Darul Uloom Pretoria

Darul Uloom Pretoria
دارالعلوم پریٹوریا
TypeIslamic university
Established1988
FounderMufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi
Religious affiliation
Sunni Islam (Hanafi Barelvi)
PrincipalMufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi
Address
Taj St, Laudium, Centurion, 0037,
,
Pretoria
,
South Africa
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Urdu
AffiliationsAl-Azhar University
Jamia Rizwia Zia Ul Uloom
Websitehttp://darululoompretoria.com/

Darul Uloom Pretoria (Urdu: دارالعلوم پریٹوریا) is an Islamic university and seminary located in Pretoria, South Africa following the ideologies of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.[1] It is regarded as the first fully-fledged Barelvi Madrassah in South Africa.[1] It was opened and founded in 1988 by Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi [2][3] in the context of the Barelvi-Deobandi/Tablighi controversy and emergence of religious revivalist movements/organisations in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][4][5] Hence, Darul Uloom Pretoria was set up as a means of defending and preserving Sufi-Barelvi beliefs and practices among South Africa's Muslim community, and counter the influence of the Deobandi Movement, who attack certain Sufi practices such as Mawlid.[1] The Darul Uloom, like many Barelvi orientated Madrassahs in South Africa, received funding from local Indian Muslim businessmen and donors of the Barelvi persuasion, and many of the teachers in the Darul Uloom are educated in Madrassas in India and Pakistan.[6] The institute have published a variety of Islamic literature, including an English translation of Ahmad Raza Khan's Urdu translation of the Qur'an, Kanzul Iman.[7][8] The institute has links with Al-Azhar University in Egypt and Jamia Rizwia Zia Ul Uloom located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and has connections with Ulama from across the world.[1][9][10] The Darul Uloom has full time courses, part time courses, and female courses and runs a seven year Alim programme, a three-year Imamat course as well as a Ḥifẓ, elementary education, and secular education that is incorporated with the full time course in particular.[11][12]

Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi, founder and principle of the Darul Uloom
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  2. ^ "About". Darul Uloom Pretoria. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ Waghid, Yusef (2018), Daun, Holger; Arjmand, Reza (eds.), "Islamic Education in South Africa", Handbook of Islamic Education, International Handbooks of Religion and Education, vol. 7, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 673–683, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64683-1_33, ISBN 978-3-319-64683-1, retrieved 25 April 2023
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  6. ^ Sayed, Muhammad Khalid (2010). The shifting world of South African madrasahs, 1973-2008. University of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. pp. 47–59.
  7. ^ "AL-QALAM EDUCATION & COMMUNITY CENTRE || HISTORY OF DARUL ULOOM PRETORIA". www.theqalam.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Publications". Darul Uloom Pretoria. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Islamic leaders certified in Eagle Park". News24. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Darul Iftaa". Darul Uloom Pretoria. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Academic". Darul Uloom Pretoria. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  12. ^ Rafudeen, Auwais (24 December 2020). "Theorizing Sunniyat as a Mode of Being: An Asadian Perspective from South Africa". Islamic Africa. 11: 94–133. doi:10.1163/21540993-01101003. S2CID 234416610.