Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya

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Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Patiya
TypeIslamic university
Established1357 Hijri (1938)[1]
ChancellorAbdul Halim Bukhari
Academic staff
160[2]
Students5,000 (total)
Postgraduates700
Location
Patiya, Chittagong District, Bangladesh
CampusRural
WebsiteBengali English

Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية فتية‎), or simply Patiya Madrasah (Bengali: পটিয়া মাদ্রাসা), is a private Qawmi Islamic university ("Jāmiʿah"), is the second-most prominent Deobandi madrasah in Bangladesh.[3][4][1]

History[]

It was initially in 1357 AH (1938 CE)that Shah Zamiruddin Ahmad, a successor of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, desired to establish a madrasa in Patiya. Ahmad expressed his wishes to his student, Mufti Azizul Haque, who was a teacher at the Jiri Madrasa. Along with his brother Ahmad, Azizul Haque subsequently established the Zamiria Qasimul Uloom in Shawwal 1357 AH (November/December 1938 CE). It was situated in the premises of the Tufan Ali Munshi Mosque in Patiya. Considering the environment and situation, the madrasa was shifted a while later, to the premises of the Manumia Dafadar Mosque in eastern Patiya. The mosque was moved again a while after that, to an empty storehouse situated north of the madrasas's current location. It was then shifted to its current spot after that.[5]

The founding staff of the madrasa were Mufti Azizul Haque, Imam Saheb Huzur Ahmad, Mawlana Iskandar, Mawlana Amjad and Mawlana Abdul Jalil. They were later joined by Haji Shah Muhammad Yunus temporarily in 1377 AH (1958 CE) and permanently in 1379 AH (1960 CE). After the death of Azizul Haque on 15 Ramadan 1380 AH (3 March 1961 CE), the running of the madrasa was passed on to Haji Sahib, who transformed the small madrasa into a large Jamia university. An early incident which took place was a scheduled attack by thousands of Islamophobes, attempting to burn down the madrasa. Numerous books were also burnt during this incident.[5]

On 27 March 1971, Major-General Ziaur Rahman, the commander of the East Bengal Regiment in Chittagong and later President of Bangladesh, went to the Free Bengal Radio Centre in Kalurghat and proclaimed Bangladeshi independence from Pakistan.[6] This led to violent unrest and the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War. In search of safety, Ziaur Rahman and his associates took their equipment and headed for the Patiya Madrasah where they spent the night in the guesthouse.[7] The madrasa was bombed by the Pakistani forces and the madrasas's senior Muhaddith Allama Danish was subsequently killed and numerous others injured. Before the Jame Mosque was a two-storey building which was bombed eight times and crushed to the ground.[5]

Haji Sahib died on 14 February 1992 and was succeeded by Harun Islamabadi as the principal. On 12 February 2002, a large group of people gathered in Patiya Railway Square with firecrackers and physical weaponry. The walls of the eidgah and planned charity clinic were reduced to ashes. Islamabadi died on 26 September 2003 and the next director was Nurul Islam Qadim, though he was slowly becoming ill. Qadim instead served as the Sadr-e-Muhtamim of the madrasa until 26 February 2011, whilst the director was Abdul Halim Bukhari.[5]

Education pattern[]

The Jāmiʿah has currently these departments of education and classes: Dept. Of Nooranee (kindergarten), Dept. of Nazira and Hifz, and classes from elementary level to the Dawra-e-Hadith (M.A. Class).[8]

  • Post-graduate classes
  • Short course curricula
  • Vocational training and other courses
  • Other training and Hifz competition

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah is one of the three large madrassahs, along with Darul Uloom Muinul in Hathazari and Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar, that together control over 7000 smaller schools in Bangladesh.[9][10] The three schools are closely coordinated.[9] This madrasa founded the Anjuman-e-Ittihad al-Madaris (Association of the Unity of Madrasas), an examination board which is adopted by many other madrasas in the south. They publish examinations annually for 6 class groups.

Subordinate madrasas include the Faiziyyah Tajwid al-Quran Madrasa in Hathazari, the Islamic Education Centre and Clinic in Bandarban (est. 1989), the Islamic Missionary Centre and Clinic in Sukhbilas Rangunia, and the Qasimul Uloom Jamil Madrasah in Bogra (est. 1960) which is the largest madrasa in North Bengal.

Departments[]

Specialised[]

  1. Dar al-Ifta, the fatwa department which teaches higher-level fiqh
  2. Department of Tafsir, teaching Quranic exegesis
  3. Department of Ulum-e-Hadith
  4. Department of Qiraʼat, teaches Tajweed and the 7 modes of recitation
  5. Department of Bengali literature, teaches Bengali and English literature. Founded in 1965 CE, it is the first Qawmi Madrasah to have such a department.
  6. Department of Arabic literature

Short Course Department[]

Provides Secondary School Certificate in general Bangladeshi education syllabus.

Publications[]

The monthly Al-Tawheed magazine has been published in Bengali by this Jamiah regularly for 43 years, and there is also the Al-Aziz Bengali magazine. The Arabic magazines published by the Jamiah is Balagh as-Sharq (every three months) and Ad-Dairah.

Notable alumni[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b পটিয়া মাদ্রাসা এখন বিশ্ব ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় [Patiya Madrasa is now the world Islamic University]. Dainik Purbokone (in Bengali). 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ http://en.jamiahislamiahpatiya.com/
  3. ^ Bano, Masooda (2008). Working Paper No. 13: Allowing for Diversity: State-Madrasa Relations in Bangladesh (PDF). Religions and Development Research Programme, University of Birmingham, UK. ISBN 978-0-7044-2567-5.
  4. ^ "Creating a Practicing Muslim: A Study of Qawmi Madrasah in Bangladesh (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Shamsi, Ridwan al-Haq (17 May 2018). পটিয়া মাদরাসা. Qowmipedia (in Bengali).
  6. ^ খন্দকার, এ কে (2014). ১৯৭১: ভেতরে বাইরে (in Bengali). Prathamā Prakāśan. pp. 55–70. ISBN 978-984-90747-4-8.
  7. ^ Shibli, Shaker Hossain. আলেম মুক্তিযোদ্ধার খোঁজে [In search of Alim freedom fighters] (in Bengali). আল-এছহাক প্রকাশনী.
  8. ^ http://www.iscabd.org/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF/
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Riaz, Ali (2008). Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-8135-4562-2. Three madrassahs are reported to control more than seven thousand smaller madrassahs—al-Jamiah al-Islamia located in Patiya district, Darul Uloom Mainul Madrassah located in Hathazari, and Darul Uloom Madrassah located in Lalkhan Bazar of Chittagong—are closely coordinated and they appear to be the core institutions of a larger network.
  10. ^ "Reality Reminder Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine." Asiantribune.com. New Delhi, 31 October 2005

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Coordinates: 22°17′46″N 91°58′58″E / 22.2962°N 91.9829°E / 22.2962; 91.9829

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