|
| |
| | Ulema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The second half of the 20th century was marked by a considerable loss of authority and influence of the ulema in most Islamic states except Saudi Arabia and Iran. | | | Many efforts to modernise Islam focus on the reintroduction of ijtihad and empowerment of the ummah to form their own ijma. | | | These include believing that schools are too conservative and that the idea of itjihad allows the our understanding of God's message to change. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulema
(548 words)
|
|
| |
| | S Y N T H E S I S - The Way of the Fanatic |
| | Firstly, there are the ulema themselves, epitomised by the mufti, qazi, maulana and maulvi; secondly, the neo-esoteric Sufis and, thirdly, the sayyed - who claim to be descended from the Prophet Muhammad. | | | Whereas formerly the ulema had been viewed as a class of scholars who were to be consulted on strictly religious matters, many believed that the most knowledgeable members of Islamic society should continually seek to expand their intellectual capabilities. | | | The term ‘ulema’ has Arabic and Persian origins and, collectively, is used to describe a group of scholars or religious men of learning. |
|
http://www.rosenoire.org/articles/hist6.php
(1692 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Ulema: Middle Eastern Power Brokers - Middle East Quarterly - Fall 2001 |
| | This is especially clear in Iran, where the ulema of Iran were at the forefront of each of the three great efforts to rid their country of Western influence; the mass protests of 1891—92, the constitutional revolution of 1905—11, and the Islamic revolution of 1978-79. | | | Though those men of religion willing to cloak their government with religious legitimacy are disparagingly labeled "ulema of the sultan," this affiliation with power does not diminish their position as interpreters of the faith; significantly, their interpretation is perceived as no less valid than that of other ulema. | | | The ulema, for example, had a crucial role in the 1979 Mecca incident, when Juhayman ibn Muhammad ‘Utaybi and his disgruntled followers seized the Grand Mosque. |
|
http://www.meforum.org/article/105
(4557 words)
|
|
| |
| | Fourth Session, Part 2 |
| | According to the definition given by the ulema, the Imamate or Vicegerency of Allah, is one of the fundamentals of Islam. | | | Not knowing a single article of the practice of the faith would not be equivalent to ignorance stated by Baidhawi about not knowing the fundamentals, namely that ignorance of them is the cause of infidelity. | | | Mulla Ali Qushachi says in Sharh-e-Tajrid, "The Imamate is the general vicegerent of Allah for both the affairs of this world and religion, like the caliphate of the Prophet." And Qazi Ruzbahan, one of the most fanatical of your ulema, points to the same meaning. |
|
http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar/4.2.html
(1306 words)
|
|
| |
| | Saving Pakistan from its 'Saviours' |
| | Their knowledge is confined to the Holy Koran as interpreted by these bigoted Ulema and to the glories of so-called martyrdom in the cause of Islam. | | | The Ulema promoted by Zia were known more for their knowledge of the Kalasnikov and the RDX explosives than for their religious piety and Islamic scholarship. | | | The rural youth of Pakistan, who have grown up during the last 20 years, do not know the world outside the world of the Ulema and are strangers to the new frontiers of knowledge. |
|
http://www.saag.org/papers2/paper151.html
(1528 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ulema's protection from defame prerequisite to save Islam, Moosavi, August 17 News |
| | He said “Darbari” and “Sarkari” people are not ulema but fistula for religion, Millat and the motherland. | | | He said as ulema have been termed inheritors of Anbia-e-Karaam therefore whereas they are preachers of Islam, they have also to perform the responsibility of protecting the religion also. | | | Agha Moosavi said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf should keep in mind that by ulema it is meant Ulema-e-Haq words and deeds of whom are coherent, who live and die for righteousness and say Kalma-e-Haq even on the point of spear. |
|
http://www.jafariyanews.com/august2k2/17_tnfj.htm
(648 words)
|
|
| |
| | Eighth Session, Part 4 |
| | In short, all your accredited scholars and high-ranking ulema (except a small number of fanatical opponents), quote the origin of this hadith from the Holy Prophet, who declared Ali his vicegerent on the 18th of Dhu'l-Hijja in the year of his last pilgrimage. | | | All the Shia and Sunni ulema acknowledge that, in the 10th of the Hijra year, the Prophet of Allah, returning from his last pilgrimage, gathered together all his companions at Ghadir-e-Khum on the 18th of Dhi'l-Hijja. | | | But of course your fanatical ulema when they come across such statements of prominent scholars and find themselves unable to reject them logically, either say that the book was not written by that author, or that it was an invention of the Shias. |
|
http://www.al-islam.org/peshawar/8.4.html
(2896 words)
|
|
| |
| | Anwar Syed, With the ulema in power |
| | The more zealous they are in their faith, the more likely they are to believe that those who think differently are wrong, and that they deserve to be suppressed or, even eliminated. | | | It seems to me, then, that every patriotic Pakistani, and every true friend of the ulema, must hope that, even if they continue to participate in politics, they will adopt the exercise of spiritual and moral leadership as their primary mission. | | | Not only did they lead prayers and deliver the Friday sermon, they also served as advisers to kings, judges and jurists, professors, administrators of endowments, and declarers of the correct Islamic position on disputed issues. |
|
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/27/026.html
(1114 words)
|
|
| |
| | NOT EVERYONE WITH A LONG BEARD CAN ISSUE A FATWA |
| | History is full of examples of the ulema flexing their spiritual muscles. | | | That system led to the emergence of two distinct castes of ulema: one attached to the state, and the other cast in a more or less adversarial role vis-à-vis the temporal authority. | | | The inflationary trend in the number of so-called scholars and the increased politicisation of theological education have led to the marginalisation of the small number of well-trained and genuine ulema in almost all Muslim countries. |
|
http://www.benadorassociates.com/pf.php?id=10076
(1160 words)
|
|
| |
| | HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN February 2004 Essay The Madrassa and the State of Pakistan |
| | In Pakistan the ulema unite in refuting the beliefs of the Ahmedis (or Qaidianis). | | | However, at present, the teaching is done by teachers approved of by the ulema or some of the ulema themselves. | | | While this may have been the intention of Farangi Mahall’s ulema, it is also true that the Arabic madrassas were much fewer (150) than the Persian schools (903) in 1850, presumably because they offered a more thorough grinding in Persian which facilitated entry into administrative jobs for their pupils. |
|
http://www.himalmag.com/2004/february/essay.htm
(6519 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Power of Saudi Arabia's Islamic Leaders - Middle East Quarterly - September 1999 |
| | While the monarch is technically the country's supreme religious leader and custodian of Islam's two holiest mosques at Mecca and Medina, in truth, he shares authority with a powerful group of spiritual leaders, the ulema. | | | The Ford administration could have better predicted the embargo had it kept in mind the unique balance Saudi leaders must make between secular and religious forces and the limitations that are imposed on them by their country's role as a leader of the Arab world. | | | But the ulema also extracted several agreements from King Fahd in exchange for their blessing. |
|
http://www.meforum.org/article/482
(4030 words)
|
|
| |
| | THE POLITE ULEMA BUSTERS |
| | The pro-government ulema want to set up special prisons in which they can lock up people who may have differences with them regarding religion. | | | In Malaysia today there are ulema who refuse to lead prayers or solemnise weddings in mosques if the congregation are supporters of rival political parties. | | | IKIM is indeed a cut above the Islamic Centre ulema who always react to criticism by screaming and tearing their turbans. |
|
http://members.tripod.com/Signs_Magazines/issue8/the_polite_ulema_busters.htm
(1424 words)
|
|
| |
| | Parvez-Video: Reformation - Ulema OR Scholars Who are they |
| | Among the followers of Allah Almighty and knowledgeable persons (ulema) are those who are awestruck by the greatness of Allah.” (35/27-28) | | | The knowledgeable persons are awestruck because their insight has convinced them of His power and Wisdom in controlling the universe perfectly. | | | When the use of loudspeakers was introduced in India before 1947, a fatwa was sought on their use for religious purposes. |
|
http://www.parvez-video.com/islam/reformation/ulema/index.asp
(6088 words)
|
|
| |
| | ISLAM, ISLAMISTS, AND DEMOCRACY |
| | The 'ulema have historically preoccupied themselves with the literal interpretation of the Quran (Koran) and the development of Islamic Law (Shari'a) which relies basically on the Quran and Sunna ("path" or "tradition," referring to the traditions about the conduct of the Prophet). | | | All of us are fundamentalists according to the definition in Western culture, that whoever believes the Bible is the word of God is a fundamentalist.) There are the tradition-oriented Muslim intelligentsia, the so-called 'ulema. | | | Further rifts among traditionalist 'ulema can be expected, as in Iran, as religious leadership in Muslim states finds itself under pressure to deal with modern problems. |
|
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/journal/1999/issue1/jv3n1a2.html
(4958 words)
|
|
| |
| | ULEMA VIEWS PLEASE? |
| | Considering that Signs has exposed the ulema’s wrongdoing, their silence is either an acknowledgement of guilt, an inability to articulate clearly against the verses of the Quran or a mixture of both. | | | It is also the correct Islamic tradition to be able to face up to challenges and to answer all questions. | | | For example when they are shown clear verses from the Quran, they turn tail and run. |
|
http://www.members.tripod.com/Signs_Magazines/issue10/ulema_views_please.htm
(252 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ulema - Walayate-e faqih - fatwa |
| | For example, if, by oversight, election of experts to determine the council of leadership, or the leader, be not based on religious laws and standards, irreparable damage to the religion and the country may ensue, in which case all shall be responsible before God. | | | It is necessary that the honourable Ulema and mudarresin prevent perversion and distorts from creeping into the teaching materials concerning Fiqh (Religious jurisprudence). | | | Clergymen - majles - islamic consultative assembly - ulema |
|
http://www.wandea.org.pl/ulema-fatwa.html
(4127 words)
|
|
| |
| | Article: Ulema in the light of Ahadith |
| | 8- Aaimmah (AS) said that ziarat of ulema is favourite in the sight of Allah than 70 circumambulation of Holy Ka’aba and is better than 70 accepted hajj and umrah. | | | And an aalim from whose knowledge people get advantage is supreme than the worship of 70, 000 worshippers. | | | 1- Holy Prophet (PBUH&HP) said: Allah The Sublime has termed casting a look at the houses of Ulema as “Ibadah”. |
|
http://www.jafariyanews.com/august2k2/18_ulemaahadith.htm
(1586 words)
|
|
| |
| | YES, MEELAD CELEBRATION IS COMMENDABLE |
| | The present manner or form in which Meelad iscelebrated consists of the recitation of the Holy Quran, praises of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in the form of Naats and educational lectures, charity, feeding and Salaatu Salaam which is respectfully recited in the standing position. | | | Majlisul Ulema wrote on page 8:- “Ibn Masood (radi Allahu anhu) heard that some people gathered in the Musjid and were reciting ‘Laa-ilaaha ilallah’ and Durood Shareef aloud. | | | It is difficult for people to stand in a Meelad assembly from the beginning to the very end, so they stand up when the birth of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is being mentioned or when the Salaami is read. |
|
http://www.nfie.com/meelad4.htm
(10620 words)
|
|
| |
| | Islamic affairs minister briefs king on activities of Ulema Councils |
| | The report was presented to the sovereign, Amir Al Muminine (commander of the faithful) during a religious ceremony held on the eve of Aid Al Mawlid (prophet's birthday) held at the Sidi Mohamed Al Hadi Benaissa mausoleum in Meknes (150 km north east of Rabat). | | | The minister insisted that in addition to opening up unto various actors of the Moroccan society, the Ulema are henceforth being very vigilant as regards the need to preserve the national conscience in matters of faith and attachment to the Malekite rite. | | | Moroccan minister of Habous (Islamic endowments) and Islamic affairs, Ahmed Toufiq, presented in Meknes on Wednesday to King Mohammed VI the annual report on the activities of the councils of Ulema (Islamic theologians). |
|
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050422/2005042219.html
(377 words)
|
|
| |
| | Results for Ulema |
| | The word ulema, which is widely used in the Islamic world,... | | | Parvez-Video: Reformation - Ulema OR Scholars Who are they | | | The ulema have different roles in different Islamic traditions. |
|
http://www.xasa.cc/buscar/search/Ulema
(194 words)
|
|
| |
| | ULEMA AND UMAA AGREE - AhlulBayt Discussion Forum |
| | Maulana Naqvi is the head chairman of this Ulema Council, and the rest of the alims had been given full authority to speak and sign on the Ulema Council's behalf. | | | Not those that were paid to splash websites with propaganda. | | | I was initially referring to the people who lobbied for the support of the Ulema. |
|
http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=56454
(2509 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ulema Abused by their employers |
| | In South Africa, it is a historical fact that Ulema have been regularly dismissed from their jobs, whether this is in Islamic Schools, Madressahs or whether they served as Imaams. | | | It is purely the mercy of Allah, that allows them to continue to serve Islam. | | | The South African Indian Muslim community have a history of oppressing Ulema in terms of not only their salary but sometimes even in regard to what they mention in their Friday talks. |
|
http://www.fatwa.org.za/ulema_abused_by_their_employers.htm
(139 words)
|
|
| |
| | Contempt of the Ulema |
| | There used to be Ulema also in the Noble Prophetic Sanctuary, teaching the Four Schools of Law. | | | Had Allah not prompted me to defend him with my book al-Radd al-Mani` and others of the people of learning with theirs,2 and if King Fahd, the Custodian of the Two Sanctuaries, had not interfered to protect him, he would be ancient history today. | | | The Four Madhâhib had pulpits in the Meccan Sanctuary - you destroyed them1 - and teaching chairs - you banned them. |
|
http://www.abc.se/~m9783/n/absn_e49.html
(639 words)
|
|
| |
| | Pakistan holds 3-day int'l ulema moot on population from May 4 - Irna |
| | Besides, ulema and scholars from various schools of thought will attend the conference from within the country. | | | Some fifty-five eminent ulema and scholars from twenty nine countries including Iran will participate in the conference. | | | The minister said critical development issues currently being faced by the Muslim ummah shall be the focus theme of this conference with special emphasis on maternal and child health, education and women rights. |
|
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0504301040173620.htm
(332 words)
|
|
| |
| | Laws of the Beard and Hair (4) |
| | However, at that time, Ulema say Jaabir (Radhiallahu-anhu) says that we used to leave our long beards as they were except at the time of Haj or Umrah. | | | This narration appears in Abu Dawood with a reliable sanad (chain). | | | The Ulema of the Hanafi school of thought also hold this view. |
|
http://www.alinaam.org.za/library/bhair4.htm
(1300 words)
|
|
| |
| | ULEMA - LoveToKnow Article on ULEMA |
| | Opposed to them, again, are the 'arifs (" knowers," " perceivers," sentientes, as opposed to scienles), to whom religious knowledge comes in the vision of the mystic, not by tradition or reason (see SUFIISM). | | | If all conception of intermediary priesthood be eliminated, the Ulema may be said to be equivalent to the secular clergy of Roman Christendom (see DERVISH). | | | In a narrower sense, Ulema is used, in a Muslim state, of a council of such learned men, holding government appointments. |
|
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/U/UL/ULEMA.htm
(164 words)
|
|
| |
| | Islamic affairs minister redefines Ulema role |
| | Ulema were also urged to fully comprehend the positive aspects of transparency in the management of Muslims' affairs as long as there are no explicit contradiction with religious teachings. | | | Ulema's integration in a democratic society is intrinsically linked to their active participation to moralizing democracy and lending it a spiritual dimension, he said stressing that the prestige enjoyed by the Islamic scholars makes possible their involvement in moralizing democracy and highlighting its convergence with the humanitarian values of Islam. | | | He further argued that Ulema's new role will spare the nation the hazards of discord, in keeping with the tradition of predecessors who, in their books and thought, produced evidence to the pertinence of the Sunna (Prophet's tradition) prescriptions and their ability to fathom temporal realities. |
|
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040306/2004030620.html
(393 words)
|
|
| |
| | Conversation with Dr Mustafa Ceric, spiritual leader of Bosnian Muslims |
| | Before answering any question it is crucial to first understand or define what do we mean or understand when we say 'the ulema'. | | | During the war with the Serbs and Croats, he represented the defiance, dignity and God-consciousness of the Bosnian ulema who lead their people in the face of international apathy and acquiescence. | | | When he finished his studies, he returned to his homeland, left the ICC and became a practicing Imam in a learning center in Zabreb in 1987. |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/nazam/Aceric.html
(2095 words)
|
|
| |
| | United Press International: TEXT OF ULEMA STATEMENT@ HighBeam Research |
| | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sep 20, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Following is the text of the decisions and religious decree issued by the religious council, or ulema, in Kabul on Thursday: | | | Now, when Afghanistan is facing a possible attack from the United States, the ulema of Afghanistan have issued the following religious decree and decisions in... | | | The Afghan nation has always referred major issues for solution to the religious scholars. |
|
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:47022607&refid=holomed_1
(205 words)
|
|
| |
| | No interference in affairs of madressahs: Musharraf assures ulema -DAWN - Top Stories; 08 September, 2004 |
| | President Musharraf made it clear to the ulema that there was no foreign pressure of any kind on his government to harass or control religious schools in the country. | | | The government, he said, had no intention either to subjugate religious institutions or pressurise ulema and added that they were free to perform their duty. | | | He was talking to a delegation of ulema of the Ittehad Tanzimat Madaris Deenia (ITMD), representing five prominent religious institutions, who met him for over three and a half hours at his Rawalpindi camp office. |
|
http://www.dawn.com/2004/09/08/top4.htm
(673 words)
|
|
| |
| | Move to seek support of ulema in anti-terror fight -DAWN - Top Stories; 23 August, 2004 |
| | He said that he had planned a three-day conference of ulema and mashaikh in September to discuss the situation. | | | For this purpose, a 45-member ulema, mashaikh and intellectuals council has been constituted in Islamabad and the provincial governments advised to form similar councils at their level. | | | The decision comes after the latest disclosure of a plot to blow up important government buildings, including the presidency, the GHQ, PM house, etc., and finding of a linkage of two ulema Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi Abdur Rashid with the masterminds of the conspiracy. |
|
http://www.dawn.com/2004/08/23/top7.htm
(282 words)
|
|
| |
| | Qatar Indian Islahi Centre |
| | However, Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema, an organization comprised of scholars, was formed in 1924. | | | Islahi Movement in Kerala has got an organizational setup by the formation of ‘Kerala Muslim Aikya Sangham’ though it had a short life span ceasing its functioning by 1933. |
|
http://www.islahiqatar.org
(1011 words)
|
|
| |
| | Nadva-tul-'Ulema of Lucknow [1894-1947] |
| | This institution came into existence in 1894 as a result of the efforts of some religious minded government officials, ulema, and sufis, who wished to bring the ulema together and remove sectarian differences. | | | Send your comments and suggestions about our site to |
|
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A028
(307 words)
|
|
| |
| | Terror Tuesday: Impact on South Asia -- Response -- Religious Groups |
| | Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Secretary General, Jamiat Ulema Islam | | | -- Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Secretary General, Jamiat Ulema Islam, October 14, 2001 | | | -- Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, Secretary General, Jamiat Ulema Islam, October 14, 2000 |
|
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/usa/Religious_Parties.htm
(3951 words)
|
|
| |
| | MEHMET ULEMA |
| | Ulema (Eds.), Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, NV, January 2004. | | | Tohme and M. Ulema (Eds.), Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications, July 2000. | | | IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, New Orleans, Sep. 1999. |
|
http://home.manhattan.edu/~mehmet.ulema/publications.htm
(1185 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Politburo Diktat: Western European Ulema |
| | The governments of France and Spain responded enthusiastically to proposals advanced by Saint Osama bin Laden. | | | In a joint statement, President Chirac and PM Zapatero announced the formation of the WEU (Western European Ulema) to "more effectively cooperate with these proposals." The WEU program will include: |
|
http://acepilots.com/mt/archives/000660.html
(393 words)
|
|
|
