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Jamia Faridia
Jamia Uloom Al-Islamia Al-Faridia (Urdu: جامعہ العلوم الاسلامیہ الفریدیہ), commonly known as Jamia Faridia (Urdu: جامعه فریدیه, romanized: Jamiya Faridia), is a Deobandi Islamic university situated near the Faisal Mosque in Sector E-7 of Islamabad, Pakistan. The university was established in 1971 by Sheikh al-Hadith Mawlānā Abdullah Ghazi, who remained the Chancellor until he was assassinated by unknown gunmen in October 1998.
As of 2022, it is the largest and oldest Jamia (Islamic university) in Islamabad, and has 1,600 students and more than 95 teachers and is considered one of the leading Islamic educational institutions in Pakistan, and it attracts students from various parts of the country and from other countries as well. The seminary has produced a large number of graduates who have gone on to become prominent Islamic scholars and preachers.
In 1966, a small seminary was established at Lal Masjid by Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, in which there were about 20 to 25 students for the Hifz class. After some time, a need was felt to have a bigger place for running this seminary so that a large number of students who were increasing with the passage of time could be accommodated.
Hence, a place in the meadows of the Margalla Hills in Sector E-7 was acquired with the help and cooperation of Seth Haroon E. H. Jaffer (Jaffer Group of Companies), Haji Akhtar Hassan (OSD Kashmir Affairs & Finance Secretary of Azad Kashmir), and Admiral Mohammad. Shariff, NI(M), HJ (Rtd). The area where the Capital Development Authority built Sector E-7 of Islamabad originally housed several small settlements and the area where the seminary was specifically constructed had originally been a village by the name of "Dhok Jeevan", which had been inhabited since the rule of the Mughal Empire, and was one of the largest of these settlements and also included the area of (what is now) The Faisal Mosque.
The construction of the seminary's current building began in 1978 and was built by Murshid Builders (Pvt) Ltd.
Maulana Abdullah served as the chancellor until his assassination by unidentified gunmen in the courtyard of Lal Masjid in October 1998.
After Maulana Abdullah's assassination, his son Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a Quaid-i-Azam University graduate and former United Nations envoy took over as Chief Executive and modernized the institution. He established the free "Al Faridia Model School" a tuition-free high school from grades 7 up until matriculation and he also introduced short courses in information technology, philosophy and Tajweed (Quranic phonetics).
Following Ghazi's 2007 assassination, his elder brother Abdul Aziz Ghazi succeeded him as both Chief Executive & Chancellor.
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Jamia Faridia
Jamia Uloom Al-Islamia Al-Faridia (Urdu: جامعہ العلوم الاسلامیہ الفریدیہ), commonly known as Jamia Faridia (Urdu: جامعه فریدیه, romanized: Jamiya Faridia), is a Deobandi Islamic university situated near the Faisal Mosque in Sector E-7 of Islamabad, Pakistan. The university was established in 1971 by Sheikh al-Hadith Mawlānā Abdullah Ghazi, who remained the Chancellor until he was assassinated by unknown gunmen in October 1998.
As of 2022, it is the largest and oldest Jamia (Islamic university) in Islamabad, and has 1,600 students and more than 95 teachers and is considered one of the leading Islamic educational institutions in Pakistan, and it attracts students from various parts of the country and from other countries as well. The seminary has produced a large number of graduates who have gone on to become prominent Islamic scholars and preachers.
In 1966, a small seminary was established at Lal Masjid by Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, in which there were about 20 to 25 students for the Hifz class. After some time, a need was felt to have a bigger place for running this seminary so that a large number of students who were increasing with the passage of time could be accommodated.
Hence, a place in the meadows of the Margalla Hills in Sector E-7 was acquired with the help and cooperation of Seth Haroon E. H. Jaffer (Jaffer Group of Companies), Haji Akhtar Hassan (OSD Kashmir Affairs & Finance Secretary of Azad Kashmir), and Admiral Mohammad. Shariff, NI(M), HJ (Rtd). The area where the Capital Development Authority built Sector E-7 of Islamabad originally housed several small settlements and the area where the seminary was specifically constructed had originally been a village by the name of "Dhok Jeevan", which had been inhabited since the rule of the Mughal Empire, and was one of the largest of these settlements and also included the area of (what is now) The Faisal Mosque.
The construction of the seminary's current building began in 1978 and was built by Murshid Builders (Pvt) Ltd.
Maulana Abdullah served as the chancellor until his assassination by unidentified gunmen in the courtyard of Lal Masjid in October 1998.
After Maulana Abdullah's assassination, his son Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a Quaid-i-Azam University graduate and former United Nations envoy took over as Chief Executive and modernized the institution. He established the free "Al Faridia Model School" a tuition-free high school from grades 7 up until matriculation and he also introduced short courses in information technology, philosophy and Tajweed (Quranic phonetics).
Following Ghazi's 2007 assassination, his elder brother Abdul Aziz Ghazi succeeded him as both Chief Executive & Chancellor.