Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri started classical Islamic education at the age of 12 at the Madrasa al-Ulum al-Shari’yya situated at the house of Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (ra) in Medina. In 1967, he took spiritual discipleship of Shaykh Sayyid Tahir Allauddin al-Gillani of Iraq. He gained a first class honours degree in 1970 in Islamic Studies. He completed a Masters in Islamic Studies in 1972 at the University of Punjab. He gained an LLB in 1974. In 1976, he practiced as a lawyer. He fought some historic cases in Pakistani law such as on gender equality in the matter of Diya (blood money) In 1976, he founded the 'Mahaz-e-Hurriat', a forum to educate and motivate youth. This preceded the creation of the Minhaj-ul-Quran organisation. In 1978, he was youngest person in the University of Punjab to have ever been awarded professorship. In 1978, he was advisor to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and also a Specialist in the Nati...
The condemnation apparently “signed” by 90 scholars originating from the Indo-Pak subcontinent presented eight objections. The below is a refutation of the decontextualised and inadequate points raised as allegations: 1. The first argument is on the consensus of the Muslim scholars that blood money (diya) value is half that for a woman then is of a man. Dr Tahir ul Qadri successfully argued in a Pakistani court of law, which requires a considerable burden of proof, that there should be equality in the value of blood money. To this effect I would like to state that there is no definitive text in the Qur’an and Hadith to state the value of blood money, and is thus open to interpretation. Consequently it is permissible for a jurist like Dr Tahir ul Qadri to opine on this matter. 2. The second argument presented by critics is that Dr Qadri stated in one of his works that sectarianism is not a fundamental belief. This argument is a non-brainer. Islam has not made sectarianism a core bel...