Karwan-i-Islami

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Karwan-I-Islami
Founder
Ghulam Rasool Hami
Religions
Islam (Sunni Barelvi)
Scriptures
Quran, Hadith and Sunnat
Jurisprudence: Hanafi

Karwan-I-Islami (or Carvaan-e-Islami) is a religious organization established in 2004 in Jammu and Kashmir, India. [1] It "is an amalgam of [the] biggest Barelvi organisation[s] in Kashmir having 40 constituents". [2] According to the organisation's website, it has 1,100 members, and is organised in 12 departments/units, which report to the central committee. [3] The Secretary General (Ghulam Rasool Hami) is the head of all 12 departments/units. [3]

The organisation is known for its campaigns to ban liquor, [4] and against restrictions placed by the central government of India on the Triple Talaq. [5] [6] It is also notable for levelling allegations of fraud against the School Education Department of Kashmir, claiming money was being allocated to "non-existent" schools. [7]

The president and chairman of the organisation is Ghulam Rasool Hami. [2] In 2016, Hami appealed for people to "come forward and talk to each other" as a means of ending the Kashmir conflict. [8] In 2018, he criticised what he claimed was a "meagre monthly salary" being paid to imams, and proposed a bill to increase their salary. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Karwan-I-Islami J&K". karwaniislami.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Ganai, Naseer (6 May 2012). "Geelani summons religious leaders over sectarian divide". India Today . Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "About Us". Karwan-I-Islami J&K. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tit-for-tat liquor ban call in Kashmir". The Telegraph (India) . Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Islamic scholars discuss triple talaq, J&K's special status". Greater Kashmir . 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hami decries passing of Triple Talaq bill in parliament". Press Trust Of Kashmir. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Maqbool, Zahid (14 March 2015). "JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding". Greater Kashmir . Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Karwani Islami organizes Milad procession from Shaheed Gunj to Shadipora". Rising Kashmir . 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Kathju, Junaid (10 December 2018). "Kashmir indifferent to its poor clergy". Rising Kashmir . Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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