Jamia Islamia Yunusia Explained

Jamia Islamia Yunusia
Native Name:Yunusia Madrasah
Established:1914 (1328 Hijri)[1]
Type:Islamic university
Motto:Arabic: إِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَاللَّهُ يُعْطِي
(I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah.)[2]
Chancellor:Majlis-e-Shura
Students:2500 (total)
Undergrad:350
City:Paikpara, Brahmanbaria
Country:Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.9722°N 91.1123°W
Campus:Urban
Faculty:56

Al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Yūnusiyyah (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية اليونسية), also known as Jamia Islamia Yunusia (Bengali: জামেয়া ইসলামিয়া ইউনুছিয়া), is one of the Qawmi Jamiahs of Bangladesh located in the neighbourhood of Paikpara in Brahmanbaria.[3] [4] As of 1998, it controlled most of the other madrasahs in Brahmanbaria.[5] [6] [7]

History

It was established by Abu Taher Muhammad Yunus, after whom the Madrasah is named, in 1914 and teacher was Motiur Rahman. Then it was headed by another Deobandi scholar Fakhr-e-Bangal Allamah Tajul Islam and later Shamsul Haque Faridpuri from 1928 to 1935. Five students were killed during the 2001 Fatwa Movement. The current Muhtamim is Mufti Mubarakullah and teacher is Shamsul Haq Saraili.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Islamic education in Bangladesh and its genealogical relation to Deobandian School of Thought . Fumayun . Kabir Mohammad . NIHU Program: Islamic Studies . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809140343/http://www.islam.waseda.ac.jp/article/wias/report/g2/499 . 9 August 2011.
  2. Book: . 3. Book of Knowledge, Hadith 13 . https://sunnah.com/bukhari/3/13 . Muhammad al-Bukhari . Muhammad al-Bukhari.
  3. Web site: Politics of 'Islam', the State and the Contesting Cultural Identity in Bangladesh: Contemporary Ulama and their Activism . Kabir . Humayun . Macquarie University: Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations . https://web.archive.org/web/20110302030807/http://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/papers/Non-refereed%20papers/Kabir%20Politics%20of%20%27Islam%27%2C%20the%20State%20and%20the%20Contesting....pdf . 2 March 2011 . dead.
  4. Muhammad Mahabubur Rahman . Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila.
  5. Book: Riaz, Ali . 2008 . Faithful Education . Rutgers University Press . 150 . 978-0813543451.
  6. News: 17 September 2006 . B'baria cleric passes away . The Daily Star . 29 August 2015 . 19 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170219022808/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/17/d60917070793.htm . dead .
  7. News: 9 February 2010 . Maulana Mufti Nurullah . The Daily Star . 29 August 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103357/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=125564 . dead .