Umme Hassan
Umme Hassan | |
|---|---|
أمّ حسان | |
Umme Hassan (left) being greeted by her students | |
| Principal of Jamia Hafsa | |
| Assumed office 1989 | |
| Preceded by | None (office created) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 19 June 1969 |
| Spouse | Abdul Aziz Ghazi
(m. 1985) |
| Children | Hassan Ghazi (died 2007) |
| Parent |
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| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Relations | Muhammad Abdullah (father-in-law)
Abdul Rashid Ghazi (brother-in-law) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Military career | |
| Conflicts | Siege of Lal Masjid (POW) |
Majida Younas (Urdu: ماجدہ یونس) better known by the Kunya Umme Hassan (Urdu: أمّ حسان, lit. 'Mother of Hassan') is a Pakistani Islamist activist, scholar, and principal of Jamia Hafsa, a Deobandi Islamic seminary in Islamabad.
She is the spouse of the Abdul Aziz Ghazi, the daughter-in-law of Muhammad Abdullah and sister-in-law of Abdul Rashid Ghazi.
She was arrested by Pakistan Army Special Service Group during Operation Sunrise in July 2007, but was later released by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in August 2007 and was acquitted in 2012.