Arshad Madani

Arshad Madani (born 1941) is an Indian Muslim scholar and the current Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He succeeded Asad Madni as the eighth president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.[3][4] The organization split around 2008, and Madani continues to serve as the president of its Arshad faction.

Amirul Hind,[1] Maulana
Arshad Madani
Arshad Madani on ETV Andhra Pradesh in 2019
1st President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind's Arshad Faction
Assumed office
4 April 2008
Preceded by"office established"
11th Principal, Darul Uloom Deoband
Assumed office
14 October 2020
Preceded bySaeed Ahmad Palanpuri
8th President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
In office
8 February 2006 – 6 March 2008[2]
Preceded byAsad Madani
Succeeded by"office bifurcated"
  • Arshad Madani, as the president of Arshad faction
  • Usman Mansoorpuri, as the president of Mahmood faction
Personal
Born1941 (age 81–82)
Deoband, United Provinces, British India
ReligionIslam
Parent
DenominationSunni Islam
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
OccupationIslamic scholar

Career

Madani was appointed as the Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband on 14 October 2020.[5]

Political approach

Arshad Madani has criticized the partition of India and espoused Hindu–Muslim unity, stating: "Our elders from Hindu and Muslim communities went ahead on the path of unity and liberated the country from the slavery of the British, but unfortunately partition also took place. This partition has become a cause of destruction and ruin, not just for a particular community, but for both Hindus and Muslims."[6] He suggests that secularism is the only path to a cohesive and united India.[7]

He asserts that the current prime minister Narendra Modi is not acceptable to all Muslims of India. Muslim hostility to Modi is not softening recently at all as some circles in the Indian news media have suggested. He questions whether Indian Muslims can forgive Modi for his assertion that he initiated and condoned the 2002 Gujarat riots and the ensuing violence against Muslims in India, which Madani calls a mass murder of Muslims. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at that time.[8]

References
  1. "আমিরুল হিন্দ নির্বাচিত হলেন সাইয়্যেদ আরশাদ মাদানী". www.jugantor.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. "Jamiat-Ulama-E-Hind splits". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. Maulana Arshad Madani addresses an Eid gathering on jamiatulamaihind.com website Archived 14 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Published 12 March 2016, Retrieved 17 July 2017
  4. "Its cowardly act, Jamiat condemns it Pulwama attack in strongest possible terms: Maulana Arshad Madani". Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. "مہتمم دارالعلوم دیوبند مفتی ابو القاسم نعمانی شیخ الحدیث اور مولانا ارشد مدنی صدر المدرسین منتخب" [Abul Qasim Nomani, VC of Deoband appointed as Shaykh al-Hadīth, and Arshad Madani as the Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband]. AsreHazir. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. "Partition was a loss for both Hindus and Muslims: Madani". Awaz. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. 'Arshad Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind says Owaisis are traitors', dnaindia.com newspaper website, Published 17 January 2015, Retrieved 17 July 2017
  8. Indian TV interview of Maulana Arshad Madani on Headlines Today program, indiatoday website, Published 19 February 2013, Retrieved 17 July 2017
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