Mahmood Madani

Mehmood A Madani (born 3 March 1964) is an Indian politician and he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal from Uttar Pradesh.[2] He is the general secretary of the Muslim organisation since 2001 Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. [3][4][5]

This article is about the Rajya Sabha member. For the Ugandan academic, see Mahmood Mamdani.
Mahmood Madani
Member of Parliament
In office
2006–2012
Succeeded byRasheed Masood
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1964-03-03) 3 March 1964
Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyRashtriya Lok Dal
Spouse(s)Uzma Madani [1]
FatherAs'ad Madani
ProfessionIslamic scholar, Politician

He is grandson of the former Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, Indian freedom movement activist Hussain Ahmad Madani. His Father, Maulana As’ad Madani also played most important role in India's national politics for half a century as Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind leader and Rajya Sabha MP for about 17 years.

He has been instrumental in organizing massive public gatherings at the Ramlila Grounds in Delhi in May 2008 and at Hyderabad in November 2008 to mobilize the Muslim masses and ulama against terrorism. A three-day World Peace Conference was held at Deoband and Delhi between 13 and 15 December 2013, and it was attended by 200 prominent ulama from around the world, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, and the UK. He organized a protest rally in 75 cities simultaneously in the wake of the Paris terror attacks of November 2015.

He got Ranked (27th) among the 500 most influential Muslims in the World list

References
  1. "Mahmood A. Madani Rajya Sabha Profile". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Madani, Maulana Mahmood". The Muslim 500.
  3. "Congress bags Jamiat Ulama's support in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls". Piyush Srivastava. India Today. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Kashmir & NRC aren't the Muslim issues of our time. But Mahmood Madani wants to make them". Hilal Ahmed. ThePrint. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. "Jamiat party heads for a split". M Hasan. Hindustan Times. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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