Allama Banuri Town

Allama Banuri Town is a residential and commercial area in Karachi, originally named "New Town".[1] It was renamed Allama Banuri town in honour of the hadith scholar Muhammad Yousuf Banuri.[2]

Banuri had established a religious institute by the name of Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, a world-known Deobandi madrassa.[1]

References
  1. Syed Mehboob Rizwi. History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband (Volume 2) (PDF). Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraishi (1981 ed.). Idara-e-Ehtemam, Dar al-Ulum Deoband. pp. 120–121. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. Ameer, Hamza (January 27, 2020). "Pakistan: Hindu woman abducted from wedding, forcibly converted, married off". India Today.
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