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Notable universities Umm al-Qura University Islamic University of Madinah Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Jamia Salafia, Faisalabad Jamia Salafia, Varanasi International Islamic University List of Salafi Islamic universities
Related ideologies Ahl-i Hadith movement Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Madkhalism Manhaj Qutbism Sahwa movement Sailaifengye Salafi jihadism Sufi-Salafi relations Hazimism Wahhabism International propagation by country/region
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Jamia Salafia, Varanasi (الجامعة السلفية) (Markazi Darul-Uloom) is an Islamic Jamia or central seminary university located in the city of Varanasi in India. It was founded in 1963 by the honorable ambassador of Saudi Arabia – Yusuf Al-Fauzan under the movement of All India Ahle Hadith Conference (The biggest wing of Jama’at Ahle Hadith). Then it was inaugurated in 1966 by Allama Abdul Qadir Shaibatul Hamd – the representative of Sheikh Ibn Baz (Rahimahullah) Vice Chancellor of Jamia Islamia, Madina Munauwarah (K.S.A.). And the task of education and training started in a planned way with the help of highly qualified teachers. It is the largest Salafi-Ahle Hadith institution in India. The university is funded by government of Saudi Arabia and most of the teachers are graduated from Saudi Arabian Islamic universities. Saudi government prescribe Indian Muslims to take education from the university. The institution follows Salafi doctrine.

Departments

1. Mutawassita and Sanavia
2. Shariat College
3. Faculty of the teaching of Quran-ul-Kareem
4. Al-Manar Boys’ School
5. Rahmania Boys’ School

References

1. Hefner, Robert W.; Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (2010). Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education. Princeton University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4008-3745-8. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
2. Williams, Philippa (2015). Everyday Peace?: Politics, Citizenship and Muslim Lives in India. John Wiley & Sons. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-118-83781-8. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. Muslim India. Muslim India. 2004. p. 613. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
4. Noor, Farish A.; Sikand, Yoginder; Bruinessen, Martin van (2008). The Madrasa in Asia: Political Activism and Transnational Linkages. Amsterdam University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-90-5356-710-4. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
5. Ahmad, Irfan (2009). Islamism and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami. Princeton University Press. pp. 23, 255n14. ISBN 978-0-691-13920-3.
6. Singh, David Emmanuel (2012). Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response. Walter de Gruyter. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-61451-185-4. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

• Islamic universities and colleges in India
• 1966 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
• Varanasi