Syed Jawad Naqvi

Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi (Urdu: علامہ سید جواد نقوی‎; born 1952) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia cleric, religious leader and Quran interpreter.

Not to be confused with Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi.

Allama
علامہ

Syed Jawad Naqvi
سید جواد نقوی
Chancellor of Jamia Urwa-tul-Wusqa
In office
2005 – present
Preceded byPosition established
Principal of Howza Ilmia Jamia Jaffria
In office
1982 – present
Preceded byMufti Jafar Hussain
Chairman of Siraat Education Schooling System
In office
1989 – present
Preceded byPosition established
Islamic Revolutionary Cleric
Personal details
Born (1952-03-05) 5 March 1952
Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
NationalityPakistan
Alma materQom Seminary, Iran
OccupationIslamic scholar, teacher, public speaker
WebsiteIslami Markaz
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
MadhhabJaʿfari
Notable works (in Urdu)Islam-e-Naab, Inqlab-e-Islami, Wilayat-e-Faqīh, Insan Shanasi, Afkar-e-Imam Khomeini

Early life and family details

He was born on 5 March, 1952 in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Career

He has three PhD in philosophy, sociology and Fiqh. He has studied and taught Islam in Iran for more than 30 years. His most prominent teacher was Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli. Naqvi is the principal of Jamia Urwa-tul-Wusqa and Jamia Jaffria, Shia Islamic seminaries in Lahore and Gujranwala respectively. He is also the principal of Jamia Ummul Kitaab in Lahore, head of Deen-ul-Qayyim Online Islamic school and Siraat Education School System. Naqvi is also the editor of the monthly magazine Masharab-e-Naab. He is a staunch supporter of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. In many of his speeches he propagates the hard-line version of Wilayat-e-Fiqh.[1]

Allegations and controversies

In a 2012 report by , he has been described as pro-Iran and to be financially supported by Iran. Alex Vatanka writes in an article titled "The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia"[2] published by Hudson Institute, a strategic think-tank based in Washington. It says:

"Accordingly, many of Pakistan’s Shia religious figures have become highly vocal and partisan supporters of Khamenei. For example, Syed Jawad Naqvi, a prominent activist preacher and the head of a recently-launched Shia seminary in Pakistan, idealizes the theocracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran and calls himself a devoted follower of Khamenei. He has additionally published articles as well as a book denouncing Iran’s anti-clerical Green opposition movement.27 Not surprisingly, Naqvi’s seminary was reportedly established in part with financial support from the Iranian state."[2]

In 2019, an article in The News described him of having "uniquely Iran-centered career".[3] As recent as January 2020, he has been described as "a major supporter of Iran’s theocracy" by Foreign Policy, an American news publication.[4]

In 2013, Mohammadi Masjid stopped Naqvi’s sermons after there was scuffle occurred when Police prevented Naqvi's security from entering the mosque, sparking mass protests outside the mosque. Allegedly his security guard was carrying unlicensed weapon. Police accused students of Naqvi, for creating the chaos and roughing up the cameraman, the varsity condemned the irresponsible behavior of the police.[5] Subsequently, Naqvi was banned by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from lecturing at Mohammadi Masjid in Lahore.[6][7][8]

In 2020, after his alleged comparison of Azadari with Tarawih during a lecture, Indian daily and weekly Urdu newspapers Sahafat and Nauroz published articles critical to him. [9] [10] [11] Indian daily and Urdu newspaper Sahafat and Hindi newspaper Bhumitra again criticised his May 29, 2020 Friday sermon,[12] for targeting Indian Shia leadership. [13] [14]

In July 2020 Jawad Naqvi criticised Imamia Students Organisation for not being the pride of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist which sparked a reaction and a resolution by Imamia Students Organization against him.

Views on women's roles

According to academic scholar Wendy Qian, Syed Jawad Naqvi holds over all socially conservative views about women's roles. Qian says, Naqvi's views on women seems to have been influenced by South Asian conservative Islamic advise literature, and overall he reiterates same views with only addition that he expects women's roles in his idealistic Islamic political revolution in Pakistan,[8] on which he has written a book The Role of Women towards the System of Wilayat. In 2019, Naqvi termed Aurat March Organisers 'Most Evil Of All Women'.[15]

Works

Books

Naqvi has written many books on the Quran, Pan Islamic Unity, Karbala and Islam including:[16]

Urdu
  • وحدت امّت مسلمه کا تاريخى مطالبه / Vaḥdat-i ummat Muslimah kā tārīk̲h̲ī mut̤ālabah, Islāmābād : Markaz-i Taḥqīqāt-i Islāmī Baʻs̲at, 2008, 213 p. On the importance and need of unity in Islam; ummah (Islam).
  • اقدار عاشورا / Aqdār-i ʻĀshūrā, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2010, 381 p. On the eminence of Tenth of Muḥarram, role of Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, d. 680 in the Battle of Karbalāʼ, Iraq, 680.
  • آداب فهم قرآن / Ādāb-i fahm-i Qurʼān, Lāhore : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2012-, multiple volumes. On the sciences of Qur'an.
  • حسين ورث انبياء / Ḥusain varis̲-i Anbiyāʼ, Islāmābād : Markaz-i Taḥqīqāt-i Islāmī Baʻs̲at : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2012, 305 p. On the eminence of Ḥusayn ibn-i ʻAlī, d. 680.
  • وحدت امّت : اسلام کا فراموش‌شده رکن / Vaḥdat-i ummat : Islām kā farāmūshʹshudah rukan, Islāmābād : Markaz-i Taḥqīqāt-i Islāmī Baʻs̲at, 2013, 491 p. On the importance and need of unity in Islam.
  • فتنۀ آخرالزمان / Fitnah-yi Āk̲h̲iruzzamān, Islāmʹābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2013, 217 p. On different types of violences in Islam, according to Shi'as.
  • اسلام اور سيکولرازم / Islām aur sekūlarizm, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2014, 207 p. Comparative study of Islam and Secularism.
  • فلسفۀ قيام امام حسين / Falsafah-yi qiyām-i Imām-i Ḥusain, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2014, 226 p. On the eminence of Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, d -680 with special reference to the Battle of Karbalā, Iraq, 680.
  • کربلا : حق و باطل ميں جدائى کا معيار / Karbalā : ḥaqq o bāt̤il men̲ judāʼī kā miʻyār, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2014, 296 p. Study on the battle of Karbalāʼ.
  • کربلا اتمام حجّت / Karbalā itmām-i ḥujjat, Lāhore : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2015, 241 p. Study on the battle of Karbalāʼ.
  • آفات امّت / Āfāt-i ummat, Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2016, 305 p. Guidelines for 21st century Shīʼah's in Pakistan; collected speeches.
  • امامت کى سرزمين پر اجنبى سائے / Imāmat kī sarzamīn par ajnabī sāʼe, [Pakistan] : Pairavān-i Valāyat-i Pākistān, 2016, 169 p. Speeches on the Shīʻah politics; Islam and politics in Gilgit-Baltistān.
  • سنن الهى در قرآن / Sunan-i iláhī dar Qurāʼn, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2017, 2 volumes. On the interpretation of the Qurʼan with special reference to the sunna of God in Islam; Shīʻah viewpoint.
  • دشمن شناسى از نظر قرآن / Dushman shināsī az naz̤r-i Qurʼān, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2017, 266 p. Enemies in the light of Qurʼanic teaching.
  • داستان امامت فراموشى و قصّۀ احيائے امامت / Dāstān-i imāmat farāmoshī va qiṣṣah-yi aḥyā-yi imāmat, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2018, 296 p.
  • فطرت / Fit̤rat, Islāmābād : Matāb Pablīkeshanz, 2018, 188 p.

English
  • Defeated velvet revolution in Iran, Qom, Iran : Matab publications, 2009, 159 p.
  • The Role of Women towards the System of Wilayat[17]

Works about Naqvi's views
  • "Politics of Shi‘i Identity in South Asia: Syed Jawad Naqvi's Concept of Wilayat-i Fiqh'", Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.[8]
  • "Notes from the Margins: Shi‘a Political Theology in Contemporary Pakistan", Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US.[18]

See also

References
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  2. Vatanka, Alex. "The Guardian of Pakistan's Shia - by Alex Vatanka". www.hudson.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. "Shia Islam in colonial India and Pakistan | Dialogue | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. Weinstein, Adam. "South Asia's Shiites Are Eschewing Sectarianism". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. "Chaos at Majlis, Cops held Responsible". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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  8. Qian, Adrian Wendy. "Politics of Shi'i Identity in South Asia: Syed Jawad Naqvi's Concept of Wilayat-i Fiqh". Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "'Nauroz' Urdu Weekly, Published From Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India" (weekly). nauroz.in (in Urdu). Lucknow: Nauroz International News Network. 1 May 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. Abbas, Aman (20 May 2020). "'Sahafat' Urdu Daily, Published From Mumbai, Maharashtra, India" (daily). www.sahafat.com/mumbai (in Urdu) (111). Lucknow: Daily Sahafat. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  11. "'Sahafat' Urdu Daily, Published From Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India" (daily). www.sahafat.com/lucknow (in Urdu) (113). Lucknow: Sahafat Daily. 11 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. "Hindustan mai Shia Faroshi | Ustad e Mohtaram Syed Jawad Naqvi | 29-5-2020". Haqeeqat News (in Urdu). 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. Abbas, Aman (31 May 2020). "بوکھلاے جواد نقوی نےلگایا ہندستانی شیعہ لیڈران پر 'ملّت فروشی' کا الزام". www.sahafat.com/mumbai (in Urdu) (133). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Daily Sahafat. p. 1. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. Abbas, Aman (1 June 2020). "बौखलाए जव्वाद नकवी ने लगाया हिन्दुस्तानी शिया लीडरान पर 'मिल्लत फरोशी' का इलज़ाम" (daily) (in Hindi) (Year 16 # 300). Lucknow: dainikbhumitra.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  15. Daur, Naya (10 April 2019). "Religious Scholar Jawad Naqvi Terms Aurat March Organisers 'Most Evil Of All Women'". Naya Daur. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  16. Profile Archived 13 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine on WorldCat
  17. "The role of Women towards system of Wilayat by Hujatul Islam Syed Jawad Naqvi". Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  18. Saif, Mashal. "Notes from the Margins: Shi'a Political Theology in Contemporary Pakistan" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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