Abdul Aziz | |
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Chancellor of Faridia University | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abdullah |
Imam and Khatib of Lal Masjid | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abdullah |
Chancellor of Jamia Hafsa | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abdullah |
Imam and Khatib of Jamia Masjid Mujaddadiyyah. F-8, Islamabad | |
In office 1979–1998 | |
Preceded by | None (office created) |
Personal | |
Born | |
Religion | Islam |
Children | 1 |
Parent |
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Citizenship | Pakistani |
Denomination | Sunni |
Movement | Deobandi |
Alma mater | Jamia Farooqia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Teachers | Saleemullah Khan |
Relations | Abdul Rashid Ghazi (brother) |
Mawlānā Abdul Aziz (Urdu: محمد عبد العزيز) is a Pakistani cleric and sermon preacher at Lal Masjid, Islamabad, which was the site of a siege in 2007 with the Pakistani army.[1] He is also the current Chancellor of Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa.[2] He is the son of Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi, and elder brother of Abdul Rashid Ghazi.
Aziz was released from custody by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2009 and acquitted in 2013.[3]
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