Tariq Jameel is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher and a member of Tablighi Jamaat. He is a religious writer as well as a scholar.
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Wiki/Biography
Maulana Tariq Jameel was born on Tuesday, 23 June 1953 (age 70 years; as of 2023) in Mian Channu, located in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. His zodiac sign is Cancer. He completed his schooling from Central Model School, Lahore. He completed his pre-medical education from Government College University, Lahore. He has received Islamic education in Sufism, Islamic Jurisprudence and Hadiths from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind. He enrolled at King Edward Medical College, Lahore for his MBBS degree. However, he left his degree midway to pursue Islamic education.
Family
Maulana Tariq Jameel belongs to a wealthy Punjabi Rajput family. His descendants owned land under the 12th century ruler Prithviraj Chauhan and ruled a town called Tulamba under the 16th century ruler Shershah Suri.
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents. His younger brother, Dr. Muhammad Tahir Kamal Sahu is a cardiologist currently serving at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore.
wife and children
He is married to Safia. The couple have three sons, Asim Jameel, Yusuf Jameel and Ali Jameel.
Maulana Tariq Jameel with his son Asim Jameel
Yusuf Jameel, son of Maulana Tariq Jameel
Religion
He follows Islam. His religious sect is Sunni.
livelihood
In March 2021, Tariq Jameel launched the Maulana Tariq Jameel Foundation (MTJ) brand, a leading apparel brand, which is a non-profit organization based in Tulamba, Khanewal and headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. The revenue he earns through his brand he uses for social work, health and education to build schools and hospitals for the people in the country and to fund his Madrassas, an educational institution in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Does. Maulana Tariq Jameel has given many lectures regarding the Islamic religion and its emphasis on self-improvement and self-accountability in Pakistan and other various countries, helping many communities and professions such as businessmen, landlords, ministers, actors and sports personalities. Has influenced. In 2023, he was ranked as the 32nd most influential Muslim in the world.
controversies
On 25 April 2020, Maulana Tariq Jameel commented on women being responsible for the spread of COVID-19 in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Ehsaas telethon.
In April 2020, Tariq Jameel was invited to the Ehsaas telethon to pray for people and guide them to take precautions during the pandemic. He blamed the immorality of women and their choice of clothing for the spread of Covid-19. He said,
When the daughter of a Muslim commits immorality and the youth indulges in immorality, such a nation is punished by Allah.” Human rights advocates and other members of Pakistani society condemned the comments. Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari responded, saying the “misogyny” and “ignorant” comments blaming women and youth for the ongoing coronavirus crisis were “absolutely unacceptable”.
Former Pakistani politician and human rights minister Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari reacted against him on Twitter. It is written in the tweet,
We will not accept targeting of women on the pretext of such absurd allegations. We in Pakistan have fought hard to claim our rights enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
– Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) 24 April 2020
award
In 2020, he was awarded Pakistan’s highest national literary award, the Presidential Pride of Performance, by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi for his notable achievements.
Facts/General Knowledge
- From 2012 to 2023, Maulana Tariq Jameel has been included among the top 500 most influential Muslims every year.
- Tablighi Jamaat is a political missionary movement founded by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhalvi in India in 1927. It focuses on encouraging Muslims not to neglect the basic practices of their faith. It has informal affiliations with the Deobandi movement but targets a more general audience. The Indian diaspora of the subcontinent has taken its message to almost every country in the world and its followers number in millions. It has annual gatherings in Pakistan and Bangladesh whose numbers equally number in the millions.
- On 29 October 2023, his son Asim Jameel died after being shot in the chest in Raisabad, Talamba. His brother Yusuf Jameel posted a video on social media and revealed the reason for his death. He told that his brother was suffering from severe depression and was taking therapy. He took a gun from one of his guards at the house and shot himself.
Despite all the fake news and propaganda about Asim Jameel SB, here is his brother and son of Maulana Tariq Jameel SB, Yusuf Jameel SB, speaking about his sudden demise.
May Allah grant them forgiveness and Jannatul Firdaus.#Tariq Jameel #Tariq Jameel, pic.twitter.com/aGZpBCxkGf
– Kashif Arsalaan (@KashifArsalaan) 29 October 2023
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– Tariq Jamil (@TariqJamilOFCL) 29 October 2023
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