Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi

Khawaja Muhammad Qamar Ud Din Sialvi
Khawaja Muhammad Qamar Ud Din Sialvi
Born1906–
Sial Sharif, Pakistan
Died1981
Known forSufi scholar and Sunni politician of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan

Khawaja Muhammad Qamar Ud Din Sialvi (1906–1981), known as Shaykh-ul-Islam, was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, religious leader and politician. He was a Waliullah (Sufi saint) of the Chishti Sufi order; his Sufi convent (zawyah) is located in the village of Sial Sharif.

He was also the founder of the Sunni Barelvi political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (representing the religious scholars of the Ahl-e-Sunnah Wa-al-Jamaa'ah denomination in Pakistan) and became its president in 1970.[1] He is also credited with being one of the foremost and staunchest supporters of the movement for the creation of Pakistan.

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