Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mawlana
Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi
Founder Of:Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom
Nationality:Indian
Birth Place:Vastan village, Surat district, Gujarat
Office1:12th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband
Predecessor1:Marghoobur Rahman Bijnori
Successor1:Abul Qasim Nomani
Termstart1:10 January 2011
Termend1:24 July 2011
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Religion:Islam
Denomination:Deobandi

Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi is an Indian Muslim scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was instrumental in reforming madrasa education by introducing subjects like medicine and engineering to Darul Uloom institutions.[1]

Life and career

Vastanvi graduated from the Mazahir Uloom.[2] He had been removed from the Maharashtra State waqf board in 2018 for illegal possession of waqfs land in Ahmednagar for his institution[3] He had been charged for this illegal action of possessing a waqfs land;[4] consequently the state government had ordered the criminal action against Vastanvi.[5]

He was dismissed as the Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband some said that it was because he praised modi but he denied it. Deoband institution also denied this. and he was the first person to be removed earlier than had they voluntarily resigned, or died in office. Howevere,Vastanvi decided not to challenge his removal in the courts.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Vastanvi established Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom in 1979 in Akkalkuwa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who is Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi? . India Today . 20 January 2011 . 14 April 2020.
  2. News: The divisions in Deoband . 28 May 2021 . Indian Express . 19 February 2011.
  3. Web site: Kulkarni. Dhaval. 2018-10-19. Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi removed from Waqf Board. 2020-06-09. DNA India. en.
  4. Web site: Kulkarni. Dhaval. 2018-09-15. Maharashtra government slaps notice on Waqf land 'encroachers'. 2020-06-09. DNA India. en.
  5. Web site: Kulkarni. Dhaval. 2018-09-25. Maharashtra government directs criminal action for Wakf irregularities. 2020-06-09. DNA India. en.
  6. Web site: Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi removed as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband . India Today . Naziya Alvi . 24 July 2011 . 14 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Q&A: Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi . . Gyan Varma . 25 January 2013 . 14 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi: A Victim Of Super-Caste And Family Hegemony In Deoband? – Analysis . Eurosaia Review . 13 August 2011 . 14 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Vastanvi to focus on Rs100cr college . . Yagnesh Bharat Mehta . 25 July 2011 . 14 April 2020.
  10. Web site: Mullah in Debate of Tradition vs. Modern Schooling . New York Times . 20 March 2011 . 14 April 2020.
  11. Web site: Vastanvi a success story in Maharashtra town . . Yagnesh Bharat Mehta . 29 January 2011 . 14 April 2020.