Jamia Salafia, Varanasi (الجامعة السلفية) (Markazi Darul-Uloom) is an Islamic
Jamia
Jamia (جامعة ''jāmi‘a''; also ''jamiya'' 'h'' is the Arabic word for ''gathering''. It can also refer to a book Al-Jami'a or a mosque, or more generally, a university. In the latter sense it refers in official usage to a modern university ...
or central seminary university located in the city of
Varanasi
Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.*
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* The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. It was founded in 1963 by the honorable ambassador of Saudi Arabia – Yusuf Al-Fauzan under the movement of All India
Ahle Hadith Conference (The biggest wing of Jama’at Ahle Hadith). Then it was inaugurated in 1966 by Allama Abdul Qadir Shaibatul Hamd – the representative of
Sheikh Ibn Baz (Rahimahullah) Vice Chancellor of
Jamia Islamia, Madina Munauwarah (K.S.A.). And the task of education and training started in a planned way with the help of highly qualified teachers. It is the largest
Salafi
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a fundamentalist revival movement within Sunni Islam, originating in the late 19th century and influential in the Islamic world to this day. The name "''Salafiyya''" is a self-designation, claiming a retu ...
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Ahle Hadith institution in
India
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. The university is funded by
government of Saudi Arabia
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and most of the teachers are graduated from Saudi Arabian Islamic universities. Saudi government prescribe Indian Muslims to take education from the university. The institution follows
Salafi
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a fundamentalist revival movement within Sunni Islam, originating in the late 19th century and influential in the Islamic world to this day. The name "''Salafiyya''" is a self-designation, claiming a retu ...
doctrine.
Departments
#Mutawassita and Sanavia
#Shariat College
#Faculty of the teaching of Quran-ul-Kareem
#Al-Manar Boys’ School
#Rahmania Boys’ School
References
{{coord missing, Uttar Pradesh
Islamic universities and colleges in India
1966 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi