All India Sunni Conference

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Founders & Central figures

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Peer Jamaat Ali Shah Hamid Raza Khan Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi

History/Movement

All India Sunni Conference Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Shaheed Ganj Mosque Movement against Shuddhi Shah Bano Movement

Notable Scholars

Past Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi Shah Ahmad Noorani Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi Arshadul Qaudri Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim Nurul Islam Farooqi Present Kaukab Noorani Okarvi Ashraf Asif Jalali Qamaruzzaman Azmi Ameen Mian Qaudri Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musalyar Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri Muhammad Arshad Misbahi Hamid Saeed Kazmi Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi Mukarram Ahmad Muhammad Saeed Noori Akhtar Raza Khan

Institutions

India Jamiatur Raza Bareilly Manzar-e-Islam Bareilly Al Jamiatul Ashrafia Azamgarh Al-Jame-atul-Islamia Mau Jamia-tul-Madina Global Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya Kerala Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad, Pakistan Jamia Naeemia Lahore Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad, 'United Kingdom Jamia Al-Karam Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

Literature & Notable Works

Kanzul Iman, Fatawa-e-Razvia Bahar-e-Shariat, Husamul Haramain Manaqib-al-Jaleela

Organizations

Dawat-e-Islami World Islamic Mission Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Sunni Tehreek Sunni Ittehad Council Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Tanzeem ul Madaris Raza Academy Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat

All India Sunni Conference (Hindi, आल इन्डिया सुन्नी कांफ्रेंस Urdu, آل انڈیا سنی کانفرنس ) was an organisation of Indian Sunni Muslims associated with Sufism and this Conference became the voice of Barelvi movement in British India. The Conference was established in 1925 in the wake of Congress led Hindu Nationalism, changing Geo-political situation of India by leading Barelvi personalities of that time including Jamaat Ali Shah, Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi, Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri, Amjad Ali Azmi, Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni and Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi among others.^{[1] [2]}

Foundation

A number of Sunni ulema at the meeting at Jami’ah Na’imia, Moradabad on March 16-19, 1925 set up an organization by the name of Jamiyyat-e-Aliyah-al Markaziah commonly known as All India Sunni Conference (AISC).^[3] At its inaugural session, Jamaat Ali Shah was elected its president and the convener of the meeting, vice president Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi as Naib Ameer and Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi as its Nazim-e-AIa (General Secretary)

Objectives

The main aim of AISC was to unite the Sunni majority of India on one platform and to work for their social, educational and political upliftment among others.^{[4] [5]}

All India Sessions

• The first All India Sunni Conference was attended by three hundred ulema and Mashiakh coming from all over India in 1925. AISC also brought to the forefront anti-Islamic customs in the Muslim society and how to avoid them, need for brotherhood among the Muslims and the role and work of the leaders of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat in the preaching of Islam. In addition, it also stressed need for acquiring modern education for Muslims.^[6][7]

• The Second All India Sunni Conference was held in Badaun in October 1935 under the Presidency of Jamaat Ali Shah. He was re-elected as its President.It highlighted the need for unity among the ulema and common Muslims and the roleof ulema in Shaheed Ganj Mosque Movement. While criticizing Ibn Saud’s policies in Arabia, the Conference demanded to respect the Holy and sacred places of the Muslims.^[6][7]

• The Third All India Sunni Conference was held on 27-30 April 1946 at Benaras under the presidency of Syed Jamaat Ali Shah which was attended by a large number of people.The Benaras session on 30th April, 1946 passed the following resolution. The session of All India Sunni Conference fully supported the demand for Pakistan and declared that Ulema and Mashaikhs belonging to Barelvi movement will aid in the establishment of an Islamic government. ^[6][7][8]

See Also

• Peer Jamaat Ali Shah
• Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi
• Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
• Maulana Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi
• Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi

References

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