Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cleric)
Mawlānā Abdul Aziz (Urdu: محمد عبد العزيز) is a Pakistani cleric and sermon preacher at Lal Masjid, Islamabad, which was the site of a siege in 2007 with the Pakistani army. He is also the current Chancellor of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Faridia, Aziz was released from custody by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2009 and acquitted in 2013.
Mawlānā Abdul Aziz | |
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2nd Chancellor of Faridia University | |
Assumed office 1998 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Abdullah |
Personal | |
Born | Basti-Abdullah, Rajanpur, Punjab, Pakistan | January 10, 1960
Religion | Islam |
Children | 1 |
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Citizenship | Pakistani |
Denomination | Sunni |
Movement | Deobandi |
Alma mater | Jamia Farooqia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Teachers | Saleemullah Khan |
Relations | Abdul Rashid Ghazi (brother) |
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