Karwan-I-Islami

Karwan-I-Islami (or Carvaan-e-Islami) is a religious organization established in 2004 in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1] It "is an amalgam of [the] biggest Barelvi organisation[s] in Kashmir having 40 constituents".[2] According to the organisation's website, it has 1,100 members, and is organised in 12 departments/units, which report to the central committee.[3] The Secretary General (Ghulam Rasool Hami) is the head of all 12 departments/units.[3]

Karwan-I-Islami
Founder
Ghulam Rasool Hami
Religions
Islam (Sunni Barelvi)
Scriptures
Quran, Hadith and Sunnat
Jurisprudence: Hanafi

The organisation is known for its campaigns to ban liquor[4], and against restrictions placed by the central government of India on the Triple Talaq.[5][6] It is also notable for levelling allegations of fraud against the School Education Department of Kashmir, claiming money was being allocated to "non-existent" schools.[7]

The president and chairman of the organisation is Ghulam Rasool Hami.[2] In 2016, Hami appealed for people to "come forward and talk to each other" as a means of ending the Kashmir conflict.[8] In 2018, he criticised what he claimed was a "meagre monthly salary" being paid to imams, and proposed a bill to increase their salary.[9]

References
  1. "Welcome to Karwan-I-Islami J&K". www.karwaniislami.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. Ganai, Naseer (6 May 2012). "Geelani summons religious leaders over sectarian divide". India Today. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "About Us". Karwan-I-Islami J&K. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. "Tit-for-tat liquor ban call in Kashmir". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. "Islamic scholars discuss triple talaq, J&K's special status". Greater Kashmir. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. "Hami decries passing of Triple Talaq bill in parliament". Press Trust Of Kashmir. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. Maqbool, Zahid (14 March 2015). "JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. "Karwani Islami organizes Milad procession from Shaheed Gunj to Shadipora". Rising Kashmir. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. Kathju, Junaid (10 December 2018). "Kashmir indifferent to its poor clergy". Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 20 May 2020.


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