Tauqeer Raza Khan

Tauqeer Raza Khan
Maulana Tauqeer Raza (left)
Personal
Born
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
RegionIndia
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
MovementBarelvi Movement
Political partyIttehad-e-Millat Council
TariqaQadri
Organization
Founder ofAll India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadeed)
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Tauqeer Raza Khan is an Indian politician and Islamic cleric. He is a religious leader of the Bareilvi Sunni Muslims and founder of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council, a political party based in Uttar Pradesh. He is a great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, who was the founder of the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. He also heads the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Jadeed) after he cut ties with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, claiming discrimination by the Deobandis.

Raza Khan was elevated to the post of the Vice Chairman of his state's handloom department but resigned following the Muzaffar nagar riots. In 2016 he visited Deoband, which is the home of a rival Deobandi sub sect, in an attempt to forge unity among Muslims. For this he was criticised by clerics from his own sect and apologised after being found guilty of commuting sin by a panel of religious clerics.