Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام | |
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| President | Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari[1] |
| Secretary-General | Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema[2] |
| Vice President | Syed Ataullah Shah Salis Bukhari[1] |
| Historical leaders | Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Mazhar Ali Azhar Chaudhry Afzal Haq Agha Shorish Kashmiri Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan |
| Central & Senior Vice-President | Professor Khalid Shabbir Ahmad Malik Muhammad Yousuf |
| Central preacher | Maulana Muhammad Mugheera |
| Central Information Secretary | Dr. Umar Farooq Ahrar |
| Senior leaders | Mian Muhammad Awais Maulana Tanveer ul Hassan Qari Muhammad Yousuf Ahrar Mufti Ata-ur-Rehman Qureshi Maulana Zia Ullah Hashmi Dr. Muhammad Asif |
| Founder | Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari |
| Founded | 29 December 1929 |
| Headquarters | Ahrar Central Secretariat. 69-C, New Muslim Town, Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Student wing | Tehreek-e Talaba-e-Islam, Ahrar Students Federation (ASF) |
| Ideology | Finality of Prophethood Hukumat-e Ilahiyya Pakistani nationalism |
| Religion | Islam |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Islam, Khatm-e-Nubuwwat |
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Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam (Urdu: مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known as Ahrar for short, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 December 1929 at Lahore.[3]
The group became composed of Indian Muslims inspired by and supporting the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party.[4] The party was based in Punjab and gathered support from the urban lower-middle class. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, and Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari were the leaders of the party.[5]
Religious leaders from all sects Sunni Barelvi, Deobandi, Ahle Hadith, Shia Progressive and politically Communists were the members of Majlis-e-Ahrar. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, Mazhar Ali Azhar, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Dawood Ghaznavi were the founders of the party.[5] The Ahrar was composed of Indian Muslims disillusioned by the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party.[4]
The party, being a member of the All India Azad Muslim Conference, is associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and establishment of an independent Pakistan.[6][7] Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah was the only ahrari leader who actively participated in the Pakistan independence movement.[citation needed]
After 1947, it separated into the Majlis-E-Ahrar Islam Hind (مجلس احرارلأسلام ہند), based in Ludhiana and led by descendants of Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, as well as the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam (مجلس احرارلأسلام اسلام), based in Lahore and led by descendants of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "سید محمد کفیل بخاری مجلس احرار اسلام کے قائم مقام مرکزی امیر منتخب" (in Urdu). Daily Jasarat (newspaper). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Ministry lauded for summary on proposed minorities' commission". The News International (newspaper). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Ahrar: a chapter in Indian Muslim history". The Milli Gazette. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ a b Christophe Jaffrelot. A history of Pakistan and its origins. Anthem Press, 2004. ISBN 1-84331-149-6, ISBN 978-1-84331-149-2
- ^ a b Ahmad, Syed N. Origins of Muslim consciousness in India: a world-system perspective. New York u.a: Greenwood Press, 1991. p. 175
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