Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu: وفاق المدارس العربیہ lit.'Federation of Madaris') is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, founded in 1959. More than 10,000 seminaries and 23,000 madaris across Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought.[1][2]

Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan
وفاق المدارس العربیہ
Other name
The Federation of Madaris
Mottoرَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic)
TypeBoard of Islamic seminaries
Established19 October 1959
Religious affiliation
Sunni Islam (Hanafi school, Deobandi)
PresidentMufti Taqi Usmani
Vice-presidentAnwar-ul-Haq Haqqani
Ubaiullah Khalid
Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri
Maulana Saeed Yousuf
General SecretaryMuhammad Hanif Jalandhari
Location, ,
Pakistan
Websitewww.wifaqulmadaris.org

Mufti Taqi Usmani has been appointed as the new president on 19 September 2021 after the death of the former president, Abdur Razzaq Iskander.

Qari Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari is general sectary of the federation. The head office of the federation is situated in Multan.[3]

Functions

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The functions of 'Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan' are the registration of seminaries, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.[2]

Presidents

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References

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  1. ^ Amir Wasim (1 October 2013). "Ulema urge govt, Taliban to stop fighting (Ulema from Wifaq ul Madaris)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Profile of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan". 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Govt claims accord on seminaries' regulation". Dawn (newspaper). 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ Fakhar Bilal. "From Jalandhar (India) to Multan (Pakistan): Establishment of Jamia Khair ul Madaris, 1931-1951" (PDF). Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. 55 (1 (January–June 2018)). Research Society of Pakistan. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. ^ Maulana Saleemullah passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 January 2017, Retrieved 11 August 2020
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