All India Muslim Jamaat (, abbr. AIMJ) is an Indian Non-governmental religious organization belonging to the

Barelvi movement The Barelvi movement, also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement that generally adheres to the Hanafi school, Hanafi and Shafi'i school, Shafi'i schools of jurisprudenc ...

Sunni Islam Sunni Islam is the largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any Succession to Muhammad, successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr ...

. It was established on 17 September 2022 at the residence of Mannan Raza Khan, brother of

Akhtar Raza Khan Akhtar Raza Khan (born Muhammad Ismail Raza; 23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), also known as Tajush Shari'ah, and Azhari Miyan, was an Indian Islamic scholar. A mufti of the Barelvis, he was the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who w ...

on the occasion of 104th Urs-e-Razvi of

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...

Shahabuddin Razvi Shahabuddin Razvi, known with his honorific as ''Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi'' (''urdu'': مولانا شہاب الدین رضوی) (born 4 April 1974, in Bahraich, U.P) is an Indian Islamic scholar, historical writer and social worke ...

is the President of this organization.

Activities

All India Muslim Jamaat openly supported the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

's decision on banning

Popular Front of India Popular Front of India (PFI) is an Islamist political organisation in India, that engages in a radical and exclusivist style of Muslim minority politics. Formed to counter Hindutva groups, it was banned by the Indian Ministry of Home Aff ...

, they claimed PFI as a radical group. They previously demanded Government to impose ban on the organization, saying that they follow a radicalized ideology and appealed Sunni

Barelvi The Barelvi movement, also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement that generally adheres to the Hanafi school, Hanafi and Shafi'i school, Shafi'i schools of jurisprudenc ...

and

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

Muslims to maintain distance from such organizations. The committee stated that these organizations should be banned to safeguard the Unity of the Country. On 17 September 2022, a meeting was held at

Bareilly Sharif Dargah Bareilly Sharif Dargah is a Dargah (shrine) or mausoleum of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, a 19th-century islamic scholar who founded the Barelvi movement. It is located in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Dome of the Dar ...

located at the 'Islamic Research Center', which was presided by

, National President of AIMJ. In February 2023, Shahabuddin Razvi, the President of AIMJ stated that the

All India Muslim Personal Law Board All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in India that represents the interests of Muslims in matters of personal law. It was formed in 1973 with the objective of protecting and promoting the appli ...

is going so far from their ideology, it was established to look into the interference in Muslim laws, but the organization is now into the Political matter.

References

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