Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith (MJAH) is a religious organization and political party in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

, founded in 1947 by

Dawood Ghaznavi Muhammad Daud Ghaznavi (better known as Dawood Ghaznavi or Daud Ghaznavi; 1895 – 16 December 1963), was an Islamic scholar, journalist, teacher, writer and politician in British India and a leader of the Indian independence movement. He serve ...

and Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti.

History

Formation

Jamiat Ahle Hadith was launched as a political party in 1986 by leader Ehsan Elahi Zaheer. A year later, In 1987, Ehsan Elahi Zaheer was killed.

Split into Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith (MJAH) and Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan (Elahi Zaheer) (JAHP) and remerge

In 1987, following Zaheer's death, JAH later splits up into 2 main factions, namely Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith (MJAH) led by

Sajid Mir Sajid Mir (born 1976 or 1978) is a Pakistani national and a member of the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. Mir was the chief planner of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and has also managed the tasks of the 'foreign affairs' of Lashkar-e-Taiba's ...

and another faction led by Ehsan Elahi Zaheer's son Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer namely Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan (Elahi Zaheer) (JAHP). But in 2018, Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer later announced to remerge his faction along with Sajid Mir's faction. However, later Hisham Elahi Zaheer re-started JAHP after he was kicked out of MJAH.

Ahle Hadith Youth Force

Starting PDM

On 20 September 2020, JAH's Ameer Sajid Mir attended the All Parties Conference (APC). At the APC, ten parties started the

Pakistan Democratic Movement The Pakistan Democratic Movement (; PDM) was a coalition of List of political parties in Pakistan, political parties in Pakistan. It was founded in September 2020 as a political movement, opposition movement against Imran Khan, accusing his I ...

(PDM) which was made to remove military establishment of Pakistan from politics. JAH also came for PDM's public gatherings.

Leaders

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* {{Pakistan topics Ahl-i Hadith Islamic political parties in Pakistan Member parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Salafi groups Sunni Islamic political parties