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Manzoor Mengal

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Shaykh
Manzoor Ahmad Mengal
Title
  • Shaykh al-Hadīth
  • Allāmah
  • Mawlāna
Personal
Born1963 (age 60–61)
ReligionIslam
NationalityPakistani
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Notable work(s)Tuhfatul Manazir[2]
Alma mater
Teachers

Manzoor Ahmad Mengal (born 1973), is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar and former Caretaker Chief Minister of Balochistan a supporter of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).

Education and career

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Mengal received his early education from a government school. Then in 1973 he joined the madrassa in his village. After completing the Quran, he traveled to Tando Muhammad Khan in 1979 and enrolled in Darul Uloom Muhammadiya Madrasa. He later enrolled at Jamia Farooqia. Then he remained associated with the field of hadith. He served as Imam at Jamia Farooqia for 28 years. During this period, he recited the Quran 28 times during the obligatory prayers. He completed his PhD in 1992 from University of Sindh in a short time (two months) under the supervision of Nizamuddin Shamzai. He memorized Sahih Bukhari in Saudi Arabia in just a month and a half. He speaks in different languages like Balochi, Brahui, Pashto, Urdu, Arabic and Persian.[3][4][5]

Controversy

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In 2021, following the annual Aurat March on International Women's Day, Mengal repeated allegations of blasphemy propagated by anti-feminist elements in Pakistan.[6] [citation needed]

Books

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  • Tuhfatul Manazir

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Manzoor Mengal, the cleric who took on feminist posters". 22 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ^ "تحفۃ المناظر مولانا منظور مینگل صاحب حفظہ اللہ". 24 June 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "مولانا منظور مینگل نے آزادی مارچ میں کیا کچھ کہہ ڈالا". dailyausaf.com. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ سلیم جاوید (11 November 2019). "مولانا منظور مینگل خراج تحسین". ibcurdu.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ "علامہ ڈاکٹر منظور احمد مینگل کون ہیں؟". sqnews.in. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ^ Farmer, Ben (12 March 2021). "Online blasphemy smear campaign threatens Pakistan's Women's Day marchers". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 March 2021.