Majlis E Ahrar Ul Islam or Majlis E Ahrar E Islam was established before the Partition of India and advocated a unified Muslim community in the country. It opposed the activities of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which emerged from the Ahmadiyya movement formed by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian in India in the year 1889. The Ahmadiyya movement was an Islamic reformist movement that was established in British India during the end of the 19th century, initiating with the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The Indian conservative Sunni Muslim political party of Majlis E Ahrar Ul Islam opposed the welfare activities of the second leader of the Ahmadiyya community, Mirza Basheer Ud Din Mahmood Ahmad, in Kashmir. After the nation achieved independence from the supremacy of the British administration and the division of the country into the Union of India and the dominion of Pakistan, the Majlis E Ahrar Ul Islam became active in Lahore. The political party, together with the Jamiat E Islami, was also involved in the persecutions of Ahmadis in Pakistan. Members of Majlis E Ahrar Ul Islam Presidents * Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari was the founder and served as the first President (1929- 1934) * Chaudhry Afzal Haq served as the second President and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (1934- 1942) * Maulana Habib Ur Rehman Ludhianvi served as the third President (1942- 1944) * Master Taj Ud Din Ansari served as the fourth president (1953- 1965) Secretary Generals * Mazhar Ali Azhar was also the founder and served as the Secretary General and Member of the Legislative Assembly * Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan served as the Secretary General (1945) * Agha Shorish Kashmiri, served as the Secretary General, Punjab (1945) * Sheikh Hissam Ud Din as the Head and also served as the Secretary General (1953) * Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema served as the Secretary General Other Members: * Janbaz Mirza * Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh * Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah |