Darul Uloom Pretoria Explained

Darul Uloom Pretoria دارالعلوم پریٹوریا
Established:	1988
Founder:	Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi
Principal:	Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi
Affiliations:	Al-Azhar University Jamia Rizwia Zia Ul Uloom
Religious Affiliation:	Sunni Islam (Hanafi Barelvi)
Website:	http://darululoompretoria.com/
Address:	Taj St, Laudium, Centurion, 0037,

Darul Uloom Pretoria (Urdu: دارالعلوم پریٹوریا) is an Islamic university and seminary located in Pretoria, South Africa following the ideologies of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi.^[1] It is regarded as the first fully-fledged Barelvi Madrassah in South Africa. It was opened and founded in 1988 by Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi ^[2] in the context of the Barelvi-Deobandi/Tablighi controversy and emergence of religious revivalist movements/organisations in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s.^{[3] [4]} Hence, Darul Uloom Pretoria was set up as a means of defending and preserving Sufi-Barelvi beliefs and practices among South Africa's Muslim community, and counter the influence of the Deobandi Movement, who attack certain Sufi practices such as Mawlid. The Darul Uloom, like many Barelvi orientated Madrassahs in South Africa, received funding from local Indian Muslim businessmen and donors of the Barelvi persuasion, and many of the teachers in the Darul Uloom are educated in Madrassas in India and Pakistan.^[5] The institute have published a variety of Islamic literature, including an English translation of Ahmad Raza Khan's Urdu translation of the Qur'an, Kanzul Iman.^{[6] [7]} The institute has links with Al-Azhar University in Egypt and Jamia Rizwia Zia Ul Uloom located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and has connections with Ulama from across the world.^{[8] [9]} The Darul Uloom has full time courses, part time courses, and female courses and runs a seven year Alim programme, a three-year Imamat course as well as a Ḥifẓ, elementary education, and secular education that is incorporated with the full time course in particular.^{[10] [11]}

Further reading

• Rafudeen, Auwais (3 April 2022). "Perceptions of Race Among "Sunni" Black Muslims in Laudium, Pretoria: Applying Insights of Talal Asad in South Africa". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 42 (2): 211–226. doi:10.1080/13602004.2022.2113288. ISSN 1360-2004.
• Sayed, Muhammad Khalid (2010). The shifting world of South African madrasahs, 1973-2008. University of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities,Department of Religious Studies.
• Tayob, Abdulkader; Niehaus, Inga; Weisse, Wolfram. Muslim Schools and Education in Europe and South Africa. Waxmann Verlag. .

External links

• http://darululoompretoria.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/@DarulUloomPretoria

Notes and References

1. Book: Tayob . Abdulkader . Muslim Schools and Education in Europe and South Africa . Niehaus . Inga . Weisse . Wolfram . Waxmann Verlag . 978-3-8309-7554-0 . en.
2. Web site: About . 2023-04-27 . Darul Uloom Pretoria . en-US.
3. Nkrumah . Gorkeh Gamal . 1991 . Islam in Southern Africa . Review of African Political Economy . 18 . 52 . 94–97 . 10.1080/03056249108703926 . 4005961 . 0305-6244.
4. Palombo . Matthew . 2014 . The Emergence of Islamic Liberation Theology in South Africa . Journal of Religion in Africa . 44 . 1 . 28–61 . 10.1163/15700666-12301272 . 43303297 . 0022-4200.
5. Book: Sayed, Muhammad Khalid . The shifting world of South African madrasahs, 1973-2008 . University of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities,Department of Religious Studies . 2010 . 47–59.
6. Web site: AL-QALAM EDUCATION & COMMUNITY CENTRE HISTORY OF DARUL ULOOM PRETORIA . 2023-04-25 . www.theqalam.co.uk.
7. Web site: Publications . 2023-04-25 . Darul Uloom Pretoria . en-US.
8. Web site: Islamic leaders certified in Eagle Park . 2023-04-27 . News24 . en-US.
9. Web site: Darul Iftaa . 2023-04-27 . Darul Uloom Pretoria . en-US.
10. Web site: Academic . 2023-04-27 . Darul Uloom Pretoria . en-US.
11. Rafudeen . Auwais . 24 Dec 2020 . Theorizing Sunniyat as a Mode of Being: An Asadian Perspective from South Africa . Islamic Africa . 11 . 94–133. 10.1163/21540993-01101003 . 234416610 .