Dawat-e-Islami ( ur, دعوتِ اسلامی) is a Sunni Islamic organization based in

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. It has several Islamic educational institutions around the world. In addition to local charity efforts, Dawat-e-Islami offers online courses in Islamic studies and runs a

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, Madani Channel. It is associated with global Preaching of Peace which counters terrorism. Dawat-e-Islami was officially founded in Karachi in September 1981 by leading scholars who selected

Ilyas Ilyas ( ar, إلياس) is a form of the masculine given name Elias or Elijah. Notable people with this given name * Ilyas son of Mudar, ancestor of Muhammad * Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami * Ilyas Babar (1926-2002), Indian at ...

as its main leader.

History

Mosque And Education Center Run By Dawat-e-Islami

Arshadul Qaudri and Islamic scholar

Shah Ahmad Noorani Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1 October 1926 – 11 December 2003, known as Allama Noorani) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, mystic, philosopher, revivalist and politician. Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat ...

, since 1973 head of the

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(JUP), along with other Pakistani Sunni scholars, selected

Ilyas Qadri Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ( ur, ), known as ''Attar'' (), is a Sufi Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of Dawat-e-Islami. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Qadri is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat. Family background His ...

, who was the then Punjab president of Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam, JUP's youth wing, aged 23, as the head of Dawat-e-Islami at Dār-ul ´ulūm Amjadia. Dawat-e-Islami was established initially to dilute the influence of many wahabi group and its teachings.

2nd September

2nd September is considered as the Day of Dawateislami because on this day 40 years ago Dawateislami came into being. Dawat-e-Islami has spread into an excess of 194 nations of the globe through 26000+ workers, various volunteers and evangelists who are engendering the message of Islam in their area. The two most significant activities of Dawat-e-Islami are Madani Qafila (

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travel) and Naik Amal (self assessment questionnaires). Followers travel for specific days to spread the message of Islam to the people. Dawat-e-Islami owns its own TV Channel known as Madani Channel. It also arranges an annual gathering of Muslim in

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the old ...

. In October 2002, a major Pakistani English-language newspaper reported about a 3-day public gathering in the city of

, Pakistan which was held by Dawat-e-Islami organization and was attended by thousands of people from all parts of Pakistan and other countries.

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had used special trains from

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

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and

Nawabshah Nawabshah ( sd, نوابشاھ, ur, ) is a tehsil and headquarters of the Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. This city is situated in the middle of Sindh province. It is the 27th largest city in Pakistan. Nawabshah Teh ...

to take passengers to Multan.

spoke at the first and last sessions of the gathering.Da'awat moot concludes [Dawat-e-Islami article on Dawn (newspaper)
Published 21 October 2002, Retrieved 9 December 2018 In addition to mosques, Dawat-e-Islami has also started Dar-ul-Madinah, an Islamic school system that aims to improve conventional academic studies in conformity with Sharia.

Expansion to Europe and U.K

Dawat-e-Islami expanded to the United Kingdom in 1995, holding its first Ijtima (weekly congregation) in Halifax. As of December 2019, it now has at least 38 properties in the United Kingdom which are used as a network of Masajid, Islamic centers, schools and/or Jamias in order to create future scholars for society. Some buildings have been completed and others are being worked upon. More than 100,000

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was opened in

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, for the education of young children and adults. Dawat-e-Islami operates twelve centers in

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and seven in

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. In

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, it has association with local

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and has established four centers.

Annual Islamic gatherings

Dawat-e-Islami organized an annual congregation in Multan, Pakistan until 2008, when it was discontinued for security reasons, and in

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. In 2002, around 500,000 people participated in its congregation in

, Pakistan. Dawat-e-Islami planned to hold an annual congregation (Ijtema) in December 1991 in

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(India). Ilyas Attar Qadri tried to cancel it, but local activists held it anyway. A dispute about this, caused the Mumbai-based group to break away as Sunni Dawate Islami.

Madrasa-tul Madina (Basic Education System)

In Madrasa tul Madina, children are taught how to read the Qur’an in Arabic, as well as foundational Islamic studies. Currently, Madrasa tul Madina has around 3790 branches, with approximately 169,000 boys and girls studying free of charge in these institutions.

Madani Channel

Since 2009, Dawat-e-Islami is operating its Madani Channel, which had been launched with Urdu broadcasts but afterwards three more channels in English, Arabic and Bengali were launched. Madni Channel is free of commercial advertisements and it runs on charity and broadcasts programs to spread the true teachings of Islam and to reform the society through spiritual and moral guidance.

COVID-19

During the

COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two ...

, Dawat-e-Islami distributed food ration bags to needy people affected by lockdown in Pakistan. On 20 April 2020, Imran Attari said that Dawat-e-Islami had distributed 250,000 ration bags across Pakistan, including 40,000 in

. The organisation had also set up blood donation centres in 13 places in Karachi. It collected 18,000 bottles from 106 campuses across the country.

Green Pakistan

Dawat-e-Islami started campaign for planting trees across Pakistan which aims to pollution free country. Governor Sindh Imran Ismail inaugurated monsoon tree plantation drive at Governor's House as a part of the Clean Green Pakistan Initiative in collaboration with Dawat-e-Islami Pakistan in August 2021. Green Pakistan plantation campaign covers all major cities of Pakistan and costs millions of Pakistani rupees.

Madani Home

Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF), a welfare division of Dawateislami Dawateislami, a non-profitable organization, is building a shelter home for homeless children under its project ‘Madani Home’.

References

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External links

Dawat-e-Islami Official WebsiteThe Dawat-E-Islami Mosque on Kenilworth RoadSaeed Ajmal: Now in love with Dawat-e-Islami
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