Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam
Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam (Urdu: مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Muslim political party in the Indian subcontinent that was formed during the British Raj (prior to the Partition of India) on 29 December 1929 at Lahore.
Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam مجلسِ احرارِ اسلام | |
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| President | Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari |
| Secretary-General | Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema |
| Vice President | Syed Ataullah Shah Salis Bukhari |
| Historical leaders | Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Mazhar Ali Azhar Chaudhry Afzal Haq Agha Shorish Kashmiri Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan |
| Central & Senior Vice-President | Professor Khalid Shabbir Ahmad Malik Muhammad Yousuf |
| Central preacher | Maulana Muhammad Mugheera |
| Central Information Secretary | Dr. Umar Farooq Ahrar |
| Senior leaders | Mian Muhammad Awais Maulana Tanveer ul Hassan Qari Muhammad Yousuf Ahrar Mufti Ata-ur-Rehman Qureshi Maulana Zia Ullah Hashmi Dr. Muhammad Asif |
| Founder | Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari |
| Founded | 29 December 1929 |
| Headquarters | Ahrar Central Secretariat. 69-C, New Muslim Town, Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Student wing | Tehreek-e Talaba-e-Islam, Ahrar Students Federation (ASF) |
| Ideology | Finality of Prophethood Hukumat-e Ilahiyya Pakistani nationalism |
| Religion | Islam |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Islam, Khatm-e-Nubuwwat |
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| Website | |
| ahrarindia www | |
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The group became composed of Indian Muslims inspired by and supporting the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party. The party was based in Punjab and gathered support from the urban lower-middle class. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, and Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari were the leaders of the party.
Religious leaders from all sects Sunni Barelvi, Deobandi, Ahle Hadith, Shia Progressive and politically Communists were the members of Majlis-e-Ahrar. Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, Mazhar Ali Azhar, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Dawood Ghaznavi were the founders of the party. The Ahrar was composed of Indian Muslims disillusioned by the Khilafat Movement, which cleaved closer to the Congress Party.
The party, being a member of the All India Azad Muslim Conference, is associated with opposition to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and establishment of an independent Pakistan. Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah was the only ahrari leader who actively participated in the Pakistan independence movement.
After 1947, it separated into the Majlis-E-Ahrar Islam Hind (مجلس احرارلأسلام ہند), based in Ludhiana and was led by descendants of Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi, as well as the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam (مجلس احرارلأسلام اسلام), based in Lahore and was led by descendants of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari.