Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia


Jamia Uloom-e-Islamia is an Islamic School situated in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The school continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system initiated by Darul Uloom Deoband., there are about twelve thousand students in different departments of the Jamiah and its branches, including a number of foreign students from over sixty countries.
It is a "fountainhead of Deobandi militancy" which has established and sustained several jihadi organisations, such as Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.

Controversies

Jihad Movement

It has been described by the International Crisis Group as the "fountainhead of Deobandi militancy" in Pakistan, due to the madrasa playing a major role in helping establish and sustain a number of jihadi organisations, including Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.

Assassinations of preachers

On 2 November 1997, two scholars at Jamiat-ul-Uloom-ul-Islamia, Habibullah Mukhtar and Abdus Sami, were burnt to death when two motorcyclists hurled an explosive device at their van. Another Rector, Yousuf Ludhianvi, was shot dead by gunmen in Karachi on 18 May 2000. Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, the then head of the madrassa, was killed on 30 May 2004 when armed men ambushed his vehicle in front of the Binori Mosque. On 9 October 2004, another associated scholar, Jameel Ahmad Khan, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon by two gunmen on motorcycles. On 13 May 2012, Aslam Sheikhupuri was killed when gunmen on two motorcycles shot at his car. He had been associated with the school for 25 years.