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Zar Wali Khan
Pakistani Islamic scholar (1953–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom[2][3][4]
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Biography
Mufti Zar Wali Khan was born in Jehangira and studied at Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia.[5] He founded Jamia Arabia Ahsan Ul Uloom, Karachi in 1978.[6] He often gave sermons about muslim unity in the modern era and would speak about leaders such as Saladin, Mahmud Ghaznavi, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi and Mulla Omar. He was a vocal critic of western imperialism and supported Sharia and Islamism. Khan openly supported the Taliban in Afghanistan, even taking in some of their students to teach them Islam before sending them to Afghanistan for military training. During the Soviet Afghan war Zia-Ul-Haq would send Arms intended for the Mujahideen through Khan who would smuggle them through his acquaintances via the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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Death
He died on 7 December 2020 at Indus Hospital in Karachi while under treatment for his ailments.[7] His death was condoled by Imran Ismail, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri,[5] Rafi Usmani, Taqi Usmani, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Sirajul Haq and Abdur Razzaq Iskander.[8]
According to Dawn, media reports said that Khan had died due to the COVID-19.[9] However, Qari Usman, a leader of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam rejected this claim and said that Khan was a chronic cardiac patient and did not die due to the coronavirus.[10]
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