It is an online Fatwa Department of Barelvi Muslims and officially of Jamiatur Raza since 2003. The Markazi Darul Ifta issues the notification of Moon sightings on every eve.
Juloos-e-Muhammadi or Juloos-e-Mohammadi or Mohammadi Juloos is an annual procession and a traditional festival celebrated by Hanafi Sunni Muslims around the World on the Birth Day of Islamic Prophet Muhammad on 12th of Islamic Month Rabiul Awwal commemorating prophet. It is celebrated after the Mawlid Program. The procession calls Slogans like Labbaik Ya Rasul Allah, Sarkar Ki Aamad Marhaba etc. The procession of Kanpur is the largest in Asia.
Urs-e-Nizamuddin Aulia also known as Urs-e-Mehboob-e-Ilahi or Urs-e-Hazrat Nizamuddin is a 5 days long annual event commemorating the death anniversary of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia organised at the Dargah Nizamuddin Aulia. The Urs attracts a large section of Barelvi and Sufi Muslims all over the world. It is organised on 16 Rabiul Thani and ends on 21 Rabiul Thani.
Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board is a statutory body established in 1948 under The Bihar Waqf Act 1947. It is under the State Ministry of Minority Welfare. It came under the provision of the Central Waqf Act 1954 in year 1973. It has another split of Bihar State Shia Waqf Board. The State Government of Bihar had enacted a new act named Bihar Waqf Act 1995 and constituted Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board with a new department on 3 October 2001.
Sunni Dawate Islami is an Indian Non-governmental and socio-religious organisation which works for sunni muslims of India founded by Muhammad Shakir Ali Noori in 1990. It is headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra and other offices abroad. They organise International Sunni Ijtema at Azad Maidan, Mumbai for 2 days. It completed its 20th Annual Conference in 2010 and 30th Annual Conference in 2022. It takes out a great procession of Juloos-e-Muhammadi on the occasion of Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi every year.
Juloos-e-Ghausia also known as Juloos-e-Gaus-e-Azam is an annual procession commemorating Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani on Gyarwi Sharif. It is done by sunni Sufi Muslims only across India. It is largely participated by Raza Academy and Sunni Daawat-e-Islami.
The views of the Scholars of Barelvi movement are taken by the Fatwas given on Terrorism in Islam. The Fatwas includes that are given by the founder of Barelvi Movement Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Darul Iftas of the movement and the Scholars related to the movement. The fatwas were against the ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Hafiz Saeed and other different Terror groups that are connected to Islam. More than 70000 Scholars related to the movement had signed the Fatwa against ISIS, Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Urs-e-Noori is a two-day annual festival commemorating the death anniversary of the death of Mufti Azam-e-Hind Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri, younger son of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. It is celebrated annually on 13th and 14th of Muharram month per Islamic calender. It is celebrated since 1981 at the Bareilly Sharif Dargah.
Ashfaque Hussain Naeemi was the Grand Mufti of Rajasthan. He belonged to Qadiriyya Silsila of Sufism and a leader of the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam in Rajasthan. He was the founder of Madrasa Darul Uloom Ishaquiya, Ashfaqiya Institute and Ishaqiya Senior Secondary School in Jodhpur. He was the mureed of Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri and Mukhtar Ashraf. He was succeeded by Sher Muhammad Razvi as the Grand Mufti of Rajasthan. He is buried in Khanqah Ashfaqiya, Chokha, Rajasthan.
