Adil Khan (scholar)

{{Short description|Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar (1957–2020)}} {{About|Islamic scholar|others|Adil Khan (disambiguation){{!}}Adil Khan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Doctor (title)|Doctor]]<br/>[[Allamah]]<br/>[[Mawlānā]] | native_name = مولانا ڈاکٹر عادل خان | native_name_lang = ur | image = Maulana Dr Adil Khan.png | birth_date = 1957 | birth_place = [[Sindh]], Pakistan | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|10|10|1957}} | death_place = [[Karachi]], Sindh, Pakistan | death_cause = [[Assassination]] | office1 = Rector of [[Jamia Farooqia]] | term_start1 = 15 January 2017 | term_end1 = 10 October 2020 | predecessor1 = [[Saleemullah Khan]] | alma_mater = [[Jamia Farooqia]], [[University of Karachi]] | awards = Five Star Ranking Award, 2018 from Malaysia Higher Education | module2 = {{Infobox religious biography| embed = yes |father = [[Saleemullah Khan]] |religion = Islam |denomination = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Hanafi]] |movement = [[Deobandi]] |notable_works = ''Tārīkh Islāmi Jamhūriya-e-Pākistān'' }} | caption = Khan in [[2017 in Pakistan|c. 2017]] }} '''Muḥammad Adil''' '''Khān''' (1957{{spnd}}10 October 2020) was a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] [[Islamic scholar]], who served as the rector of [[Jamia Farooqia]] and was seen as an influential [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Deobandi movement|Deobandi]] scholar of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="dainik">{{cite news |title=पाकिस्तान के कराची में धर्मगुरू मौलाना आदिल खान की हत्या, इमरान खान ने कहा- भारत शिया और सुन्नी समुदायों में हिंसा कराना चाहता है |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/international/news/pakistan-religious-scholar-maulana-adil-khan-shot-dead-in-karachi-imran-khan-blame-india-127802000.html |trans-title=Religious scholar Mawlāna Adil Khan shot dead in Karachi |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="jeeway" />

He was the son of [[Saleemullah Khan]].<ref name="geo" /> and was an alumnus of the [[Jamia Farooqia]] and the [[University of Karachi]] and taught at the [[International Islamic University Malaysia]] for eight years from 2010 to 2018.<ref name="dainik" /> He was also a member of the working committee of the [[Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dogar |first1=Afzal Nadeem |title=شاہ فیصل کالونی میں فائرنگ، معروف عالم دین مولانا عادل ساتھی سمیت شہید |trans-title=Firing in Shah Faisal Colony, Known Islamic scholar Mawlāna Adil killed along with his companion |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/830297 |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[Daily Jang]]}}</ref>

Khan received the Five Star Ranking Award from [[Education in Malaysia|Malaysia Higher Education]] in 2018.<ref name="jang1" />

He was [[Assassination|assassinated]] by unknown armed men near a shopping center in [[Shah Faisal Colony]], [[Karachi]] on 10 October 2020.<ref name="dawn" />

==Biography== Muhammad Adil Khan was born in 1957 and was the son of [[Saleemullah Khan]].<ref name="geo">{{cite news |title=وزیراعلیٰ سندھ مراد علی شاہ نے جامعہ فاروقیہ کے مہتمم ڈاکٹر عادل خان پر قاتلانہ حملے کا نوٹس لے لیا۔ |trans-title=Sindh Chief Minister takes notice of the assassination of Dr. Adil Khan|url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/232322- |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[Jang Media Group|Geo TV]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref> He graduated in the traditional [[dars-e-nizami]] from [[Jamia Farooqia]] in 1973; he got a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] in [[human science]] in 1976, an [[Master of Arts|M.A]] in [[Arabic]] in 1978 and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Islamic culture]] in 1992 from the [[University of Karachi]].<ref name="jang1">{{cite news |last1=Dogar |first1=Afzal Nadeem |title=کراچی میں شہید کیے گئے مولانا عادل خان کون تھے؟ |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/830314 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[Daily Jang]]}}</ref>

Khan had established an Islamic center in [[Lodi, California]] for young children. He, along with his teenage son were arrested and investigated by the US authorities and deported back in 2005.<ref name="voa">{{cite news |last1=Gul |first1=Ayaz |title=Top Pakistani Sunni Muslim Cleric Assassinated |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_top-pakistani-sunni-muslim-cleric-assassinated/6196973.html |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref> According to the [[Voice of America]], "they were investigated in connection with possible [[Terrorism|terrorist activity]] and agreed to be [[Deportation|deported]] in exchange for the government dropping charges that they misrepresented themselves when entering the country."<ref name="voa"/>

Khan was the general secretary of [[Jamia Farooqia]] seminary in [[Karachi]] from 1986 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Faraz |title=Maulana Adil shot dead in Karachi |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/727800-maulana-adil-shot-dead-in-karachi |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[The News International]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref> He was the professor at the [[International Islamic University Malaysia]] from 2010 to 2018.<ref name="jang1" />

He returned to Pakistan after the death of his father [[Saleemullah Khan]] on 15 January 2017 and became the rector and a [[Sheikh al-Hadith|Professor of Hadīth]] at the Jamia Farooqia.<ref name="jang1" /><ref name="geo" /> Later, he entrusted his brother Ubaidullāh Khālid with the administration of Shah Faisal Colony branch of the Farooqia seminary and himself associated with the seminary's Hub Chowki branch.<ref name="jang1" />{{efn|The Jamia Farooqia seminary has two branches. One is located in the [[Shah Faisal Colony]], and the other in Hub Chowki.}} He wrote a book on the history of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siraj |first1=Monis |title=کراچی: فائرنگ سے جامعیہ فاروقیہ کے مہتمم مولانا عادل ڈرائیور سمیت جاں بحق |trans-title=Karachi: Jamia Farooqia rector Mawlāna Adil along with his driver die because of firing |url=https://www.humnews.pk/latest/281290/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[Hum News]] |date=10 October 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In September 2020, Khan said in the "Azmat-e-[[Companions of Muhammad (Sahabah)|Sahaba]] [[Conference]]" at Shahrah-e-Quaideen that the people who defame the [[Companions of Muhammad (Sahabah)|companions]] of [[Muhammad]] should be booked in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Act.<ref>{{cite news |title=صحابہؓ کی شان میں گستاخی کسی صورت برداشت نہیں، عظمت صحابہؓ کانفرنس سے علما کا خطاب |trans-title=Bad thoughts against the Sahaba are not acceptable: Scholars speak in the "Azmat-e-Sahaba Conference"|url=https://www.express.pk/story/2079522/1/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[Express News (Pakistan)|Express]] |date=11 September 2020}}</ref>

== Assassination == On 10 October 2020, while returning from the [[Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi]] where he met [[Taqi Usmani]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Half an hour before he was killed, Maulana Adil Khan met me, said Mufti Taqi Usmani. |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2020/10/maulana-adil-was-working-for-national-unity-mufti-taqi-usmani/ |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[Samaa TV]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref> Khan had stopped his Toyota Vigo car near a shopping center in [[Shah Faisal Colony]] to purchase some sweets.{{efn|According to police, Umair, who was accompanying Adil Khan survived the attack. Umair had gone outside to buy sweets while Adil Khan was sitting in the car.<ref>{{cite news |title=Renowned religious scholar Maulana Adil Khan gunned down in Karachi |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/727452-renowned-religious-scholar-maulana-adil-khan-gunned-down-in-karachi |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[The News International]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref>}} Some unidentified gunmen opened fire on the car and fled.<ref name="geo" /><ref name="dawn" />

He was shifted to [[Liaquat National Hospital]], where he was pronounced dead on arrival.<ref name="dawn" /> [[Saeed Ghani]] condemned the attack and expressed sorrow on Khan's death. Ghani said that, "the attack on the scholar was a "conspiracy to disturb the situation in Sindh, especially Karachi".<ref name="dawn">{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Imtiaz |title=Jamia Farooqia head Maulana Adil, driver shot dead in Karachi |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1584316/jamia-farooqia-head-maulana-adil-driver-shot-dead-in-karachi |access-date=10 October 2020 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, [[Imran Khan]] condemned the killing of Khan and accused India of creating Shia-Sunni division in Pakistan.<ref name="dainik" /> The [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]], Pakistan, [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]] also condemned the assassination of Khān, terming it as "an attempt to foment unrest" by enemies of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Adil Khan's killing 'an attempt to foment unrest by Pakistan's enemies,' says Army chief |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/11-Oct-2020/maulana-adil-khan-s-killing-an-attempt-to-foment-unrest-by-pakistan-s-enemies-says-army-chief |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

=== Funeral === Khan's funeral prayer was offered in the Hub Chowki branch of Farooqia seminary on Sunday, 11 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Funeral prayers of renowned religious scholar Dr Adil Khan, who was martyred in Karachi terror attack, are being offered at Jamia Farooqia Hub River Road. |url=https://www.app.com.pk/photos-section/karachi-october-11-%C2%96-funeral-prayers-of-renowned-religious-scholar-dr-adil-khan-who-was-martyred-in-karachi-terror-attack-are-being-offered-at-jamia-farooqia-hub-river-road-app/ |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[Associated Press of Pakistan]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref> It was led by his brother Ubaidullāh Khālid and attended by [[Rafi Usmani]], [[Taqi Usmani]], [[Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari]], [[Awrangzib Faruqi]], [[Abdul Ghafoor Haideri]] and [[Atta-ur-Rehman (politician)|Atā-ur-Rahmān]]. He was buried next to the grave of his father Saleemullah Khan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Suhail |first1=Riyaz |title=کراچی: جامعہ فاروقیہ کے مہتمم مولانا عادل اور ان کا ڈرائیور فائرنگ کے نتیجے میں ہلاک، نمازِ جنازہ ادا |trans-title = Karachi: Rector of Jamia Farooqia Mawlāna Adil and his driver assassinated, funeral prayers offered|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-54495823 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[BBC Urdu]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=مولانا عادل خان کراچی میں سپرد خاک، نماز جنازہ میں سیاسی و مذہبی رہنماؤں کی شرکت |trans-title= Mawlāna Adil Khān buried in Karachi, funeral attended by religious and political leaders|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/11-Oct-2020/1195588 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=[[Daily Pakistan]] |date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

=== Investigation === On 14 October 2020, the [[Sindh Police|IGP Sindh]] formed a high level inquiry committee consisting of four members including [[Omer Shahid Hamid]] to probe the case. The committee is headed by the Additional IG of Karachi.<ref name="sketch">{{cite news |author1=Faraz Khan |author2=Zia Ur Rehman |title=Four-member committee formed to probe Maulana Adil's murder |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/729170-four-member-committee-formed-to-probe-maulana-adil-s-murder |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[The News International]] |date=14 October 2020}}</ref> According to [[The News International]], Korangi police have made a sketch of one of the three suspects behind the assassination of Khān and his driver with the help of the witnesses and CCTV footages.<ref name="sketch"/>

On 15 October 2020, home department of the [[Government of Sindh]] offered a reward of five million [[Pakistani rupee]]s for any person giving information, and leading to arrest of the killers of Khān.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police offer Rs5m reward for info on killers of Maulana Adil Khan |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/729593-police-offer-rs5m-reward-for-info-on-killers-of-maulana-adil-khan |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[The News International]] |date=15 October 2020}}</ref> Religious parties including [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]] and [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)]] also announced a countrywide protest and strike to be observed on Friday, 16 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Adil's assassination: Religious parties announce country-wide strike to be observed on Friday |url=https://nation.com.pk/15-Oct-2020/maulana-adil-s-assassination-religious-parties-announce-country-wide-strike-on-friday |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper)|The Nation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Adil Khan's assassination: Religious parties announce country-wide strike on Friday |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/313253-dr-adil-khans-assassination-religious-parties-announce-country-wide-strike-on-friday |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[Jang Media Group|Geo TV]] |date=14 October 2020}}</ref>

A condolence ceremony was held at Jamia Farooqia on 22 [[Rabiʽ al-Thani]] 1442. It was attended by various scholars of Pakistan including Muhammad Taqi Usmani.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Muhammad Taqi Usmani |author1-link=Muhammad Taqi Usmani |editor1-last=Rahmān |editor1-first=Shafīq |title=Taziyati Khitāb |journal=Al-Balagh |date=January 2021 |volume =56 |issue=5 |page=3 |trans-title=Condolatory speech |publisher=[[Darul Uloom Karachi]] |language=Urdu}}</ref>

==Literary works== Khan's three books ''Knowledge and Civilization in Islam'', ''Ethic and Fiqh for Everybody'' and ''The Islamic Wordview'' are part of the curriculum at the [[International Islamic University Malaysia]].<ref name="jeeway">{{cite news |last1=Khān |first1=Bādshah |title=Mawlāna Dr Adil Khan |url=https://jeeveypakistan.com/archives/72923 |access-date=12 October 2020 |work=Jeevey Pakistan |date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028104520/https://jeeveypakistan.com/archives/72923 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His other books include:<ref name="jeeway"/> * ''Tārīkh Islāmi Jamhūriya-e-Pākistān'' * ''Islām awr Tasawwur-e-Kā'ināt'' * ''Islām awr Ikhlāqiyāt'' * ''Ikkīswī Sadī mai Islām'' * ''al-Maqālāt al-Mukhtārat fī al-Kitāb wa al-Sunnah'' * ''Islam and Knowledge'' * ''Islam awr Ethics''

== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.dawn.com/news/1585384/protests-against-maulana-adils-killing-held-in-karachi Protests against the murder of religious scholar Maulana Dr Adil Khan were held in several areas of Karachi on Friday], a report on [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]].

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