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'''All India Sunni Conference''' (Hindi, आल इन्डिया सुन्नी कांफ्रेंस Urdu, آل انڈیا سنی کانفرنس ) was an organisation of Indian [[Sunni]] Muslims associated with Sufism and this Conference became the voice of [[Ahle Sunnat Barelvi|Barelvi]] movement in British India. The Conference was established in 1925 in the wake of Congress led secular [[Indian nationalism]], changing Geo-political situation of India by leading [[Barelvi]] personalities of that time including [[Peer Jamaat Ali Shah|Jamaat Ali Shah]], [[Maulana Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi|Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi]], [[Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri]], [[Amjad Ali Aazmi]], [[Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni|Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni]] , [[Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi]] and Pir [[Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah ]] among others.<ref name="Muslim Organisations">{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RS73Xn1Gjv8C&q=All+India+Sunni+Conference&pg=PA152 |title=Muslim Organisations in the Twentieth Century: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam | publisher=EWI Press |date=1 October 2012 |isbn=978-1908433091 |editor-first1=Gholamali Haddad |editor-last1=Adel |editor-last3=Taromi-Rad |editor-first3=Hassan |editor-first2=Mohammad Jafar |editor-last2=Elmi |pages=152–}}</ref><ref name="Wilson Pakistan">{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfI-hEI8a9wC&q=All+India+Sunni+Conference%7Ctitle%3DPakistan%7Cwork%3Dgoogle.co.in&pg=PA87|title=Pakistan: The Struggle within |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Wilson |date=1 December 2009 |isbn=978-8131725047 |publisher=Pearson Longman}}</ref><br />
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==Foundation==<br />
A number of Sunni ulema at the meeting at Jami’ah Na’imia, [[Moradabad]] on March 16–19, 1925 set up an organization by the name of Jamiyyat-e-Aliyah-al Markaziah, commonly known as the All India Sunni Conference (AISC).<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WipfBwAAQBAJ&q=All+India+Sunni+Conference&pg=PA188 |title=Sufis and Salafis in the Contemporary Age |editor-first1=Lloyd |editor-last1=Ridgeon |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1350012387 |date=20 October 2016}}</ref> At its inaugural session, [[Peer Jamaat Ali Shah|Jamaat Ali Shah]] was elected its president and the convener of the meeting, vice president [[Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi]] as Naib Ameer and [[Maulana Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi|Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi]] as its Nazim-e-AIa (General Secretary).<br />
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==Objectives==<br />
The main aim of AISC was to unite the Sunni majority of India on one platform and to work for their social, educational and political upliftment among others.<ref name="Wilson Pakistan"/><ref name="Buehler1998"/><br />
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==All India Sessions==<br />
*The first All India Sunni Conference was attended by three hundred ulema and Mashiakh coming from all over India in 1925. AISC also brought to the forefront anti-Islamic customs in the Muslim society and how to avoid them, need for brotherhood among the Muslims and the role and work of the leaders of Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat in the preaching of Islam. In addition, it also stressed need for acquiring modern education for Muslims.<ref name="David 1988">{{citation|first1=David |last1=Gilmartin |title=Empire and Islam. Punjab and the Making of Pakistan |publisher=University of California Press Berkley |date=1988 |page=216}}</ref><ref name="Muslim Organisations"/><br />
*The Second All India Sunni Conference was held in [[Badaun]] in October 1935 under the Presidency of Jamaat Ali Shah. He was re-elected as its President.It highlighted the need for unity among the ulema and common Muslims and the role of ulema in [[Shaheed Ganj Mosque]] Movement. While criticizing [[Ibn Saud]]’s policies in Arabia, the Conference demanded to respect the Holy and sacred places of the Muslims.<ref name="David 1988"/><ref name="Muslim Organisations"/><br />
*The Third All India Sunni Conference was held on 27–30 April 1946 at [[Benaras]] under the presidency of Syed Jamaat Ali Shah which was attended by a large number of people. The Benaras session on 30 April 1946 passed the following resolution. The session of All India Sunni Conference fully supported the demand for [[Pakistan]] and declared that Ulema and Mashaikhs belonging to [[Ahle Sunnat Barelvi|Barelvi]] movement will aid in the establishment of an Islamic government.<ref name="David 1988"/><ref name="Muslim Organisations"/><ref name="Buehler1998">{{cite book |first1=Arthur F. |last1=Buehler |first2=Annemarie |last2=Schimmel |title=Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDsFTw76GZMC&pg=PA213 |date=January 1998 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-201-1 |pages=213–}}</ref><br />
After creation of Pakistan, All India Sunni Conference was converted into [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]].<ref name="Muslim Organisations"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jamaat Ali Shah]]<br />
*[[Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi]]<br />
*[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]]<br />
*[[Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi]]<br />
*[[Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah]]<br />
*[[Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://archive.org/details/KhutbatAllIndiaSunniConference1925To1947ByMuhammadJalalUddinQadri_201408/page/n73 History of All India Sunni Conference in Urdu]<br />
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