Our Leaders | Jamiat Ulma I Hind

See our leaders below, the driving force behind our organization's vision, strategy, and success, guiding teams and individuals toward achieving their collective goals.

Moulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958)

This multifaceted personality was born in a religious and educated family in Makkah. Early in his life, it became clear to him that his duties as a Muslim included obligations towards the whole universe, not just his community. Young Azad published a journal called al-Hilāl as a vent for his religious, anti-British, and pro-nationalist views. He was the youngest president of the Congress, and fully endorsed Gandhi’s call for non-cooperation, the Salt March, the civil disobedience movement, and others, courting arrest and serving jail sentences on many occasions. Like all other leaders of the Jamiat, Maulana Azad used every occasion and forum to reinforce Hindu-Muslim unity. After independence, he became, befittingly, the first e...

Moulana Obaidullah Sindhi - (1872-1944)

One of the chief architects of the Silk Letter Movement, Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi was a devout student of Shaykh al-Hind. In the first decade of the twentieth century, the duo plunged headlong into revolutionary activities with the aim of securing freedom for their country and the formation of Jamīat al-Ansār. Much of his younger life was spent in garnering support from outside of India and he returned to his nation only in 1939. Sindhi strongly believed that the future of India lay in the unity of Hindus and Muslims. He also accepted that the Congress had the strength and maturity required to present a secular front to the international community, and was needed as a mechanism to maintain unity between Hindus and Muslims. Altho...

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1846-1918)

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He also served as the third rector of Madrasa Aminia and authored books such as Fear of Hell and Key to the Garden of Bliss.

Mahmood Asad Madani (current Leader)

Mahmood Asad Madani (born 3 March 1964) is an Indian Islamic scholar, activist, politician, and president of the Mahmood faction of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind religious organization. He formerly served as the general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JUH) and as a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) party in the Rajya Sabha (the Indian upper house) in the state of Uttar Pradesh from 2006 to 2012.[1][2] He is ranked 27th on the list of The 500 Most Influential Muslims.

Hussain Ahmad Madani (1879 - 1947)

Shaykh Husain Ahmed Madani (6 October 1879 – 1957) was an Islamic scholar from the Indian subcontinent. His followers called him Shaykh al-Islam, Shaykh al-Arab wa ’l-’Ajam to acknowledge his expertise in hadith, fiqh, and his political struggle. This lecture is a brief biography of this great scholar and freedom fighter and some reflections about his famous co-existence thesis elucidated in his book “Composite Nationalism and Islam” Hussain Ahmad Madani was an Indian Islamic scholar, who served as the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honor of Padma Bhushan in 1954.