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Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
مجلس احرارلأسلامFounder Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Founded 29 December 1929 Ideology Khatme Nabuwwat, Islamism Official colors Red, white, black Website http://Ahrar.org.pk Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam or Majlis-e-Ah'rãr-e-Islam (Urdu: مجلس احرارلأسلام), 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.[1]
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History and activities
Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam was created before the Partition of India 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.[2]
Notable members and leaders
Presidents
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, founder and first President
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq, second President, Member of the Legislative Assembly
- Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, third President
- Master Taj-uj-Din Ansari, fourth President
- Syed Abu Zar Bukhari, fifth President
- Syed Ata-ul-Mohsin Bukhari, sixth President
Secretary Generals
- Mazhar Ali Azhar, founder, Secretary General, Member of the Legislative Assembly
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Secretory General, 1945
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri, Secretary General, Punjab, 1945
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din, Head, Secretary General, 1953
Other
- Janbaz Mirza, journalist
- Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh, Secretary, Punjab, 1937
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, scholar
References
Categories:- Organisations based in Pakistan
- Indian independence movement
- Islam in India
- Sunni Islamic movements
- Deobandi
- Islam in Pakistan
- Islamic political parties
- Political parties in India
- Political parties established in 1930
- Pakistan stubs
- Asian political party stubs
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