Matiul Haq Khalis Explained

Honorific Prefix:Mawlawi
Matiul Haq Khalis
Office:President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society
Term Start:4 October 2021
1Blankname:Emir
1Namedata:Hibatullah Akhundzada
1Blankname2:Prime Minister
1Namedata2:Hasan Akhund
1Blankname3:Deputy President
1Namedata3:Nooruddin Turabi
Predecessor:Syed Sifatullah Qureshi
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Nakarkhel village of Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan
Parents:Mohammad Yunus Khalis (father)
Relatives:Anwar ul Haq Mujahid (brother)
Alma Mater:Islamic University of Madinah
University of Punjab
Jamia Imdad-ul-Uloom Islamia Peshawar
Profession:Islamic scholar
Politician

Mawlawi Matiul Haq Khalis (born; 1961) (Pushto; Pashto: {{nq|مولوی مطیع الحق خالص) is the Afghan Taliban leader and President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society[1]

Early life and education

He was born in 1961 in Nakarkhel village of Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. He is the son of a late Afghan jihad commander Mohammad Yunus Khalis. After studying early religious education from his father, he migrated to Pakistan in 1978 and studied in various madrassas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 1988 he received a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic law from the Islamic University of Madinah and a Master’s degree in Islamic studies from University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan. From 1990 to 1991 he studied Hadith at Jamia Imdad-ul-Uloom Islamia Peshawar. He is also a Hafiz-i-Quran[2]

He and his brother Anwar ul Haq Mujahid led a group called the Tora Bora Military Front.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: د اسلامي امارت په تشکیلاتو کې نوي کسان پر دندو وګومارل شول. October 4, 2021. باختر خبری آژانس.
  2. Web site: Brief Introduction of Members of the Negotiating Team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. 2021-08-16. 2021-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818100417/http://alemarahenglish.net/?p=37743. dead.
  3. News: طالبان مذاکراتی ٹیم میں کون کیا ہے؟. BBC News اردو.
  4. Web site: Khales, Mati ul-Haq Mawlawi. www.afghan-bios.info.