Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam
مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام | |
Flag of Majlis-e-Ahrar | |
| Formation | 29 December 1929 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Dawood Ghaznavi |
| Type | Religious organisation |
| Purpose | Finality of Prophethood Hukumat-e Ilahiyya Pakistani nationalism |
| Headquarters | Ahrar Central Secretariat. 69-C, New Muslim Town, Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan |
Secretary General | Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema |
President | Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari |
Central & Senior Vice-President | Professor Khalid Shabbir Ahmad Malik Muhammad Yousuf |
Central preacher | Maulana Muhammad Mugheera |
Central Information Secretary | Dr. Umar Farooq Ahrar |
| Affiliations | Tehreek-e Talaba-e-Islam Ahrar Students Federation (ASF) |
| Website | ahrarindia www |
| Part of a series on the |
| Deobandi movement |
|---|
Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam (Urdu: مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام), also known simply as the Ahrar, is a religious Muslim organisation in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 December 1929 at Lahore.
The group became composed of Indian Muslims inspired by and supporting the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party. The organisation was based in Punjab and gathered support from the urban lower-middle class. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Muhammad Ali Jalandhri were the leaders of the organisation.
Religious leaders from all sects Barelvi, Deobandi, Ahle Hadith, Shia Progressive and politically Communists were the members of Majlis-e-Ahrar. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Muhammad Ali Jalandhri, Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, Mazhar Ali Azhar, Zafar Ali Khan and Dawood Ghaznavi were the founders of the organisation. The Ahrar was composed of Indian Muslims disillusioned by the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party.
The organisation, being a member of the All India Azad Muslim Conference, is associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and establishment of an independent Pakistan. Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah was the only ahrari leader who actively participated in the Pakistan independence movement.
After 1947, it separated into the Majlis-e-Ahrar Islam Hind (مجلس احرارلأسلام ہند), based in Ludhiana and led by descendants of Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, as well as the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam (مجلس احرارلأسلام اسلام), based in Lahore and led by descendants of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari.