Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia
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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]
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وفاق المدارس العربیہ | |
Other name | The Federation of Madaris |
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Motto | رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic) |
Type | Board of Islamic seminaries |
Established | 19 October 1959 |
Religious affiliation | Sunni Islam (Hanafi school, Deobandi) |
President | Mufti Taqi Usmani |
Vice-president | Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani Ubaiullah Khalid Sayyid Sulaiman Yousuf Banuri Maulana Saeed Yousuf |
General Secretary | Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari |
Location | , , Pakistan |
Website | www |
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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]