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{{Short description|Indian Islamic scholar}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jalaluddin Umri
| image =
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri
| birth_date = 1935
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Religious scholar, political leader
| organization = [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]
| known for = Former Top leader or [[Emir|Amir]] of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] (2007 – 2019)<br/>A follower of [[Abul A'la Maududi]]
}}

'''Jalaluddin Umri''' (Born 1935) is an Islamic scholar<ref name="Bhat101">{{cite book |last1=Bhat |first1=Ali Mohd |title=Legal status of India in Islam an analytical study of approaches of Indo Pak Ulama in modern times |publisher=Shodhganga |page=101 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/52382/10/10_chapter%204.pdf#page-14}}</ref> and [[writer]].<ref name="PP115">{{cite journal|last1=Umri|first1=Syed Jalaluddin|last2=Umri|first2=Jalal Uddin|year=2008|title=Economic Role of Women: The Islamic Approach|journal=Policy Perspectives|volume=5|issue=1|pages=115–126|jstor=42909191}}</ref> He was the [[Emir|Amir]] of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] from 2007-2019.

==Early life and education==
Jalaluddin Umri was born in 1935 in a village called Puttagram, District of North Arcot, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[British India]].<ref name=TC>[http://twocircles.net/2015apr05/1428253160.html Jalaluddin Umri re-elected Ameer-e-Jamaat] TwoCircles.net website, Published 5 April 2015, Retrieved 29 February 2020</ref> He is a graduate of [[Jamia Darussalam]], [[Oomerabad]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He holds a master's degree in Islamic Studies from Jamia Darussalam. He also received a bachelor's degree in [[English literature]] from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name=MG/><ref name=TC/>

== Association with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind ==
Jalaluddin Umri began his association with [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] during his student years. After completing his studies, he dedicated himself to its research department. He officially became its member in 1956. He served as the city ''Ameer'' of Jama'at of ''Aligarh'' for a decade, and the editor of its monthly Zindagi-e-Nau for five years. Later, the Jama'at elected him to its All-India deputy Ameer, which he served for four consecutive terms (sixteen years). In 2007, the Jama'at's ''Central Council of Representatives'' elected him its Ameer (Chief). He was again re-elected as Jama'at's Ameer in 2011.<ref name=MG>{{Cite news | url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/1048-maulana-jalaluddin-umri-re-elected-chief-of-jamaat-islami |title = Maulana Jalaluddin Umri re-elected chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH)|date =9 May 2011|newspaper=The Milli Gazette (newspaper)|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IndToday/>

Jalaluddin Umri has been elected as Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the fourth term (April 2015 – March 2019).<ref name=IndToday>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indtoday.com/moulana-syed-jalaluddin-umari-elected-for-fourth-term-as-ameer-jih-indtoday-com/ |title=Maulana Jalaluddin Umri Elected For Fourth Term As Amir, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411083404/http://www.indtoday.com/moulana-syed-jalaluddin-umari-elected-for-fourth-term-as-ameer-jih-indtoday-com/ |archive-date=11 April 2015|url-status=dead |website=IndToday.com website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mohammed Anas|title=hardline jamaat may launch own party|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/hardline-jamaat-may-launch-own-party|access-date=29 November 2011|work=The Sunday Guardian}}</ref><ref name="NS359">{{cite book|last1=Narendra Subramanian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixf1AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA359|title=Nation and Family: Personal Law, Cultural Pluralism, and Gendered Citizenship in India|date=9 April 2014|isbn=9780804790901|page=359|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="TOIIT">{{cite news|last1=Pavan|date=15 December 2015|title=How can one go to paradise by killing others: Jamaat chief|publisher=Times of India-India Times|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/How-can-one-go-to-paradise-by-killing-others-Jamaat-chief/articleshow/50181679.cms|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

In March 2019, [[Republic TV]] news channel had to issue an unconditional apology to Jalaluddin Umri for wrongly carrying his image during their broadcast of the news. This TV channel later announced that it had taken down its video related to Jalaluddin Umri from YouTube.<ref name=MM>[http://muslimmirror.com/eng/republic-tv-issues-unconditional-apology-to-jih-chief-maulana-jalaluddin-umri/ Republic TV issues 'unconditional apology' to JIH Chief Maulana Jalaluddin Umri] Muslim Mirror website, Published 5 March 2019, Retrieved 29 February 2020</ref>

==Positions held==
*[[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] – Chief leader or [[Emir|Amir]] from 2007 to 2019<ref name=MM/><ref name=MG/><ref name=TS>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/muslim-bodies-cautiously-welcome-law-commissions-stand-on-ucc-1502680403.html |author=Quamar Ashraf|title=Muslim bodies cautiously welcome Law Commission's stand on UCC|newspaper=The Statesman (newspaper)|date=2 September 2018|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]] – vice-president (2011 – 2019)<ref name=MG/><ref name=MM/><ref name=TS/>
*Jamiatul Falah (rector of Jamiatul Falah organization, [[Azamgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 2011)<ref name=MG/><ref name="Teli238">{{cite book |last1=Teli, Ghulam Nabi |title=Jamia atul falah in its historical and educational perspective |page=238 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/52389/16/16_appendices.pdf#page=3 |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
* Editor of ''Tahqiqat-e-Islami'' (a quarterly magazine) in 2011<ref name=MG/><ref name=TC/>

== Academic Activities and Selected works ==
Jalaluddin Umri is widely-considered, among the Islamic circles of India, an authority on human rights and Muslim family system.<ref name=IndToday/>

Jalaluddin Umri has written many books in [[Urdu language]], later translated in various languages:
*''Maroof wa Munkar''<ref name=TC/>
*''Islam ki Dawat''<ref name=TC/>
*''Musalman Aurat ke Huquuq aur Un par aeterazaat ka Jaiza'' (Rights of Muslim Women - A Critique of the Objections)<ref name=TC/><ref name="ARahman">{{cite book |last1=Amathur Rahman |title=Text and Context of Quran from Feminist Perspective |publisher=Karnataka State Womens University |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/105034/6/chapter-1.pdf#page=42 |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
*''SeHat-o-marz aur Islam ki Taleemat''
*''Islam meN khidmat-e-khalq ka Tasawwur'' (Social Service in Islam)<ref name=TC/>
*''Inabat Ilallah"
* ''Sabeele Rab''
* ''Islam Aur Manav Adhikkar''<ref name=TC/>
* ''State of Our Community and Nation and Our Responsibilities''<ref name=TC/>

== See also ==
*[[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]
*[[Abul A'la Maududi]]
*[[Students Islamic Organisation of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|1}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/debate-on-triple-talaq-unnecessary-sayed-jalaluddin-umri/648378/ Debate on triple talaq unnecessary: Sayed Jalaluddin Umri] Financial Express (newspaper)
*[http://jamaateislamihind.org/eng/ Jamaat-e-Islami Hind official website]

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