Jamia Naeemia Moradabad
Islamic seminary in India
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Jamia Naeemia Moradabad (Urdu: جامعہ نعیمیہ مراد آباد, Hindi: जामिया नईमिया मुरादाबाद) is an Islamic seminary in India. It is located in Moradabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] The seminary is a major center of the Barelvi movement in India and has been the target of violence by the rival Deobandi movement.[3]
JNM | |
| Type | Islamic university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1925 |
| Founder | Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi |
| Affiliations | Barelvi movement |
| Principal | Mufti Ayub Khan Naeemi Bhagalpuri |
| Students | 1000+ (Approximately) |
| Location | , , |
| Website | jamianaimia |
History
It started off as a madrasa in the town of Moradabad. It was named 'Naeemia' after the name of Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi, a Sunni Islamic scholar. It has produced several leading ulemas of Sunni Sufi movement.[4]
In 1925 (1343H), an All India Sunni Conference’s first summit was organised at Jamia Naeemia Moradabad, whose aims included the unification of "the Sunni majority" under a single political, economic, and socio-religious platform. It was attended by the more than two hundred and fifty religious scholars.[5] Sajjada-nashin of Dargah Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, Syed Mohammad Izhar Ashraf taught at Jamia Naeemia Moradabad [6]
Courses
- Dars e Nizami
- Alim
- Fazil
Fatwas
The Darul Ifta Jamia Naeemia Moradabad issued a fatwa against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for allegedly forcefully snatching land of cemetery grounds and other properties from the poor.[7]
Notable alumni
- Syed Muzaffar Hussain Kichhauchhavi, poet, politician and farmer