Arshad Madani

Arshad Madani
Born Deoband, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Islamic scholar, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind director and president
Years active 1964 – present
Known for Shari'a, Hadith, Islamic finance, Tafsir
Title Maulana (religious leader)
Website www.jamiatulamaihind.com/home.html

Arshad Madani (born in 1941) is the current president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. Husain Ahmad Madani (1879 – 1957) was his father. Arshad Madani succeeded his elder brother Syed As'ad Madani and became president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on February 8, 2006.[1]

Political approach

He opposes religious sectarianism in India, believing that India's division in 1947 grew from religious sectarianism among the population of British India and the violence related to it. He suggests secularism is the only way for the solidarity and integrity of a united India.[2]

He asserts that the current prime minister Narendra Modi is not acceptable to all Muslims of India. Muslim hostility to Modi is not softening recently at all as some circles in the Indian news media have suggested. He questions whether Indian Muslims can forgive Modi for initiating and condoning the 2002 Gujarat riots and the ensuing violence against Muslims in India, which Madani calls a mass murder of Muslims. He states that Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at that time.[3]

He was caught in a controversy for making a statement amounting to "promoting enmity between communities" in the backdrop of updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam which led 3 FIRs registered against him in the state.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Maulana Arshad Madani addresses an Eid gathering on jamiatulamaihind.com website, Published 12 March 2016, Retrieved 17 July 2017
  2. ↑ 'Arshad Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind says Owaisis are traitors', dnaindia.com newspaper website, Published 17 January 2015, Retrieved 17 July 2017
  3. ↑ Indian TV interview of Maulana Arshad Madani on Headlines Today program, indiatoday website, Published 19 February 2013, Retrieved 17 July 2017
  4. ↑ "FIR filed against Maulana Arshad Madani; Assam Police examining alleged 'provocative speech'". The Shahab. 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-24.


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