Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
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Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam or Majlis-e-Ah'rãr-e-Islam , also known in short as Ahrar, was a conservative Sunni Muslim political party
in Pakistan
prior to the Partition of India
. The party was associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah
and establishment of an independent Pakistan as well as persecution of the Ahmadis community.
in support of a unified Muslim community in India and opposed the activities of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
. In Kashmir
it opposed the welfare activities of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
, the second leader of the Ahmadiyya community. After the partition it became active in Lahore
. It was involved in the persecutions of Ahmadis in Pakistan, together with the Jamiat-e-Islami.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
prior to the Partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
. The party was associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
and establishment of an independent Pakistan as well as persecution of the Ahmadis community.
History and activities
Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam was created before the Partition of IndiaPartition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
in support of a unified Muslim community in India and opposed the activities of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
. In Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
it opposed the welfare activities of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad , was Khalifatul Masih II, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife, Nusrat Jehan Begum...
, the second leader of the Ahmadiyya community. After the partition it became active in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
. It was involved in the persecutions of Ahmadis in Pakistan, together with the Jamiat-e-Islami.
Presidents
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , was an Indian Muslim scholar, religious and senior political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam's founding members...
, founder and first President, 1929-1934 - Chaudhry Afzal HaqChaudhry Afzal HaqChaudhry Afzal Haq was a leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam and a political figure in the history of Sub-Continent India. He was also a founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam. He founded Ahrar with Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari. He was elected for three times in Punjab Assembly. He was also a Member of...
, second President, Member of the Legislative Assembly, 1934-1942 - Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, third President, 1942-1944
Secretary Generals
- Mazhar Ali Azhar, founder, Secretary General, Member of the Legislative Assembly
- Nawabzada Nasrullah KhanNawabzada Nasrullah KhanNawabzada Nasrullah Khan was a senior political figure in Pakistan. He was an ethnic Pathan. His ancestors migrated from Afghanistan to the present day Punjab...
, Secretory General, 1945 - Agha Shorish KashmiriAgha Shorish KashmiriAgha Shorish Kashmiri was a scholar, writer, debater, and leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam party. He was a figure of the freedom movement of undivided India. He was the chief editor of the weekly Chattan.-References:...
, Secretary General, Punjab, 1945 - Sheikh Hissam-ud-DinSheikh Hissam-ud-DinSheikh Hissam-ud-Din was a figure in the history of Indian subcontinent and a leader of All India Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam. After the partition of India he left politics and struggle for Khatm-e-Nubuwwat movement with Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, chief of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Pakistan. In 1953 he...
, Head, Secretary General, 1953
Other
- Janbaz MirzaJanbaz MirzaJanbaz Mirza was a writer, poet, and journalist from the Indian subcontinent and later Pakistan. He played a role in the Pakistan Movement and was the leader and official historian of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam party. He joined the Ahrar Party in 1932. After the partition of India, he started to...
, journalist - Muhammad Ismail ZabeehMuhammad Ismail ZabeehMaulana Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh was a writer, orator, historian and a journalist involved in the Pakistan movement in 1947.He was a leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam...
, Secretary, Punjab, 1937 - Syed Faiz-ul Hassan ShahSyed Faiz-ul Hassan ShahSyed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah also known as Hazrat Khatib ul Islam was a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar. He was born in Allo Mahar Sharif, tehsil Daska, Sialkot District, in what was then British India.-Education:...
, scholar