Jamia Islamia Yunusia

Islamic university in Bangladesh

Jamia Islamia Yunusia

Yunusia Madrasah

Motto| Arabic: إِنَّمَا أَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَاللَّهُ يُعْطِي
(I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah.)[1]
Type| Islamic university
Established| 1914 (1328 Hijri)[2]
Chancellor| Majlis-e-Shura

Academic staff

| 56
Students| 2500 (total)
Undergraduates| 350
Location|

Paikpara, Brahmanbaria

Bangladesh

23°58′20″N 91°06′44″E﻿ / ﻿23.9722°N 91.1123°E﻿ / 23.9722; 91.1123
Campus| Urban

Al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Yūnusiyyah (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية اليونسية), also known as Jamia Islamia Yunusia (Bengali: জামেয়া ইসলামিয়া ইউনুছিয়া), is one of the Qawmi Jamiahs of Bangladesh located in the neighbourhood of Paikpara in Brahmanbaria.[3][4] As of 1998, it controlled most of the other madrasahs in Brahmanbaria.[2][5][6][7]

## History[edit]

It was established by Abu Taher Muhammad Yunus, after whom the Madrasah is named, in 1914 and teacher was Motiur Rahman. Then it was headed by another Deobandi scholar Fakhr-e-Bangal Allamah Tajul Islam and later Shamsul Haque Faridpuri from 1928 to 1935. Five students were killed during the 2001 Fatwa Movement. The current Muhtamim is Mufti Mubarakullah and teacher is Shamsul Haq Saraili.

## Alumni[edit]

* Azizul Haque, former teacher and student
* Fazlul Haque Amini, former student
* Shamsul Haque Faridpuri, former principal
* Sajidur Rahman, current Shaikul Hadith

## References[edit]

1. ^ Muhammad al-Bukhari. "3. Book of Knowledge, Hadith 13". Sahih al-Bukhari.
2. ^ a b Fumayun, Kabir Mohammad. "Islamic education in Bangladesh and its genealogical relation to Deobandian School of Thought". NIHU Program: Islamic Studies. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
3. ^ Kabir, Humayun. "Politics of 'Islam', the State and the Contesting Cultural Identity in Bangladesh: Contemporary Ulama and their Activism" (PDF). Macquarie University: Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011.
4. ^ Muhammad Mahabubur Rahman (2012). "Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
5. ^ Riaz, Ali (2008). Faithful Education. Rutgers University Press. p. 150\. ISBN 978-0813543451.
6. ^ "B'baria cleric passes away". The Daily Star. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
7. ^ "Maulana Mufti Nurullah". The Daily Star. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board

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Brahmanbaria District

Capital: Brahmanbaria

Upazilas|

* Brahmanbaria Sadar
* Ashuganj
* Nasirnagar
* Nabinagar
* Sarail
* Kasba
* Akhaura
* Bancharampur
* Bijoynagar

Constituencies|

* Brahmanbaria-1
* Brahmanbaria-2
* Brahmanbaria-3
* Brahmanbaria-4
* Brahmanbaria-5
* Brahmanbaria-6

Attractions and sites|

* Arifil Mosque
* Bariura Old Bridge
* Chhanamukhi
* Haripur Barabari
* Border Haat
* Kharampur Mazar Sharif
* Niaz Mohammad Stadium
* Port of Ashuganj

History|

* Isa Khan
* Meghna Heli Bridge
* Mondobhag train collision
* Nidarabad murder case
* 2013 Brahmanbaria tornado

Inhabited areas|

* Ashrafpur
* Ashuganj
* Champaknagar
* Chandi
* Biddyakut
* Fardabad
* Gokarna
* Gopinathpur
* Jethagram
* Noagaon
* Rasullabad
* Shahbazpur

Rivers|

* Meghna
* Titas

Educational institutions|

* Annada Government High School
* Bangladesh Railway Government High School
* Brahmanbaria Government College
* Brahmanbaria Medical College
* Champaknagar Model School And College
* Jamia Islamia Yunusia
* Kamaura Shahid Smriti High School
* Kuti Atal Bihari High School

Organisations|

* Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited
* Daily Brahmanbaria

Transport|

* Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line
* Akhaura–Laksam–Chittagong line
* Kalni Express
* N102
* N2
* Parabat Express
* Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line

See also|

* List of people from Brahmanbaria

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Madrasas in Bangladesh

Alia|

| Kamil|

* Government Madrasah-e-Alia
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Aḥmadiyyah as-Sunniyyah
* al-Madrasah Bayt ash-Sharaf
* al-Madrasah al-Fūltaliyyah Baʿd-Dewrāil
* al-Madrasah al-Muṣṭafāwiyyah
* Satpur Kamil Madrasah
* Shahchand Auliya Kamil Madrasa
* Sylhet Government Alia Madrasah

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Fazil|

* al-Madrasah al-Ajīriyyah Fūlbārī
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Jumhūriyya Bārakhāin
* al-Madrasah al-Islāmiyyah Dhīpūr
* al-Madrasah al-Ḥāmidiyyah Hazārī-Ganj
* Sujaul Senior Fazil Madrasha
* al-Madrasah al-Karāmatiyyah Buzurg Santoshpūr
* al-Madrasah al-Karāmatiyyah Sayyidpūr
* al-Madrasah al-Karāmatiyyah Pabitrajhār

Alim|

* al-Madrasah al-Islāmiyyah Muḥammadābād
* Sagornal Senior Alim Madrasha
* West Showra Alim Madrasha

Qawmi|

* al-Jāmiʿah al-ʿArabiyyah Hāildhar
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Ibrāhīmiyyah
* Bashundhara Islamic Research Centre
* Sheikh Zakariyyah Islamic Research Center
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah ʿAzīz al-ʿUlūm Bābūnagar
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-Yūnusiyyah
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah Paṭiya
* al-Jāmiʿah Dār al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyyah
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Qurʼāniyyah al-ʿArabiyyah Lālbāgh
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Islāmiyyah al-ʿUbaydiyyah Nānūpūr
* al-Jāmiʿah at-Tawakkuliyyah Renga
* al-Jāmiʿah al-ʿUlūm al-Islāmiyyah Lālkhān Bāzār
* al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām Hāthazārī
* al-Jāmiʿah ash-Sharʿiyyah Mālībāgh

Other|

* Al-Helal Islami Academy & College
* Al-Markaz al-Islāmī as-Salafī
* International Islamic University, Chittagong
* Islamic Arabic University
* Islamic University, Bangladesh
* Kalshi Islamia High School

Boards|

* Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board
* Al-Hayʼat al-ʿUlyā li al-Jāmiʿāt al-Qawmiyyah
* Wifāq al-Madāris al-ʿArabiyyah
* National Religious Madrasa Education Board of Bangladesh

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