Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (Urdu:محمد عبد اللہ غازی)Son of (Ghazi Muhammad), was born on June 1, 1935 in far-flung village Rajanpur, Basti-Abdullah into the family of farmer but his father was socially active that got him in trouble many times and was arrested by British and sentenced to 8 years. In jail he became religious and motivated Abdullah to enrolled into a local madrassa at the age of 7 and later he moved to Karachi for further study. In accordance with his father's wish, he dedicated himself to study and graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Banori-town Karachi.he was appointed as the first Imam of the Lal Masjid in 1966. He created many seminaries in Pakistan and first time in Pakistan, he introduced a female madrassa education system and created Pakistan's first female seminary jamia hafsa. In 1997 he was appointed as Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal committee till his assassination 1998. He had good relations with other sects and non-Muslims. He was considered to be a patriotic and had good ties with the military and many politicians He was very close with Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Wikipedia
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