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.[2][5][6][7]
Yunusia Madrasah | |
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| Motto | Arabic: إِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَاللَّهُ يُعْطِي (I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah.)[1] |
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| Type | Islamic university |
| Established | 1914 (1328 Hijri)[2] |
| Chancellor | Majlis-e-Shura |
Academic staff | 56 |
| Students | 2500 (total) |
| Undergraduates | 350 |
| Location | Paikpara, Brahmanbaria , Bangladesh 23°58′20″N 91°06′44″E / 23.9722°N 91.1123°E |
| Campus | Urban |
History
editIt 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.
Alumni
edit- Azizul Haque, former teacher and student
- Fazlul Haque Amini, former student
- Shamsul Haque Faridpuri, former principal
- Sajidur Rahman, current Shaikul Hadith
References
edit- ^ Muhammad al-Bukhari. "3. Book of Knowledge, Hadith 13". Sahih al-Bukhari.
- ^ a b Fumayun, Kabir Mohammad. "Islamic education in Bangladesh and its genealogical relation to Deobandian School of Thought". NIHU Program: Islamic Studies. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
- ^ Kabir, Humayun. "Politics of 'Islam', the State and the Contesting Cultural Identity in Bangladesh: Contemporary Ulama and their Activism" (PDF). Macquarie University: Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011.
- ^ Muhammad Mahabubur Rahman (2012). "Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Riaz, Ali (2008). Faithful Education. Rutgers University Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0813543451.
- ^ "B'baria cleric passes away". The Daily Star. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Maulana Mufti Nurullah". The Daily Star. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2015.