Karwan-I-Islami

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{{short description|Religious organization in Kashmir}}
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| founder = Ghulam Rasool Hami
| rels = [[Islam]] ([[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Barelvi]])
| scrips = [[Quran]], [[Hadith]] and [[Sunnat]]<br/>Jurisprudence: [[Hanafi]]
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'''Karwan-I-Islami''' (or '''Carvaan-e-Islami''') is a religious organization established in 2004 in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref name=karwaniislami.com>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Karwan-I-Islami J&K|url=http://www.karwaniislami.com/|website=www.karwaniislami.com|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> It "is an amalgam of [the] biggest Barelvi organisation[s] in Kashmir having 40 constituents".<ref name=GeelaniSummons>{{Cite web|title=Geelani summons religious leaders over sectarian divide|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/hurriyat-geelani-religious-leaders-sectarian-divide-101323-2012-05-06|last=Ganai|first=Naseer|date=6 May 2012|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> According to the organisation's website, it has 1,100 members, and is organised in 12 departments/units, which report to the central committee.<ref name=karwaniislami.About-Us>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.karwaniislami.com/|work=Karwan-I-Islami J&K|access-date=19 June 2020}}</ref> The Secretary General (Ghulam Rasool Hami) is the head of all 12 departments/units.<ref name=karwaniislami.About-Us/>

The organisation is known for its campaigns to ban liquor,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tit-for-tat liquor ban call in Kashmir|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/tit-for-tat-liquor-ban-call-in-kashmir/cid/1512995|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> and against restrictions placed by the central government of India on the [[Triple Talaq]].<ref name=greaterkashmir29Aug17>{{Cite web|title=Islamic scholars discuss triple talaq, J&K's special status|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/islamic-scholars-discuss-triple-talaq-jks-special-status/|date=2017-08-29|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hami decries passing of Triple Talaq bill in parliament|url=https://www.presstrustofkashmir.com/2018/12/28/hami-decries-passing-of-triple-talaq-bill-in-parliament/|date=2018-12-28|website=Press Trust Of Kashmir|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maqbool|first=Zahid|date=14 March 2015|title=JK Karwani Islami alleges fraud in Madrasa funding|work=Greater Kashmir|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/jk-karwani-islami-alleges-fraud-in-madrasa-funding/|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

The president and chairman of the organisation is Ghulam Rasool Hami.<ref name=GeelaniSummons/> In 2016, Hami appealed for people to "come forward and talk to each other" as a means of ending the [[Kashmir conflict]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 December 2016|title=Karwani Islami organizes Milad procession from Shaheed Gunj to Shadipora|work=Rising Kashmir|url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/karwani-islami-organizes-milad-procession-from-shaheed-gunj-to-shadipora-|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> In 2018, he criticised what he claimed was a "meagre monthly salary" being paid to [[Imam|imams]], and proposed a bill to increase their salary.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kathju|first=Junaid|date=10 December 2018|title=Kashmir indifferent to its poor clergy|work=Rising Kashmir|url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/kashmir-indifferent-to-its-poor-clergy|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

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